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New Yorkers can expect to find out who won the city s upcoming Democratic mayoral primary more quickly than they would have if the New York State Board of Elections hadn t acted Tuesday to appro stanley canada ve software for tabulating ranked-choice voting results. The decision means the city will now avoid a len stanley cups uk gthy hand count of the ballots cast in the race next month.New York City conducted four special elections earlier this year for council seats using the ranked-choice voting system, but without approved tabulation software, it took several days for officials to hand count the ballots. I think hand counts, in my estimation, are the worst way to conduct an election. I think certainly a voting system or a voting machine is a better way to count ballots, said Peter Kosinski, the Republican co-chair of the state Board of Elections. There s a big primary coming up in June, a citywide primary, and conducting that one by hand I think would be very burdensome. New York City voters approved ranked-choice voting for mayoral and other city primaries in 2019. Voters will be able to rank up to five candidates in those races. The Rep stanley quencher ublican primary will not be a ranked-choice contest because there are only two candidates. Andrew Yang, Eric Adams, Kathryn Garcia and Scott Stringer AP / Getty Images / Getty Images / Getty Images If no candidate wins a ma Rxhe Grand Jury Declines Condit Case
Just hours after the White House issued a veto threat Thursday, the House voted to add gender and sexual orientation to the categories covered by federal hate crimes law.The House legislation, passed 237-180, also makes it easier for federal law enforcement to take part in or assist local prosecutions involving bias-motivated attacks. Similar legislation is also moving through the Senate, setting the stage for another veto showdown with President Bush. This is an important vote of conscience, of a statement of what America is, a society that understands that we accept differences, said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the only openly gay man in the House, presided over the chamber as the final vote was taken.The vote came after fierce lobbying from civil rights groups, who have been pushing for years for added protections against hate crime stanley thermos s, and social conservatives, who say the bill threatens the right to express moral opposition to homosexuality and stanley tazas singles out groups of citizens for special protection. The White House, in a statement warning of a veto, said state and loc stanley termosy al criminal laws already cover the new crimes defined under the bill, and there was no persuasive demonstration of any need to federalize such a potentially large range of violent crime enforcement. It also noted that the bill leaves other classes, such as the elderly, the military and police officers, without similar speci