More than 2 million New Yorkers have already cast their votes, election officials said Tuesday.
Electors counted 2,195,863 total ballots as of 6 p.m., including early voting, according to the city Board of Elections.
The count could be on par to surpass the number of votes in the 2020 presidential election — when slightly more than 3 million Big Apple residents cast ballots in that race, between Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
Brooklyn accounted for the majority of the votes, with the borough reporting 685,610 ballots.
Electors counted 2,195,863 total ballots as of 6 p.m., including early voting, according to the city Board of Elections. G.N.Miller/NYPost
Eric Adams cast his ballot in Brooklyn on Tuesday. Gregory P. Mango
Queens and Manhattan followed, boasting 552,712 and 504,053 votes, respectively.
The Bronx had 288,364, while Staten Island recorded 165,124 by 6 p.m.
Upstate Broome County — which includes the swing city of Binghamton — was also expected to see a higher turnout with already 71,205 votes as of 4:30 p.m.
Polls in the state close at 9 p.m., but if residents are still in line at their polling sites by that time, they will be allowed to cast their votes after the clock strikes 9.
But many New Yorkers already voted before Election Day.
Nearly half a million people statewide took advantage of early voting this year compared to the last presidential election, according to preliminary numbers released Monday by the New York State Board of Elections.
Park Slope resident Amy Vinciguerra with her 2 year old daughter Isabelle casted her ballot at Middle School 51 in Park Slope. Paul Martinka
Brooklyn accounted for the majority of the votes, with the borough reporting 685,610 ballots.
More than 2.98 million people voted during this year’s early voting period, compared to 2.51 million during the same period in 2020.
The state saw the largest increases in early voting turnout this year in three of the most competitive congressional districts, the Times Union reported.
Suffolk County on Long Island saw more than double the number of early voters this year than in 2020, or 289,427 compared to 120,799, for a 139% increase, according to preliminary numbers cited by the local publication.
One race pits incumbent Rep. Nick LaLota, a first-term Republican, against Democratic CNN host and commentator John Avlon for the seat representing Suffolk County.
About 133% more Putnam County voters also turned out to early poll sites than in 2020, where they voted in such races as the one pitting Republican Rep. Mike Lawler against Democratic former Rep. Mondaire Jones. The county reported 24,211 early voters over the past few days compared to 10,377 in the last presidential election, according to the Times Union.
Dutchess County saw the third largest jump among early voters in the state with an increase of 92% from 2020, with 64,267 residents taking advantage of early voting this year, the publication reported. New York’s 18th Congressional District covers the majority of the county where Rep. Pat Ryan, a Democrat, is defending his seat against Republican and former NYPD commanding officer Alison Esposito.
