More than 130,000 ballots used for pre-election testing made it into the city's ranked choice voting numbers released Tuesday that showed a shrinking lead for mayoral contender Eric Adams, the board announced hours after it released and deleted the data.
"The Board of Elections conducts rigorous and mandatory pre-qualification testing for every election. It has been determined that ballot images used for testing were not cleared from the Election Management System," officials said in a statement.
The board went on to say that about 135,000 test ballots were included in Tuesday's ranked choice voting data, in addition to the in-person ballots it used to conduct the ranked choice voting simulation, which would have been about the same total as election night ballots if done properly.
"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," the board said.
On the day of the primary, the BOE showed just under 800,000 votes with 96.6 percent of scanners reporting; numbers released Tuesday - accounting only for in-person votes - showed 941,832 votes: a large jump considering the percentage of uncounted votes just days ago.
"The vote total just released by the Board of Elections is 100,000-plus more than the total announced on election night, raising serious questions," his campaign said in an emailed statement.
"We have asked the Board of Elections to explain such a massive increase and other irregularities before we comment on the Ranked Choice Voting projection."
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
NYC mayoral primary numbers appear to be deleted after Board of Elections acknowledges discrepancy
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