New York Mayor’s Race in Chaos After Elections Board Counts 135,000 Test Ballots
"The New York City mayor’s race plunged into chaos on Tuesday night when the city Board of Elections released a new tally of votes in the Democratic mayoral primary, and then removed the tabulations from its website....Then, around 10:30 p.m., the board finally released a statement, explaining that it had failed to remove sample ballot images used to test its ranked-choice voting software. When the board ran the program, it counted 'both test and election night results, producing approximately 135,000 additional records,' the statement said."
"the Board of Elections...has long been plagued by dysfunction and nepotism....[Ocasio-Cortez-endorsed mayoral candidate Maya] Wiley laced into the Board of Elections....'Today, we have once again seen the mismanagement that has resulted in a lack of confidence in results, not because there is a flaw in our election laws, but because those who implement it have failed too many times,' she said. 'The B.O.E. must now count the remainder of the votes transparently and ensure the integrity of the process moving forward'."
"The New York City mayor’s race plunged into chaos on Tuesday night when the city Board of Elections released a new tally of votes in the Democratic mayoral primary, and then removed the tabulations from its website....Then, around 10:30 p.m., the board finally released a statement, explaining that it had failed to remove sample ballot images used to test its ranked-choice voting software. When the board ran the program, it counted 'both test and election night results, producing approximately 135,000 additional records,' the statement said."
"the Board of Elections...has long been plagued by dysfunction and nepotism....[Ocasio-Cortez-endorsed mayoral candidate Maya] Wiley laced into the Board of Elections....'Today, we have once again seen the mismanagement that has resulted in a lack of confidence in results, not because there is a flaw in our election laws, but because those who implement it have failed too many times,' she said. 'The B.O.E. must now count the remainder of the votes transparently and ensure the integrity of the process moving forward'."