Future vote count updates could show Salaam with more than 50% of the final vote tally, in which case he would win easily since he has a commanding 25-point lead. For example, in the District 9 race, updated results from the Board of Elections put Salaam in first place but just short of the 50% mark, which would trigger the ranked choice voting process. The opposite could also happen: A candidate might be hovering just under the 50% mark in the initial results, which would throw the race into the ranked choice voting process, even though that candidate may end up with a majority of first-choice votes once all the ballots have been counted. In some races, it’s possible that preliminary results could show a leading candidate above the 50% mark in preliminary results, enough to avoid ranked choice voting, but fall below 50% in the final results, which would trigger the ranked choice voting requirement. HOW MIGHT PRELIMINARY RESULTS DIFFER FROM THE FINAL RESULT?Īs more outstanding votes are counted, the vote totals for each candidate could change, which could impact their overall order of finish and the order in which they are eliminated after each round of tabulation. The certification date has not been set however, it is not expected before July 17, which is the last day to resolve any remaining ballot issues. The deadline to receive absentee ballots is Wednesday. The results will not be final until all outstanding votes have been counted and the elections are certified. The Board of Elections says it will release at least two rounds of preliminary ranked choice voting results, including those released Wednesday and again on Tuesday, July 11. Since these results do not yet include all ballots cast in the election, they may not reflect the eventual winners once all the votes have been counted. The results include the initial ranking of candidates in order of first-choice votes received and updated vote totals and rankings once the last-place candidates are eliminated after each round.
Wednesday’s release of preliminary ranked choice voting results indicates which candidates would win their primaries based on the latest available vote tally.
WILL PRELIMINARY RANKED CHOICE VOTING RESULTS TELL US WHO WON? Here’s what voters and election observers will need to know in the coming weeks: The Board of Elections will continue to release updated preliminary results on a weekly basis until all outstanding ballots have been counted and the elections are certified. Unlike in some other places that use ranked choice voting, such as the states of Maine and Alaska, the preliminary tabulation of ranked choice results in New York is released before that initial count is complete.
The city is still in the process of tabulating first round results. That includes several that could advance to ranked choice voting and be subject to subsequent rounds of ballot-counting, where voters’ second through fifth choices are taken into account if no candidate receives a majority of first-choice votes. Voting in the local primaries concluded June 27, but winners have yet to be determined in some City Council contests.
WASHINGTON (AP) - New York City elections officials began releasing preliminary results Wednesday from ranked choice voting in last week’s City Council primaries - but those results may change in the coming days and weeks as additional ballots are tallied.
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