Here are five takeaways from New York City’s second experience with ranked-choice voting, and how it helped Zohran Mamdani secure a decisive victory.

New York City is using ranked choice voting in its Democratic mayoral primary election, a system that takes some explaining, even for people who have used it before. Ranked choice is based on a simple premise: Democracy works better if people aren't forced to make an all-or-nothing choice with their vote.

Tuesday’s release includes ranked choice tabulations of all in-person votes and mail-in votes received and processed by Election Day. The BOE will continue to release tabulations for any remaining ballots, including cured affidavit ballots, on a weekly basis.