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NYC Board of Elections Posts, Then Retracts, Updated Tally in Mayor’s Race After Counting Error

HeadlineJun 30, 2021

The New York City mayor’s race was thrown into disarray Tuesday evening after the elections board released an updated vote count for the Democratic primary, then hours later removed the new figures from its website, saying there was a “discrepancy.” Yesterday’s new vote count had put front-runner Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams just over 2% ahead of former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia. The board later explained it accidentally counted 135,000 test ballots in its latest tally. This is the first time ranked-choice voting is being used in citywide elections in New York. The city is expected to release updated results today. One hundred twenty-four thousand absentee ballots also have yet to be added to the final result, which is expected in mid-July.

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