Adams suspended his reelection campaign but his name stays on the ballot. Why?

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NYC election law gives candidates until October 3 to withdraw from the ballot. Adams suspended his campaign on September 28, but his corruption indictment wasn't unsealed until September 26—just seven days before the withdrawal deadline. The Board of Elections ruled that "suspending" isn't the same as officially withdrawing, so Adams' name stayed on. This split the anti-Cuomo vote: some voters marked Adams not knowing he'd dropped out, while others saw it as a protest vote against both frontrunners. In ranked-choice voting, these "wasted" first-choice votes for Adams got redistributed in later rounds, but only after eliminating other candidates who might have consolidated opposition earlier.

Adams suspended his reelection campaign but his name stays on the ballot. Why?

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