Early Voting Hours Extended Following Long Lines at the Polling Sites in NYC

The Board’s Commissioners have voted to extend the early voting hours

Friday 10/30: 7am-5pm
Saturday: 10/31 7am-5pm
Sunday: 11/1 7am-4pm

This is following consistent reports of voting sites with lines wrapped around the block and people waiting for hours to get in, some as long as 4 hours.

Here are some locations and sites:

#VoteEarlyDay Polls in Astoria Queens have double line wrapped around the block. Hear what some of the voters and @SenGianaris had to say about importance of voting.

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— Scootercaster (@ScooterCasterNY) October 24, 2020

The Line is wrapped around the block in Throgs Neck, Bronx #EarlyVoting site. Some started waiting at 7am this morning.

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— Scootercaster (@ScooterCasterNY) October 24, 2020

Voters were lined up around the block at Holy Trinity Parish Church today in Cambria Heights, Queens for early voting.

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— Scootercaster (@ScooterCasterNY) October 27, 2020

Another voting line wrapped around the block at Council Center For Seniors voting site in Brooklyn for early voting.

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— Scootercaster (@ScooterCasterNY) October 27, 2020