STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island’s early voting turnout kept climbing Wednesday, with more than 29,000 borough residents casting ballots through the first five days.
According to figures released by the New York City Board of Elections, 29,183 Staten Islanders had voted as of the close of polls Wednesday, up from 24,363 through Tuesday.
Citywide, 357,027 voters cast ballots during the first five days of early voting.
Brooklyn continues to lead the five boroughs in raw turnout with 105,516 votes, followed by Manhattan with 99,121. Queens has recorded 85,995 early votes, while the Bronx stands at 37,212.
Staten Island’s overall total is still the smallest among the five boroughs, but borough voters have historically exceeded others when turnout is measured on a per-capita basis.
How this year stacks up
With four days of early voting left, Staten Island has already gone well past its entire early-voting total from 2023, and it’s more than halfway to last year’s mark.
Last year, 53,708 Staten Islanders voted early, according to the Board of Elections’ final turnout summary. This year’s 29,183 is about 54% of that total. To match it, the borough would need about 24,500 more early voters over the final four days, or roughly 6,100 a day.
The 2024 presidential election remains the high-water mark of the past three years, with 91,858 Staten Islanders voting early.
In 2023, only 5,132 borough residents voted early during that year’s off-year election. Staten Island passed that number within the first days of this year’s early voting.
Early voting continues through Sunday, Nov. 1, ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Polls are open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Voters must cast their ballot at their assigned early voting location, which may differ from their Election Day polling site.
To find an early voting poll site, voters can enter their house number, street name and ZIP code at the city’s poll site locator at vote.nyc/page/find-your-poll-site.