Over 800,000 New Yorkers participate in first week of early voting

[RandySF]

A total of 826,159 New Yorkers have cast their ballots in the November general election after one week of early voting, according to the city Board of Elections.

Brooklyn continues to have the highest turnout with 259,716 voters, followed by Manhattan with 222,810, Queens with 189,523, the Bronx with 83,536 and Staten Island with 70,574.

Polls are still open Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for anyone who wants to vote early.

The BOE announced Friday that early voters during the final weekend will receive a special borough-themed sticker based on where they vote. The Manhattan sticker features the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn sticker depicts the Brooklyn Bridge, the Queens sticker displays the Unisphere, the Bronx sticker shows the Bronx Zoo and the Staten Island sticker shows the Staten Island Ferry.



https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/11/02/boe--over-800-000-new-yorkers-vote-early-in-first-week

[tanyev]

1. That seems low?

The DFW Metroplex had over 1 million votes cast in the first week of early voting. Google tells me that the total metroplex population is close to the total population of all NYC boroughs. Is election day voting a bigger thing in New York? Texas has had early voting since 1987 and in recent elections, election day voting has been fairly slow (at least in my area) because so many people voted early.

[Sanity Claws]

2. NYC has a lot of immigrants

who are not qualified to vote.
According to https://elections.ny.gov/enrollment-county, there are a total of 3.489 million registered voters in NYC.

800,000 would be about 23% of total registered voters. This number may not include any mail-in ballots.

Also keep in mind that there is only one week of early voting and there are fewer polling places for early voting than day-of voting. There were truly long lines for early voting and some people walked away. My friend decided to try another day when he was faced with a long line. When he tried the second time, he still waited about 90 minutes. This amount of early voting is unprecedented in NYC and the poll workers were left unprepared.

[tanyev]

3. OK, thank you for the info.

Glad to know that's a big turnout.

We are very lucky to have two weeks of early voting in Texas. It's surprising our current Republican regime hasn't cut that back. I even noticed this year that people can go to any voting center on election day--you used to have to go to the location in your precinct. Certainly, the capacity for that has been present since the switch to voting machines. Maybe they've been letting people do that before this year. I always take advantage of early voting, so I never paid attention to election day locations.