NYC Board Of Elections Plans To Hand Count Ranked-Choice Voting Results After Impasse With State
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 Board of Elections announced Tuesday that it plans to hand count the results of a City Council special...