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arrow Scott Heins / Gothamist It may take until mid-July to know who has won all the New York City primary contests, but at least elections officials won’t need to hand count tens of thousands of ballots. The New York State Board of Elections finally issued its unanimous approval on Tuesday for the city to use software to tabulate the ranked-choice vote results. The approval comes after more than 18 months of back and forth between the city and state over the process required to te...

arrow NYC Board of Elections staffers count ballots in November 2020 John Minchillo/AP/Shutterstock Update, Jan. 27th, 9:30 p.m.: A year-long stalemate that threatened to add more chaos and confusion to the first year of ranked-choice voting in New York City’s elections, including the high-stakes June primary, broke on Wednesday after the State Board of Elections agreed to come up with a plan to certify tabulation software for the city. Read the story here. The New York City Bo...