Over 40,000 voters turn out
BY JACOB KAYE AND
DEAN MOSES
More than 40,270 Queens
residents cast their ballots for
the 2020 election season this
past weekend, the first two
days of early voting in New
York City.
The 18 early voting sites in
Queens were marked by long
lines and a general mistrust
of voting by mail. But at the
same time, the lines, which often
saw wait times upwards of
two hours, were packed with
enthusiastic voters, excited
to practice their most fundamental
civic duty during the
historic first weekend of early
voting.
“We see it as our duty to
vote,” said Betty Vasquez-
Stevens, a voter casting her
ballot at Queens College told
QNS. “We have that right and
we wanted to exercise that
right.” Voters way in line to cast their ballots early at LaGuardia Community College on Sunday, Oct. 25. Photos by Dean Moses
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Haram Asim, a voter at Queens College, cast her ballot for the first
time.
The Stevens family after voting early at Queens College.