NYC Mayor's Race: Board of Elections to run ranked-choice tabulations in primary on Tuesday
Even though Zohran Mamdani — a Democratic socialist Queens lawmaker — appears to have decisively won last week’s Democratic mayoral primary, his margin of victory will not become entirely clear until Tuesday when the city Board of Elections is set to run ranked-choice voting tabulations.
Mamdani was ahead in the first round of votes with 44% — up roughly 8% from runner-up former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, came up with 36%. Cuomo conceded the race on Election Night.
However, he did not cross the 50% threshold needed to win the race outright under the city’s relatively fresh ranked-choice voting system, meaning the BOE will conduct additional rounds of instant runoff tabulations at noon on Tuesday. The board will also run ranked-choice tabulations for several down-ballot races.
The process involves eliminating the lowest vote-getter and redistributing their ballots to the candidates their voters ranked second. It continues until one candidate, most likely Mamdani in this election, nabs over 50%.
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