New Yorkers trickled in to polling stations over the weekend to cast their ballots for the first of two primary elections this summer.
Early voting started on Saturday, June 18 for state political offices, such as the governor, lieutenant governor, state assembly members, judges, and party positions.
For the first day, only 10,035 people cast their ballots in the Five Boroughs, according to the city’s Board of Elections, down from 16,867 on the first day of early voting during last year’s primaries for mayor and other city positions.
June Primary Election – Day 1
New York – 3,400
Bronx – 1,364
Brooklyn – 2,578
Queens – 2,122
Staten Island – 571
Total Number of Early Voting Check-Ins 10,035
*Unofficial as of Close of Polls
Thanks to the state’s redistricting, voters can cast their ballots in two primaries this summer, with another vote coming up on Aug. 23 for the U.S. House of Representatives and the state Senate.
“It’s confusing,” said Manhattanite Caroline Miller after voting at a polling station inside a senior center in Two Bridges. “It seems to be disruptive.”
Early voting in the Big Apple will run through Sunday. Polling places will be shuttered the following Monday and will reopen at about 1,200 sites throughout the city on Tuesday, which is the final day to cast ballots in person.
The city’s Board of Elections provides information about early voting, but Ken Sherrill, professor emeritus of political science at Hunter College, suggested that hasn’t done the trick.
He said low turnout in the city over the weekend shows there’s little to no voter education happening when it comes to early voting.
“The television campaigns for governor and lieutenant governor don’t mention when primary day is, or when early voting begins,” he said. “In other words, there is absolutely no voter education going on by any of the candidates or political parties — or virtually none.”
34 comments:
or us unafilliated people cant vote in primarys
Early voting is stupid. Election day should be election day, and the winners should be known that same night. Why is America one of the only nations on earth that somehow can't manage this?
Oh yeah, because we're the most corrupt.
This will only help the commies and the whack jobs take over even more.
This happens in a two party system. And, no matter how bad the democrats are, they have never stooped to the lows of the Putinists.
So the Sheeple have nothing worthwhile to vote for.
Prove me wrong …
My dad voted Democrat in the election......Something he would have never done when he was alive.
This is how we got The Swagger Man without a plan.
Time to bring back the September primaries?
And while at it, voting machines with curtains and levers?
"Oh yeah, because we're the most corrupt"
Democrat Andrew Gillum INDICTED FOR FINANCIAL CRIMES Just like Michael Madigan and Brian Benjamin.
Can we blame TRUMP ? #TDS
Closed primaries = Voter suppression
@“ This will only help the commies and the whack jobs take over even more.”
So, when are you taking over whacko?
Take the knee NYC you are Toast !
"Time to bring back the September primaries?"
I want to bring Bring back Leave It to Beaver.
It will never happen NY/NYC are to far gone.
Get out while you can Sheeple just leave your Radical Lefturd polices in NY.
The brainwashed Sheeple are getting smacked around like a Woman at a trans match.
Yeah, nothing right-wingers hate more than letting people vote. Well actually, right wingers hate everything, even themselves.
Sad .,
Another Hoax down the drain said...
i told you so i told you so i told you so i told you so i told you so.......................................
Trump Releasing AUDIO TAPE OF CONVERSATION Refuting Testimony in Congress.
@NPC Doofus
Most of what you say isn't true. Most proper democracies have proportional representation, which leads to a more complex but much more democratic process. Results are rarely known the day of the election. The two party system would not survive such a process.
Why should the election be one day only? Not everyone can get off work/family commitments at the right time.
Right-wingers don't want everyone to vote because demographics are against them. The two senators per state system is rigged in their favor. The whole gerrymandering process is rigged in their favor. And then you have dictator wannabes like Trump who won't accept election results that don't go his way, even with the help of Putin.
It seems like you people want to return to the days of Kings, Queens and a royal family of Turds.
Fact Checked said...
Voter fraud is real and many convictions have been made and documented.
Just in New York State https://www.heritage.org/voterfraud/search?state=NY
False registrations
Duplicate voting
Fraudulent use of absentee ballots
Buying votes
Illegal “assistance” at the polls
Ineligible voting
Altering the vote count
When you arrest your opposition for fear of being caught, you're the bad guy...
Prove Me Wrong...
Why waste your time voting for a new slaveowner? Politicians aren't elected, they're SELECTED. It's ALL rigged for your enslavement and besides: Politicians are obsolete! Stop birthing your corporate obedient monsters of epic government fail! Rememember what happens when one endeavors to repetitively do the same misdeed over and over again but expecting a different result: INSANITY!
Be apathetic and that's like electing the same mooks we have now....
God bless America and Supreme Court.
@“ God bless America and Supreme Court.”
God always loved guns. In fact, if Jesus had a gun he’d still be alive today and living in his hometown in Texas. When he said “Let there be guns!”, he really meant it.
Hallelujah!
Yeah, nothing right-wingers hate more than letting people vote. Well actually, right wingers hate everything, even themselves.
Sad .,
Now that's funny from a 2020 Mule, seems the Frauduci invented Covid stopped a lot of people from voting, but did not stop the commies like him stuffing ballot boxes in the middle of the night.
Which way is it TA commie? Or do you want your biolabs and whole cemeteries voting also?
Man. Talk about greed.
Is the next pandemic ready for the midterms?
"Asfutmsifwffutsh" Let's Go Brandon
SCOTUS Rules 8-1 in Favor of Republicans Defending Voter ID Laws Against Democrat Officials.
If Trump wins in 2024, there'll be no need for elections anymore. Think of all the money and time it will save. After TrumpTurd, we'll have President Ivanka, followed by her offspring with Jared.
And all in the kingdom will live happily ever after.
The END...
@“ God bless America and Supreme Court.”
If he’s the God for all, then shouldn’t he bless all counties and all courts?
And he should bless his son too, even if he was a communist.
"If Trump wins in 2024" No will win in 2024 !
Who are these unbiased fact checkers I keep hearing about?
Asking for a friend...
There are approximately 1,500 newspapers, 1,100 magazines, 9,000 radio stations, 1,500 TV stations, 2,400 publishers, owned by just 3 corporations….. so you see, there is no way your information could be tainted, or manipulated. Right ?
Prove Me Wrong...
@“ There are approximately 1,500 newspapers, 1,100 magazines, 9,000 radio stations,”
And that is just how the right wing nuts and corporate right want to keep it.
@“ Who are these unbiased fact checkers I keep hearing about?
Asking for a friend...”
Idiots like you don’t have friends.
@And that is just how the right wing nuts and corporate right want to keep it.@
Getting off your high? Owned by leftist nutjobs with full support from activists like you.
Mule.
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