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SEE: Paul Rudd Hands Out Cookies To Voters In Brooklyn
The Ant Man star handed out cookies to early voters waiting in line at the Barclays Center on Thursday.
BROOKLYN, NY — Early voters at Brooklyn's largest polling site got a special surprise this week.
Paul Rudd visited voters at the Barclays Center on Thursday, handing out cookies and posing for selfies as a special treat for those waiting in what have been long early voting lines.
“I wanted to say thank you for coming out and for voting, and for doing your part,” Rudd said in one video.
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Thursday marked the sixth day of early voting in New York City. The Barclays Center, which opened as the largest polling site in the borough just this year, has more than 30,000 assigned voters.
Hey, look at us, who would’ve thought.. we’d be enjoying cookies with Paul Rudd after voting in BK #MakeHistoryHere pic.twitter.com/WyJfbKvwFT
— Barclays Center (@barclayscenter) October 29, 2020
The "Avengers" star wasn't the only celebrity that made a cameo at voting sites.
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Law and Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay also stopped by an early voting line as Madison Square Garden and, like Rudd, handed out cookies.
Madison Square Garden, which also opened this year, is the third most overloaded voting site in New York.
View this post on InstagramWe all know this election is incredibly important, which is I why wanted to show up to support my fellow New Yorkers. Lines are long and people are waiting for hours to exercise their civic duty-their right- so I wanted to surprise some voters at MSG with a little pick me up. It was the least I could do. I’m thankful that sports teams and venues have opened their doors this year to make safe, socially-distanced early voting a reality for so many Americans. It’s critical all of us make our voices heard. #WhoSaysVotingIsntFun #Vote
A post shared by Mariska Hargitay (@therealmariskahargitay) on Oct 27, 2020 at 4:32pm PDT
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