New York City Democrat mayoral hopeful Eric Adams screamed fraud after the Board of Elections (BOE) somehow found over 100,000 votes in the Democratic primary.
New York City is using the Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) for the first time. The RCV allows voters to rank five candidates by preference. If no candidate receives 50% of the votes in the first round then “the winner must be decided by examining voters’ secondary choices.” Absentee ballots are also counted so the candidates might not know until mid-July the winner of the primary.
Results rolled in last Tuesday night, June 22, after 82% of the votes came in. Adams ended on top with 31.6% of voters choosing him as their top candidate.
Another round of votes counted on June 29, a week later, cut his lead to only 2%. Somehow Kathryn Garcia, the third-place candidate, made a huge jump to second-place.
Adams’ campaign stated on Tuesday night:
“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,” stated Adams’ campaign. “We have asked the Board of Election to explain such a massive increase and other irregularities before we comment on the Ranked Choice Voting projection. We remain confident that Eric Adams will be the next mayor of New York because he put together a historic five-borough working class coalition of New Yorkers to make our city a safer, fairer, more affordable place.”
Yes, Adams went there, Ms. New York Times reporter.
It turns out Adams was right.
Maybe people should, you know, not jump to conclusions.
Matt at least owns up to his mistake and attached the response to his original tweet:
Trump responds:
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