
‘Fearless girl’ statue with the symbolic ‘I voted’ sticker. Election Day morning in Wall Street, NY. Nov 3, 2020. Photo by Edith Rousselot
On Election Day , voters not only casted their ballot, but made their presence known by encouraging others to vote through facial art, flags, signs and facemasks. Here are images around the city and New Jersey on this tense and historic day.

Six feet apart footprints placed outside polling site at Christopher Columbus Middle School in Clifton, New Jersey on November 3, 2020. Photo by Kaity Assaf

A Pizza to the Polls volunteeer delivers empanadas to the Brooklyn Museum poll site. Nov 3, 2020. Photo by Norah Hogan

Workers install plywood baracades in preparation for potential looting before election night in Manhattan, Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Isabel Beer

Buchmann Tower in Manhattan prepares for potential election night turmoil by boarding up windows, a street artist decorated the baracades with “LOVE”, Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Isabel Beer

A poll worker sits inside the gate of the Brooklyn Children’s Library on Election Day. Nov 3, 2020. Photo by Raphael Helfand

A man in a trump mask and Jared Kushner look-alike take a picture together in front of the main entrance of Trump Tower. Nov 3, 2020. Photo by Justin McGown

The plaza around the 5th Avenue apple store was protected from crowds that failed to materialize by a temporary fence. Nov 3, 2020. Photo by Justin McGowan

A man at the Protect the Results rally outside the New York Public Library. Nov 3, 2020. Photo by Courtney Guarino

Police watch as an anti-Trump rally marches down from Union Square, NYC, to Washington Square Park, Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Chuyan Jiang

An election night watch party at ParkLife in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Nov 3, 2020. Photo by Courtney Guarino

MetLife tower on Park Ave. displays red, white and blue lights on election day. Nov 3, 2020. Photo by Paola Ortiz