Everything to know for voters in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut for Election Day 2024
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Election Day voting is coming to an end across the Tri-State and the nation with only scattered reports of technical problems.
One problem arose in Queens where voters reported issues with scanning their ballots on Tuesday morning. We are told machines would spit the paper ballots right back out and voters were left, in some cases, handing in paper ballots. The problem has been resolved.
Millions of people across the country are joining the more than 80 million who already voted early or by mail to decide who controls everything from the White House to Congress to state and local governments.
All eyes are, of course, on the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. According to 538's forecast , both candidates have a roughly equal chance to win.
The first polls closed in the Tri-State area at 8:00 p.m.
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As the polls close across the Tri-State area, live results are starting to trickle in.
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Nearly 2 million have voted in New York City, including early voting.
Totals as of 3:00 p.m.
Manhattan - 453,522
Bronx - 238,730
Brooklyn - 600,187
Queens - 470,251
Staten Island - 144,266
Total 1,906,956
* including early voting check-ins
The FBI says more than 2,000 threats have been made to election workers nationwide. There are no major threats against voters or election workers in the Tri-State area.
There will be two NYPD officers at every polling location in New York City. Officers have been instructed to remain vigilant and on the lookout for election disruptions or violence.
Outside of the city, each local county board of elections has been coordinating security plans with law enforcement.
Anthony Carlo has more on Election Day security:
Polls have opened across the Tri-State area as Election Day is officially underway on Tuesday. Visit our Voter Guide to find locations in your community.
Polls close at 8:00 p.m. in New Jersey and Connecticut. They are open until 9:00 p.m. in New York.
New Yorkers could play an outsized role Tuesday in determining control of the U.S. House as Republicans cling to suburban seats they won two years ago by seizing on fears of crime, and Democrats try to claw them back by warning that a right-wing Congress might ban abortion.
If everything goes their way, Democrats hope to pick off a handful of Republican incumbents in congressional races on Long Island and in the Hudson River Valley, as well as a central New York district that state leaders recently reconfigured to make more favorable to Democrats.
Raegan Medgie has a look at some of those key races:
