New York City is using Ranked-Choice-Voting (RCV), with upto Five Candidates Ranked, for the Fist Time in 2021, for Statewide Primaries and Special Elections.
The New York State Board of Elections (NYSBOE) has to Approve the Software New York City Board of Elections (NYCBOE) needs to Tally their, June 22nd RCV Primary.
The NYCBOE had to Manual Count the Four RCV Special Elections in February and March.
We hope the various Governmental Actors do Not Screw this up.
The NYCBOE tallied Thousands of Paper Ballots Manually because the Software Platform was Not yet in place.
Staffers sifted through the Ballots One by One, kept Handwritten Tallies of the Votes Cast, and placed the Ballots in Plastic Bins marked for each Candidate.
If any Candidate received 50%+1, they were declared the Winner, and this happened only, in the First Special Election, on February 2nd, 2021 for the 24th City Council Seat.
Workers then took Ballots in the Box of the Candidate with the Fewest Votes Cast and Redistributed each to the Box Matching the Next Choice on the Voters’ Ballot, Repeating the Process until Two Finalists remained, and the One with the Most Votes Won.
In the Southeast Queens Contest to Replace former Council Member and current Queens Borough President, Donovan Richards, the First of Nine Rounds of Manual Ranking took roughly Seven Hours.
Selvena Brooks-Powers emerged as the Winner after a Three-Day Count of some 7,000 Ballots.
On March 23rd, for the 11th City Council Seat, there was Six
Candidates and it took Six Rounds.
On March 23rd, for the 15th City Council Seat, there was 10 Candidates and it took 10 Rounds.
NYSBOE Staff are still in the Process of Testing the Software that the NYCBOE seeks to use to Tabulate RCV Ballots and will make a Recommendation on May 25th, said John Conklin, a Spokesperson for the NYSBOE.
The Proposed Software is based on the Open-Source RCV Universal Tabulator (RCVUT), which has been used in Michigan and Utah.
“The state board is working with its testing partners to examine the software and technical documentation submitted, and perform the necessary functional and security testing to ensure compliance with all relevant statutes and regulations,” Conklin said in a statement. “The certification process is on schedule.”
The Software was Approved by the NYBOE on May 25th, 2021.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
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