NYC primary disaster could undermine Democratic argument for election overhauls

A massive tabulation error in New York City’s mayoral primary this week has thrown the race into chaos, providing fresh ammunition to critics of Democratic attempts to overhaul elections.

The New York City Board of Elections on Tuesday posted a set of unofficial results from its second round of calculations in the new ranked-choice voting system. Those results raised eyebrows because it suggested Kathryn Garcia, the former sanitation commissioner who placed third in the returns released on election night, significantly narrowed the healthy lead former police officer Eric Adams amassed.