Candidates rally across New York as early voting begins – WAER

Candidates rally across New York as early voting begins  WAER

Early voting begins in New York as Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman rally supporters. Onondaga County sees record turnout on the first day. The first day of early voting in Onondaga County this election cycle was record breaking. 8,761 people voted on Saturday. The most in a non-presidential election year since New York adopted early voting, according to the Onondaga County Board of Elections. That same day, Democrats rallied at UA Local 81, a trade union representing plumbers and pipefitters in Syracuse. “There's never been a more crucial time to convince people to get out to vote,” union president Marcus Williamee said. Gov. Kathy Hochul joined the rally as part of her Upstate campaign tour.

After casting her ballot in her hometown of Buffalo, Hochul stopped in Rochester before ending the day in Syracuse, where she urged supporters to help turn out more voters. “I'm going to give you a job to do. You have to get at least nine extra people to the polls,” Hochul continued, “but I realize with inflation, you're going to make it 10” Hochul’s Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman rallied in New York City Saturday, just over two weeks after his Syracuse visit. “Go out and vote early,” Blakeman said in a social media post, “It’s important that we get our votes in