What to know about NYC Mayoral Primary Election Day and when to expect results
Democracy will be hot.Thousands of New Yorkers are set to head to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the hotly-contested mayoral primary election — but it’ll be another week before voters learn who will be the Democratic nominee.Polls citywide are set to open at 6 a.m., with the temperatures reaching a sweltering 102 degrees before voting ends at 9 p.m.in what is shaping up to be the hottest day of a heat wave.A staggering 400,000 New Yorkers already cast their ballots during the early voting period of June 14-22.
But the winner of the ranked-choice mayoral primary contest — pitting former Gov.Andrew Cuomo and Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani — won’t be announced until July 1, the city Board of Elections has said.The more than 1,200 polling sites around the city will open their doors at 6 a.m.
on Tuesday, Primary Election Day, and close at 9 p.m.Voters will have to brave the scorching heat to cast their votes, with temperatures expected to reach record-breaking levels.The scorching temps could handicap frontrunner Cuomo’s comeback bid, as it might lower turnout among his supporters, who tend to be older and more moderate.The dark-horse hopeful, Mamdani, has cut into Cuomo’s commanding lead over the past few months, narrowing the gap to about 10 points, according to recent polls.One poll from Emerson College Polling/Pix 11/The Hill released Monday even had him winning by a narrow 2-1 margin in the eighth round of ranked-choice voting.Also running for the Dem nomination are: City Comptroller Brad Lander, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, state Sens.
Zellnor Myrie and Jessica Ramos, former comptroller Scott Stringer, the Rev.Michael Blake and businessman Whitney Tilson.Once polls close, results should start pouring in every five minutes with updates coming from each of the voting locations.The Board of Elections says results should be in by 10 p.m.
— sort of.New Yorkers will actually only learn how each candidate performed in the fi...