Voting took place at more than 14,000 polling sites across the five boroughs Tuesday in the second and final round of primaries this year — with this election focused on Congressional and state Senate races. (Click here for the results.)
But as expected for a midsummer election, the turnout in the Aug. 23 primary is extremely light across the city. At the High School of Fashion Industries polling site in Chelsea, one poll worker put it bluntly about the slow trickle of voters there Tuesday morning: “It’s dead.” Less than 50 people had shown up at the site as of 10:40 a.m.
