Saturday was the first day of Early Voting, and people began lining up at poll sites at 7 AM. The problem was that the Board of Elections was opening the poll sites at 10 AM. When many poll sites opened the line to get in stretched one, two, or even three blocks long. Poll sites closed at 4 PM, but as is the case if you were on line by the time the poll closes you must be allowed to vote no matter how much more time it takes.
At the Columbus High School poll site, the line went all around the building and field short of meeting at the voter entrance. The line continued to be long because over 1,300 people had come to vote or drop off their completed Absentee Ballot into the Drop Box inside the poll site. This was in contrast to the early voting for the June Democratic Primary where throughout the ten days the poll site was open less people voted. That was why extra help was hired and sent to each Early Voting Poll Site.
Weekend poll site hours are 10 AM to 4 PM, Monday 10/26 from 7 AM to 3 PM, Tuesday 10/27, and Wednesday 10/28 from 12 PM to 8 PM, Thursday 10/29 from 10 AM to 6 PM, Friday 10/30 from 7 PM to 3 PM. Saturday 10/31 and Sunday 11/1 from 10 AM to 4 PM.
Below - Ms. Gloria Gaston and a few others brought chairs to sit on as they waited for the line to move.
Below- M. Cynthia Prisco was one of the poll workers who kept things moving inside the Columbus High school gym.
Below - Bronx GOP Leader Michael Rendino stopped by with his congressional candidate John Cummings.
2 comments:
Many people said they were coming to vote for one person only at the top of the ballot. .WHO WAS THAT ONE PERSON?
Many people were asked, of different ethnicity, age, and sex. I did not ask for any names except for the woman who brought a chair to sit on who is identified in the photo.
A reporter also has the right to refuse not to divulge the source names in a story if they are known.
Why did you not put your own name down, instead of just unknown, because only a few people would be asking this question.
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