New York City residents seeking to vote early encountered long lines at the polls for the third consecutive day on Monday, reigniting longstanding criticisms of …
New York City residents seeking to vote early encountered long lines at the polls for the third consecutive day on Monday, reigniting longstanding criticisms of the government agency that runs elections in the city, the Board of Elections. In Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and elsewhere, voters reported having to stand for hours in rainy conditions. That was similar to the waits reported over the weekend, when more than 190,000 turned out at the start of the first presidential election with early voting in the state. Officials decried the lines, with some saying that they amounted to voter suppression. “There is no place in the United States of America where two-, three-, four-hour waits to vote is acceptable,” said Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat.
