{"id":577026,"date":"2021-06-30T00:35:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T04:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=577026"},"modified":"2021-06-30T00:35:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T04:35:20","slug":"nyc-elections-board-takes-down-mayoral-race-results-after-finding-discrepancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-elections-board-takes-down-mayoral-race-results-after-finding-discrepancy\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Elections Board Takes Down Mayoral Race Results After Finding \u2018Discrepancy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-elections-board-takes-down-mayoral-race-results-after-finding-discrepancy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=577026&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1322550200-scaled-e1625023796276.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>New York City\u2019s elections board abruptly removed the unofficial vote count for the mayoral Democratic primary election from its website late Tuesday after the board said it was investigating a \u201cdiscrepancy\u201d in the count.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary results released earlier in the day showed Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams maintaining a lead over the other candidates, but suggested the race would be closer than expected when all the votes were counted, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/29\/nyregion\/adams-garcia-wiley-mayor-ranked-choice.html\">reported<\/a>. But the vote count was removed Tuesday evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.enrboenyc.us\/rcv\/\">replaced by a notice<\/a> that the results would be available \u201cstarting on June 30.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The elections board <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BOENYC\/status\/1410000282654842886\">tweeted hours later<\/a> that a \u201cdiscrepancy\u201d had been found in its ranked-choice vote software, an electoral system which allows voters to rank candidates in order of their preference, which the city is using for the first time. The board added that it was working with its \u201ctechnical staff to identify where the discrepancy occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.524916943522\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are aware there is a discrepancy in the unofficial RCV round by round elimination report. We are working with our RCV technical staff to identify where the discrepancy occurred. We ask the public, elected officials and candidates to have patience.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NYC Board of Elections (@BOENYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BOENYC\/status\/1410000282654842886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The elections board <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BOENYC\/status\/1410064145064599554\/photo\/1\">tweeted another statement<\/a> Tuesday night that it had failed to remove sample ballot images used to test the new ranked-choice voting software. The board said its program counted \u201cboth test and election night results\u201d and produced 135,000 extra ballots. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/29\/eric-adams-kathryn-garcia-new-york-city-mayor-ranked-choice-voting\/\">(RELATED: Eric Adams, Kathryn Garcia In Nail-Biting Race To Become New York City\u2019s Next Mayor)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The debacle has thrown New York City\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/22\/eric-adams-kathryn-garcia-mayor-new-york-city\/\">closely watched mayoral race<\/a> into chaos, and the elections board noted it will need to both re-generate the cast vote record and re-tabulate the ranked-choice voting numbers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"3.9480519480519\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y70z7ZYYgK\">pic.twitter.com\/y70z7ZYYgK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NYC Board of Elections (@BOENYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BOENYC\/status\/1410064145064599554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even after the elections board has recalibrated its ranked-choice voting software and sorted through the preliminary tally once again, it must count around 124,000 Democratic absentee ballots and run them through the ranked-choice elimination rounds, The Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/29\/nyregion\/adams-garcia-wiley-mayor-ranked-choice.html\">reported<\/a>. The board said a final result will not be expected until mid-July.<\/p>\n<p>Adams had called the preliminary results into question <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/29\/eric-adams-new-york-mayor-primary-irregularities\/\">in a statement<\/a> released before the elections board took them down. His remarks were routinely condemned by numerous political commentators and pundits, hours before the elections board ultimately admitted there was a \u201cdiscrepancy\u201d in its vote tabulation.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Fullerton, a former digital team lead in former President Barack Obama\u2019s 2012 campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimFullerton\/status\/1409996412234911745\">accused Adams of<\/a> \u201ctrying to cast doubt on the election results\u201d and claimed that \u201cthere is no validity to these baseless allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vox senior correspondent Ian Millhiser <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imillhiser\/status\/1409986683840385024\">tweeted<\/a> that Adams\u2019 skepticism of the results was \u201csome Donald Trump shit.\u201d MSNBC host Chris Hayes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrislhayes\/status\/1409991096113979396\">similarly compared<\/a> Adams\u2019 comments to the \u201cconspiracy-theorizing and delegitimization of elections\u201d which he claimed Trump and the GOP had taken part in.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.63556851312\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Seems pretty insulting to imply that Eric Adams is somehow following and copying Trump instead of making his own choices.<\/p>\n<p>Seems desperately partisan to blame Trump for a Democratic NYC Mayoral candidate\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p>Why are so many liberals rooting for Garcia over Adams? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WsksLgYgY2\">https:\/\/t.co\/WsksLgYgY2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1409998887658663937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Several other <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cameron_kasky\/status\/1409991461844750342\">verified<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattBinder\/status\/1409993345959661568\">Twitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NumbersMuncher\/status\/1409996633333452801\">accounts<\/a> compared Adams to former President Donald Trump, who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/29\/trump-bill-barr-election-fraud-2020\/\">attempted to contest<\/a> the 2020 election results by alleging that voting irregularities and widespread voter fraud had taken place.<\/p>\n<p>Adams\u2019 skepticism of the electoral process appeared to be justified, however, given the elections board\u2019s recent update. His campaign said in a second statement later Tuesday it remained optimistic despite the latest development, The Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/29\/nyregion\/adams-garcia-wiley-mayor-ranked-choice.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier today, the Board of Elections released a ranked choice voting simulation based on last week\u2019s election results that they have since acknowledged include \u2018discrepancies,&#8217;\u201d his campaign said. \u201cWe are waiting for an explanation and still confident in our lead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City\u2019s elections board abruptly removed the unofficial vote count for the mayoral Democratic primary election from its website late Tuesday after the board said it was investigating a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313705,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1322550200-scaled-e1625023796276.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"NYC Elections Board Takes Down Mayoral Race Results After Finding \u2018Discrepancy\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-577026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1322550200-scaled-e1625023796276.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"NYC Elections Board Takes Down Mayoral Race Results After Finding \u2018Discrepancy\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}