NYC Mayoral Primary Race Thrown into Chaos as BOE Appears to Botch Vote Count

New York Post

The Democratic primary race for mayor was thrown into chaos Tuesday as the city Board of Elections appeared to have botched the count amid the city’s first ranked-choice election.

Preliminary results released earlier in the day showed a total of 941,832 cast for mayor, an increase of more than 140,000 from the 799,827 that were counted on June 22, the day of the primary.

The glaring discrepancy went unnoticed until it was flagged by front-runner Eric Adams.

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