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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 election currently underway if no candidate wins a majority in the first round, while they await a response from the State Board of Elections to their request to use tabulation software.