Westchester County Extends Early Voting Hours

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — Due to long lines and waiting times at early voting sites in Westchester County since Saturday, election officials have added more hours to the schedule.

The Westchester County Board of Elections said Tuesday the hours early voting sites will be open have been extended by one hour each day.

The updated schedule is:

• Wednesday, Oct. 28 – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Thursday, Oct. 29 – noon to 9 p.m.
• Friday, Oct. 30 – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 31 – noon to 6 p.m. except Mt. Kisco Memorial Complex – Special Hours due to Halloween event: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Sunday, Nov. 1 – noon to 6 p.m.

The early voting locations remain the same. They are:

• Eastchester Public Library, 11 Oakridge Place, Eastchester
• Dobbs Ferry Village Hall, 112 Main Street, Dobbs Ferry
• Greenburgh Town Hall, 177 Hillside Avenue, White Plains
• Veterans Memorial Building, 210 Halstead Avenue, Harrison
• Pound Ridge Town House, 179 Westchester Avenue, Pound Ridge
• Mamaroneck Town Center, 740 W. Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck
• Mt. Kisco Memorial Complex at Leonard Park, 1 Wallace Drive, Mt. Kisco
• Mt. Pleasant Community Center, 125 Lozza Drive, Valhalla
• Mt. Vernon City Hall, 1 Roosevelt Square, Mt. Vernon
• New Rochelle City Hall Annex, 90 Beaufort Place, New Rochelle
• Joseph G. Caputo Community Center, 95 Broadway, Ossining
• Peekskill Nutrition Center, Neighborhood Center, 4 Nelson Avenue, Peekskill
• Somers Town House, 335 Route 202, Somers
• Westchester County Board of Elections, 25 Quarropas Street, White Plains
• Grinton I. Will Library, 1500 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers
• Riverfront Library, One Larkin Center, Yonkers
• Yorktown Cultural Center, 1974 Commerce Street, Yorktown Heights

Any voter registered in Westchester County may cast their ballots at any of the above early voting locations.

On Election Day, polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Senate Majority Leader Andrew Stewart-Cousins urged New Yorkers to take advantage of early voting opportunities. This is the first year the state offered early voting in a presidential election.

"We see many thousands of New Yorkers now lining up at polling sites throughout the state to have their voices heard," she said in a statement sent to Patch.

With election day less than a week away, "I hope every eligible New York voters will step up and exercise their constitutional right to vote," Stewart-Cousins said.

There are long lines for early voters throughout the Hudson Valley.

In Putnam County Wednesday morning, a long line of voters huddled under umbrellas around the building housing the county Board of Elections.

One of the voters was Rachel Rothenstein-Henry, 22, of Mahopac.

She told Patch she thought it would be a good time to come because the rain would keep people away, but she stayed away.

"I need to vote, you have to vote no matter what," Rothenstein-Henry said. "It's kind of nice to see that so many people are willing to stand out in the rain to vote."

Tuesday evening there were lines at the Boardman Road Branch Library and the Dutchess County Board of Elections, two of the county's five early voting sites.

Around 5:30 p.m. the line at the library went completely around the building. About 15 minutes later, the line at the board of elections in Poughkeepsie went from the office's entrance up and around the corner onto Academy Street, making for a wait of about an hour.

Additional reporting by Lanning Taliaferro/Patch.

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