martha: today is a big day in the disputed democratic primary of a 42 year congressional veteran in new york. no winner between congressman charles rangel and his opponent this could change last week s outcome and figure out who the winner is. laura ingle is live with the story. it is really just beginning. the new york city board of election will count 2000 provisional and absentee ballots this morning. we don t know how how long this will take, it could take a week or more. in supreme court on tuesday, they are asking them to weigh on
supporters, he s asking them for money to help defend his victory if court. reporter: that s exactly the right. the congressman has an email message. after the allegations of voter fraud in this case. he has sent that sunday raising letter saying his opponent has quote, pounced on him, saying that mr. rangel has somehow stolen their votes. and he says he is baffled by the controversy. he was ahead on election night last week. accusations of wrongdoing at the polls. both side in court yesterday and they are still exploring how to mount a challenge. on election night rangel appeared to win comfortably. now the new york city board of election has him ahead by only 802 votes with 2,000 absentee ballots still to be counted. they demand that u.s. attorney general eric holder step in some investigate their charges of
mayor. all the evidence that this court has heard so far, the appellate court heard everything you just said, heard it from your lawyers, they decided opposite of what you believe. what s your reaction to that three-judge panel making that decision? first of all, the dissent opinion is pretty strong and consistent with what judge ballard has said, who s heard this, what the three-panel at the chicago board of election has decided unanimously, as well as what mr. morris has decided, and this is different than that. i think obviously this will go to the next level to the supreme court. as of now, you are not on the ballot. the board of elections says they will not put your name on the ballot. it is going to be confusing for voters. you think only for them? obviously my attorneys will address that and ask for a stay there so we can get our name printed on the ballot as well.
york city, involving the mayoral race. you should know, the board of elections in new york city which oversees elections, is one of the most notoriously incompetent election administration units in the country. in 2013, the city s department of investigation released a 72-page report on the board of elections detailing incompetence and misconduct. in 2016, in the midst of the democratic presidential primary between hillary clinton and bernie sanders, a member of the board mistakenly removed 100,000 voters from the public voter rolls. and just last full, the new york times duty piece on the board s long-standing incompetence and highlighted how it s made up of a bunch of cronies, essentially. quote, the especial who oversees voter registration in new york city and the fuel momma mother of a former congressman. the director is a close friend of manhattan s republican chairwoman. the head abolishment and the administrative manager is the wife of a city council
member. so, that s a snapshot of what you need to know about the new york city board of election. june on june 22nd, just a week ago, new york city had a mural primer. they use this new tool call rank choice in voting for the first time. it basically means each voter ranks their top five choices. now, it s not nuclear physics, but it can be fairly complex. shortly after the polls closed last week, candidate eric adams, brooklyn borough president, former and ypg officer, was shown to have a significant lead after counting the first place votes cast in person that night. right? then yesterday, in the city s board of election released results showing that another candidate named catherine garcia had almost all but close the gap on adams, once everyone s full preferences have been tabulated. everyone thought, oh, that s interesting. very close race. we ll see what happened. we saw the count absentees. a few hours after releasing preliminary results, the board of elections of new york city