#Get set for NYC vote-count chaos

#Get set for NYC vote-count chaos

“#Get set for NYC vote-count chaos” If you thought the vote-counting in the 2020 presidential election was a mess, just wait for this summer’s New York City primaries. The city has adopted “ranked-choice voting,” or RCV, an idea beloved of certain reformers that massively complicates the tallying process by having voters mark their second, third…

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#New York pols sue to delay new ranked-choice voting system

#New York pols sue to delay new ranked-choice voting system

“#New York pols sue to delay new ranked-choice voting system” Six city lawmakers are suing to block the Big Apple’s embattled Board of Elections from rolling out a new ranked-choice voting system next year, claiming officials have failed to prepare for the potentially confusing switchover. The lawsuit is the latest salvo lobbed by mainstays of…

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#COVID in elections office latest mishap in upstate NY race

#COVID in elections office latest mishap in upstate NY race

“#COVID in elections office latest mishap in upstate NY race” ALBANY — They just can’t catch a break. A minor coronavirus outbreak in the Madison County board of elections office this week has caused two employees to quarantine, marking the latest mishap in yet-to-be called race for New York’s 22nd Congressional district.  It’s the latest…

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#Thousands of NY voters can fix faulty ballot statements now

#Thousands of NY voters can fix faulty ballot statements now

“#Thousands of NY voters can fix faulty ballot statements now” Thousands of New Yorkers whose absentee ballots were disqualified for mailing errors have time to correct the problem weeks after the election under a new state law. The city Board of Elections preliminary report released Tuesday found that 96 percent of the record 713,536 absentee…

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