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More than 2 million New Yorkers have already cast their votes — with three hours remaining before polls close, election officials said.

Electors counted 2,195,863 total ballots as of 6 p.m., including early voting, according to the city Board of Elections.

Brooklyn accounted for the majority of the votes, with the borough reporting 685,610 ballots.

Electors counted 2,195,863 total ballots as of 6 p.m., including early voting, according to the city Board of Elections. G.N.Miller/NYPost
Eric Adams cast his ballot in Brooklyn on Tuesday. Gregory P. Mango

Queens and Manhattan followed, boasting 552,712 and 504,053 votes, respectively.

The Bronx had 288,364, while Staten Island recorded 165,124 by 6 p.m.

Park Slope resident Amy Vinciguerra with her 2 year old daughter Isabelle casted her ballot at Middle School 51 in Park Slope.
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Brooklyn accounted for the majority of the votes, with the borough reporting 685,610 ballots.

The count could be on par to surpass the number of votes cast in the 2020 presidential election — slightly more than 3 million Big Apple residents voted in that race, between President Biden and former President Donald Trump.

Nearly half a million more people statewide took advantage of early voting this year compared to the last election, according to preliminary numbers released Monday by the New York State Board of Elections.

More than 2.98 million people voted during this year’s early voting period, compared to 2.51 million during the same period in 2020.

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