NYC Elections Board Announces Voting ‘Discrepancy’ After Eric Adams Questions Results [VIDEO]
NEWSWEEK | By Cammy Pedroja | June 30, 2021
The New York City Board of Elections released a statement admitting to a “discrepancy” in the unofficial ranked-choice voting results of the NYC mayoral race as they were coming in Tuesday evening after Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams released questioned the numbers.
“We are aware there is a discrepancy in the unofficial RCV round by round elimination report. We are working with our RCV technical staff to identify where the discrepancy occurred. We ask the public, elected officials and candidates to have patience,” the @BOENYC account Tweeted.
We are aware there is a discrepancy in the unofficial RCV round by round elimination report. We are working with our RCV technical staff to identify where the discrepancy occurred. We ask the public, elected officials and candidates to have patience.
— NYC Board of Elections (@BOENYC) June 29, 2021
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In his own statement, Adams wrote: “The vote total just released by the Board of Elections is 100,000-plus more than the total announced on election night, raising serious questions. We have asked the Board of Elections to explain such a massive increase and other irregularities before we comment on the Ranked Choice Voting projection.”
Recently-released election results that may include the aforementioned discrepancies show that Adams received 51.1 percent of votes while Kathryn Garcia received 48.9 percent of votes, meaning a total of 368,898 votes for Adams and a total of 352,990 votes for Garcia.
This is a breaking story and will be updated with more information as it becomes available.
