NYC Election Mess: Board Wrongly Counted 135,000 Test Ballots in Mayor’s Race

The New York City Board of Elections called for “patience” from candidates and the public after discovering a “discrepancy” in the latest vote tally of the Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday — before abruptly removing the data from its site.

“We are aware there is a discrepancy in the unofficial [ranked choice voting] round by round elimination report,” the BOE said in a statement on Twitter. “We are working with our RCV technical staff to identify where the discrepancy occurred. We ask the public, elected officials and candidates to have patience.”