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