As of early Wednesday morning, New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams leads the Democratic primary contest by a comfortable ten-point margin, but remains short of outright victory thanks to the delays in ballot-counting caused by the city’s adoption of ranked-choice voting.
Man, that's some lazy-ass reporting, right there. Counting ranked choice ballots is exactly the same as counting standard ballots. You don't count second-choice preferences unless no one wins a 50%+1 margin on the first round.
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As of early Wednesday morning, New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams leads the Democratic primary contest by a comfortable ten-point margin, but remains short of outright victory thanks to the delays in ballot-counting *caused by the city’s adoption of ranked-choice voting.*
Man, that's some lazy-ass reporting, right there.
Counting ranked choice ballots is exactly the same as counting standard ballots. You don't count second-choice preferences unless no one wins a 50%+1 margin on the first round.
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