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While final election results are not yet in, turnout for the midterm election was strong and steady in Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Downtown Brooklyn by midday on Tuesday.
The polling site at 101 Clark St. in Brooklyn Heights was busy all morning, a poll worker told the Brooklyn Eagle. “It’s like a presidential election,” she said. Roughly 450 votes were registered on the two machines by about 12:30 p.m.
The site at 10 Clinton St. was also unusually busy, election staff said. Since the ground-floor location has little interior space, voters had to queue outside. At times, the line wrapped around the corner of the exterior construction, one of the poll workers said. “We have been surprised by the turnout,” he told the Eagle.
At the large Brooklyn Borough Hall polling station, things were calmer. “We have had a steady flow” of voters all day,” the poll worker said. “There have been a few internal lines, but mostly a steady flow.”