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Early Voting Opens for NYC’s Democratic Mayoral Primary with Ranked-Choice Voting

This election marks the second deployment of ranked-choice ballots after reforms addressed the 2021 tabulation errors

Early voting site located at 776 Lorimer St. in Brooklyn on Saturday, July 14, 2025. (Rebecca White/New York Daily News)
A poll clerk assists a voter to register at a polling station set up inside The Metropolitan Museum of Art on New York's Primary Election Day, in New York, NY, June 22, 2021.
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Overview

  • Early voting runs June 14–22 ahead of the June 24 Democratic primary in New York City.
  • Voters can rank up to five of the eleven Democratic candidates, including former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.
  • The Working Families Party has endorsed Zohran Mamdani and is urging voters to place other progressive contenders on their ranked ballots to maximize support.
  • The New York City Board of Elections will issue initial ranked-choice tallies on July 1 and certify the final results by July 15.
  • Election officials have implemented new safeguards to prevent the counting errors that delayed results during the system’s 2021 debut.