Voters are heading to the polls right now in Massachusetts for a primary vote to pick candidates for a special election to fill John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat.

Kerry is now secretary of state.

Three Republicans and two Democrats are vying for the position.

Polls opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m.

The winners of the vote -- one Republican and one Democrat -- will face off in the special election set for June 25.

BOSTON (AP) - Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren is backing a bill reinstating a national assault weapons ban.

RICHMOND, Mass. (AP) - An official in a western Massachusetts town says a representative of Gov. Deval Patrick asked that potholes on the road leading to the governor's holiday home be filled prior to a fundraising visit by first lady Michelle Obama.
    
Richmond Town Administrator Matthew Kerwood says a staffer from the Democratic governor's office called this week and asked for the fix on the road near Patrick's home, where he's hosting a $20,000-a-seat dinner on Aug. 3 for the president's re-election fund.
    
Kerwood tells the Boston Herald  the road is actually in neighboring West Stockbridge, so he passed the request on to his counterpart there.
    
Both men said the request was no big deal, but it drew criticism from Republicans who said Patrick is burdening taxpayers.
    
Neither the governor's office nor his campaign commented.