The deadline to register ahead of the primary election is here, and voters across New York City are already heading to polling sites to cast their ballots early.<\/p>\n
In Canarsie, activity was underway at P.S. 68, where voters lined up hoping to avoid Election Day crowds and make their voices heard ahead of the June 23 primary.<\/p>\n
The race to Election Day is officially on, with thousands of New Yorkers expected to vote early in several key congressional and state contests. <\/p>\n
The outcomes could help shape New York\u2019s political landscape and set the tone for upcoming midterm elections, as voters weigh in on issues that directly impact their communities.<\/p>\n
“it’s time for a change. I hate to see fans being increased on education, employment and health services for the poor, needy,” said voter, France.<\/p>\n
“We need to get together, stand together and do the right thing. You know, we have to vote. It’s very important that you vote, regardless of what it means to you – it’s the right thing to do,” said voter, Kim.<\/p>\n
Officials remind voters that while the deadline for early voting registration is here, there is still time to participate. Polls close at 5 p.m. on Saturday, with extended hours available on Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The deadline to register ahead of the primary election is here, and voters across New York City are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-265764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}