BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
2021 PRIMARY
OFFICIAL RANKED CHOICE ROUNDS
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Contest:DEM Council Member 40th Council District
Election Date:2021/06/22
Election results
Rita C. Joseph won the DEM Council Member 40th Council District Primary with 10,065 of the votes in the final round.
Rita C. Joseph defeated Josue Pierre, who received 6,829 of final votes.
How the votes were counted - round by round
 Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9Round 10
Eliminated in this round Write-insVictor JordanVivia M. MorganJohn WilliamsHarriet L. HinesMaxi EugeneBlake MorrisEdwin K. Raymond; Cecilia Cortez**Kenya Handy-Hilliard
Elected         Rita C. Joseph*
Votes in this round# votes% of votevotes transfered# votes% of votevotes transfered# votes% of votevotes transfered# votes% of votevotes transfered# votes% of votevotes transfered# votes% of votevotes transfered# votes% of votevotes transfered# votes% of votevotes transfered# votes% of votevotes transfered# votes% of vote
Rita C. Joseph 5,648 25.3%1 5,649 25.3%74 5,723 25.8%42 5,765 26.1%54 5,819 26.6%192 6,011 27.7%155 6,166 29.1%240 6,406 30.8%1140 7,546 39.7%2519 10,065 59.6%
Josue Pierre 4,490 20.1%4 4,494 20.1%27 4,521 20.3%27 4,548 20.6%58 4,606 21.1%67 4,673 21.6%195 4,868 23.0%215 5,083 24.5%771 5,854 30.8%975 6,829 40.4%
Kenya Handy-Hilliard 4,342 19.4%6 4,348 19.5%16 4,364 19.6%49 4,413 20.0%69 4,482 20.5%79 4,561 21.0%89 4,650 22.0%156 4,806 23.1%814 5,620 29.5%-XXX
Edwin K. Raymond 1,856 8.3%3 1,859 8.3%30 1,889 8.5%25 1,914 8.7%60 1,974 9.0%88 2,062 9.5%78 2,140 10.1%125 2,265 10.9%-XXX 
Cecilia Cortez 1,645 7.4%2 1,647 7.4%21 1,668 7.5%70 1,738 7.9%65 1,803 8.2%92 1,895 8.7%91 1,986 9.4%235 2,221 10.7%-XXX 
Blake Morris 1,127 5.0%2 1,129 5.1%26 1,155 5.2%15 1,170 5.3%67 1,237 5.7%63 1,300 6.0%68 1,368 6.5%-XXX  
Maxi Eugene 1,054 4.7% 1,054 4.7%14 1,068 4.8%17 1,085 4.9%44 1,129 5.2%46 1,175 5.4%-XXX   
Harriet L. Hines 711 3.2%1 712 3.2%24 736 3.3%42 778 3.5%39 817 3.7%-XXX    
John Williams 656 2.9%1 657 2.9%14 671 3.0%34 705 3.2%-XXX     
Vivia M. Morgan 411 1.8%1 412 1.8%16 428 1.9%-XXX      
Victor Jordan 343 1.5%1 344 1.5%-XXX       
Write-ins 60 0.3%-XXX        
Inactive ballots  38 38 82 120 107 227 249 476 190 666 499 1,165 397 1,562 1761 3,323 2126 5,449 
*The winning candidate is the candidate in the round with final 2 candidates who has the most votes.
**Two or more candidates with the lowest number of votes can be eliminated in a single round if their total number of votes is less than
the votes for the candidate immediately ahead of them. This means that, if all next choices went to one of them, they would still trail
the next higher candidate, and the outcome will be the same whether they are eliminated one by one, or at the same time.