New York mayor’s race in chaos after elections board publishes incorrect tally

Figures in first ranked choice poll that seemed to show Kathryn Garcia narrowing gap on Eric Adams included test ballots'

New York City's mayoral election has been thrown into chaos after the board of elections mistakenly included 135,000 test ballots" in its vote tally.

The board of elections had published updated vote totals for the Democratic primary earlier on Tuesday, which showed Kathryn Garcia, New York's former sanitation commissioner, narrowing the gap on Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, to less than two points.