New York City is using ranked choice voting in its Democratic mayoral primary election Tuesday, a system that takes some explaining, even for New Yorkers who have used it before.

Eleven candidates are vying to win the Democratic primary for mayor in New York City, the second time that ranked-choice voting will be used in the mayor’s race. Polls have shown former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani as the two front-runners. The incumbent, Eric Adams, will run as an independent in November.

Primary day in New York City’s mayoral contest has arrived, and there’s plenty of drama. Incumbent mayor Eric Adams, facing a corruption scandal, opted out of the Democratic primary to run as an independent.