New York City elections officials will begin releasing preliminary results Wednesday from ranked choice voting in last week’s City Council primaries — but those results may change in the coming days and weeks as additional ballots are tallied.
Sign up for our acclaimed free newsletter Editorially Black with the top Racial Equity stories of the day to your inbox!
The city is still in the process of tabulating first round results. Unlike in most other places that use ranked choice voting, the preliminary tabulation of ranked choice results will be released before that initial count is complete. The Board of Elections will continue to release updated preliminary results on a weekly basis until all outstanding ballots have been counted and the elections are certified.
Wednesday’s release of preliminary ranked choice voting results will reveal which candidates would win their primaries based on the latest available vote tally. That will include the initial ranking of candidates in order of first-choice votes received and updated vote totals and rankings once the last-place candidates are eliminated after each round.
As more outstanding votes are counted, the vote totals for each candidate could change, which could impact their overall order of finish and the order in which they are eliminated after each round of tabulation. In some races, it’s possible that preliminary results could show a leading candidate above the 50% mark in preliminary results, enough to avoid ranked choice voting, but fall below 50% in the final results, which would trigger the ranked choice voting requirement.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
New York will enact the first city-based AI laws on WednesdayEmployers in New York City will face new regulations on using artificial intelligence in hiring decisions starting this week.
Read more »
New York City ready to dazzle with Macy's 4th of July Fireworks ShowFireworks will soon light up the skies over the Big Apple. The show is on rain or shine and people were already lining up on the piers along the East River on Tuesday afternoon. AliBaumanTV reports.
Read more »
Macy's hosts spectacular Fourth of July fireworks show in New York CityThe New York City night sky gleamed in bright, mesmerizing colors for the spectacular Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks show on Tuesday night.
Read more »
2 dead, 7 wounded in overnight shootings across New York CityJust hours after the fireworks shows, more gun violence erupted across New York City overnight in three boroughs.
Read more »
New York City's available office space hits record in second quarter: SavillsNew York City's direct availability of office space climbed to 70.3 million square feet in the second quarter of 2023, the highest in history, according to...
Read more »
New York City shooting leaves 1 person dead, another wounded; 2 suspects in custodyOne person was killed and another person wounded in a shooting overnight in the Bronx. New York City Police say two suspects were taken into custody.
Read more »