‘Bumbling’ NYC Board Sends Election Misinfo To Millions Of Voters
New York City’s Campaign Finance Board sent out millions of faulty voter guides preceding the June 24 Democratic primary. The guides falsely included Mayor Eric Adams , who is forgoing the Democratic primary to run for…
New York City’s Campaign Finance Board sent out millions of faulty voter guides preceding the June 24 Democratic primary.
The guides falsely included Mayor Eric Adams, who is forgoing the Democratic primary to run for reelection as an independent, despite remaining a registered Democrat. The guide was mailed to over 3.5 million New York voters starting on May 19, according to Politico.
The city printed 2025 Primary Election Voter Guides in 14 different languages — each one incorrectly stating twice that Adams will run in next month’s Democratic primary, Politico reported.
“In the business of voter education, every error is serious, and we take Voter Guide errors very seriously,” Campaign Finance Board spokesperson Amy Lebowitz said in a statement regarding the error. “NYC Votes will work overtime until Election Day to get accurate information to voters across the five boroughs.”
The board now plans to mail corrected lists of mayoral primary candidates to all registered Democrats in New York, according to Politico.
Empire Report New York called the board’s error “bumbling,” in a Wednesday X post.
Adams’ decision to run as an independent in the upcoming campaign cycle came shortly after a federal judge