Polls close in Queens as voters wait for results of primary elections

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The polls in Queens are officially closed on Election Day.

Voting sites across the borough have closed Tuesday, June 22, as of 9 p.m., marking the end of the primary elections. According to the city’s Board of Elections (BOE), more than 35,000 Queens residents — approximately 1.6 percent of the borough’s population — took advantage of early voting, which took place from June 12 to 20, representing about 18 percent of all the early votes cast in New York City.