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NYC mayoral primary: Board of Elections says test ballots were mixed with election results
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The New York City mayoral primary took a dramatic turn on Tuesday night as hours after releasing the results, the elections board revealed a discrepancy in the report.
The New York City Board of Elections wrote in a tweet late Monday night that test ballots were mixed with election results.
The revelation added disarray to the city s first mayoral election to use ranked-choice voting and a seed of uncertainty to the outcome.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams released a statement saying, Today s mistake by the Board of Elections was unfortunate. It is critical that New Yorkers are confident in their electoral system, especially as we rank votes in a citywide election for the first time. We appreciate the Board s transparency and acknowledgment of their error. We look forward to the release of an accurate, updated simulation, and the timely conclusion of this c
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Candidates competing in the Democratic primary are banking on support in New York’s traditional battleground areas. But the advent of a new ballot system has scrambled political conventions.
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Fight for battleground areas underway in mayor’s race, as new voting system upends norms
The weather is warmer, the pandemic restrictions are looser and New York City’s mayoral hopefuls have wasted no time closing their Zoom screens and hitting the streets to reach voters in person for the home stretch of the race.
They’re visiting shops along bustling thoroughfares in the Bronx, addressing parishioners at churches in Southeast Queens and lining up for pictures with children on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. But little ground has been so heavily