Your vote will be counted — on weekends.

Thousands of Big Apple residents flocked to the polls Saturday to take advantage of the historic early voting initiative.

For the first time, New York is offering early voting which began Saturday and will continue until Nov. 3. Election Day is Nov. 5.

“Everyone needs to vote early, it’s amazing. You go in, there’s no lines, it’s easy,” gushed Mayor Bill de Blasio, who cast his vote at the Park Slope Armory at 10:50 a.m. He thanked the Board of Elections and state Legislature for “finally bringing New York State into the 21st Century.”

Altagracia Muelens, 75, a poll worker at the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice in Brooklyn, called early voting “the best thing they did in New York in 20 years,” noting “people can’t get out of work on Tuesday. They work, and they can’t get out of their damn job.”

At Corlears Junior High School on the Lower East Side, Patricia Thomas, 45, said, “There’s no wait. You just go. They have to look for your name and that took the longest of anything.”

Polls opened in New York City schools, churches community centers and even the Resorts World Casino in Queens at 10 a.m. Saturday and will reopen at 10 a.m. Sunday. The 61 polling sites close at 4 p.m. this weekend. Residents can check the Board of Elections website to find out where to vote.

By 12:30 afternoon Saturday, a city Board of Elections spokeswoman said things were going “well” and more than 4,000 people had voted.

“Early voting is just one of the many steps we’ve taken to break down barriers to democracy,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement Saturday.

The use of schools caused an uproar among parents because it will place some gyms and cafeterias off limits to students for a week.

Parents also raised concerns about strangers walking through school buildings while students are present. Schools are closed on Election Day. More than 1,000 people have signed a petition to stop early voting in schools.

Citywide, voters are being asked to choose a public advocate, select judges and vote on five amendments to the City Charter including one that would strengthen the NYPD’s Civilian Complaint Review Board. Residents of the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island will also vote for a district attorney.

Additional reporting by Joseph Konig and Dean Balsamini