Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. Lee Zeldin made their final campaign stops across New York on Election Day, each making a last-minute case to voters in what may be one of the closest races for governor in a decade.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.Polls are open across the five boroughs and in the Garden State on Tuesday for the November general election. New Yorkers will decide who will be their next governor, attorney general and state legislators. In both New York and New Jersey, voters will select Congress members — with the national balance of power in play.3:20 p.m. —The count as of 3 p.m. Tuesday includes early voting totals.
She said tabulating Election Day votes would take longer than normal — possibly finishing late overnight, but more likely stretching into days.The county's Board of Elections had decided not to try and get the machines repaired before polls close, to avoid having voters with two different experiences — some using the emergency slots, and some not.
Mayor Eric Adams was not among the elected officials present at the morning event but he has loomed over the race. “The mayor strongly supports Governor Hochul for election so that they can continue to deliver real results for the people of our state through their historically productive partnership,” he said. At the rally on Saturday, Adams called the governorZeldin spent much of his morning at his home base on Long Island, casting his vote at a firehouse in Mastic Beach before heading to Suffolk County Republican Headquarters to thank volunteers, according to his schedule on Tuesday.
The pair slowly made their way up Roosevelt Ave. alongside a handful of Queens-based officials, including Borough President Donovan Richards, Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas, and state Sen. Michael Gianaris. Ocasio-Cortez and Hochul haven’t been known as close allies. But Ocasio-Cortez said Hochul acted quickly to secure federal aid following Hurricane Ida.
Danny, a caller who lives in Manhattan's Murray Hill, said he cast his ballot for Zeldin as a “protest vote” over how Democratic leadership has responded to an uptick in anti-asian violence. “I’m a Hispanic, been here in the states for over 40 years, and I just cannot fathom why any Hispanic or Latino would vote Republican,” he said, adding that he only hears anti-immigrant rhetoric from Republican politicians.The latest figures compiled by Associated Press election researcher Ryan Dubicki show more than 530,000 absentee or mail-in votes have been returned, and another 214,000 people showed up in person for New Jersey's second-ever early voting period.
Technical issues reported by voters appeared to discourage some from casting their ballot, instead opting to leave the polling site, according to accounts shared on social media. Last time they faced off, in 2020, Malinowski eked out a win by less than a percentage point. Rahway shifted from the 10th District to the 7th when lines were redrawn last year – though other changes meant moving about 30,000 more Republicans into the district than during the last congressional race.
Carlos Pinho, an IT worker, wasn’t very enthusiastic about either candidate. He wants more checks and balances in Congress. When it comes to the issues, though, voters from both parties said crime, abortion and the economy were top of mind. Voters were not being turned away from the polls, but can fill out ballots by hand and insert them into emergency slots in the machines, according to a separate announcement from West Windsor officials.
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