The Art of Early Voting
The Met Museum opens its doors to primary voters
| 13 Jun 2021 | 10:39
Campaign posters hang on lampposts outside of The Met. Photo: Trish Rooney
Campaign volunteers handed out materials to passersby. Photo: Trish Rooney
Campaigns lined the sidewalk as voters entered. Photo: Trish Rooney
Mayoral candidate Ray McGuire speaks with a constituent. Photo: Trish Rooney
Manhattan Borough President candidate Ben Kallos poses with a voter. (
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Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa with a constituent. Photo: Trish Rooney
New Yorkers are able to vote early until June 20th. Photo: Trish Rooney
Photo: Trish Rooney
June 12 marked the beginning of early voting in New York for the primary elections and this year, for the first time, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is being used as an early voting site. Until June 20, the Met has opened the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education for registered voters to cast their ballots.
The museum will also host a voting site on election day, June 22. The push for this initiative comes on the heels of a nationwide uptick in early voting last year. On the first day at the ballot box, mayoral candidates, volunteers, and voters came out in the gloomy weather to cast their votes - and make their voices heard.