ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN)—New Yorkers are exercising their right to vote early.
“We’ve had over 1.38 million New Yorkers take part in that early voting over those fours days,” explained Kathleen McGrath, Director of Public information at the New York State Board of Elections. “For the same 4 days in 2020, the last presidential election, it was just over a million, so turnout is certainly up from 2020.”
While Kathleen McGrath said it’s hard to compare anything to 2020 because of the pandemic, she believes more people are getting comfortable with early voting— something the state only started allowing back in 2019…