NYCs Mayoral Primary Vote Count VOIDED after 135,000 Ballot Discrepancy

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NYCs Mayoral Primary Vote Count VOIDED after 135,000 Ballot Discrepancy, New Results Not Expected Until Late July

June 30, 2021

The New York City's mayoral primary race's vote count has been voided after a catastrophic error on Tuesday night stemming from election  officials' failure to clear 'test deck' data from the tabulators. The  election board will tabulate the results again, but the results are not  expected until later in July. "The ranked-choice numbers, it said, would be tabulated again,  without the test ballots," the NY Times reported. ...  The NYC race's confusion began late Tuesday night when the Board of  Elections retracted the initial vote results. It had discovered that the  results had been corrupted by test deck data that were never cleared  from the voting system.  ... "It has  been determined that ballot images used for testing were not cleared  from the Election Management System (EMS)." "EMS produces Cast Vote Records (CVR) from ballot images," the  statement continued. "RCV software uses the CVR to produce unofficial  results."  "When the cast vote records were extracted for the first pull of RCV  results, it included both test and election night results, producing  approximately 135,000 additional records,"...

"Board staff has removed all test ballot images from the system and will upload election night results, cross-referencing against election night reporting software for verification. Mayor Bill de Blasio blasted the embarrassing mistake by the Board of Elections on Wednesday....  He also  called for "an immediate, complete recanvass" of the vote count and "a  clear explanation of what went wrong." "Going forward," he added, "there must be a complete structural rebuild of the board." Donald Trump  issued a statement to highlight that once again, our elections are failing to instill trust in the electorate. "Just like in the 2020 Presidential Election, it was announced  overnight in New York City that vast irregularities and mistakes were  made and that Eric Adams, despite an almost insurmountable lead, may not  win the race," Trump remarked. "The fact is, based on what has happened, nobody will ever know who  really won," he continued. "The Presidential Race was a Scam and a Hoax  with numbers and results being found that are massive, shocking, and  determinative."  "Watch the mess you are about to see in New York City," he added. "It will go on forever."

NYCs Mayoral Primary Vote Count VOIDED after 135,000 Ballot Discrepancy, New Results Not Expected Until Late July - Becker News
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