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NEW YORK - The New York City Campaign Finance Board sent out over 3.5
million voter guides that incorrectly stated - twice - Mayor Eric Adams
would appear on the Democratic primary ballot next month.

He is actually skipping his party's primary to run in November as an independent.

The "2025 Primary Election Voter Guide" was mailed to 3,523,795 voters
in the city starting May 19, about a month before the June 24 primary, according to Campaign Finance Board spokesperson Amy Lebowitz. The
packets were printed in 14 different languages with 96 editions, and
each voter guide contained the errors.

"Our priority at the Campaign Finance Board and NYC Votes is to provide trustworthy information that empowers New Yorkers to make their voices
heard at the ballot box," Lebowitz said in a statement. "In the business
of voter education, every error is serious, and we take Voter Guide
errors very seriously. NYC Votes will work overtime until Election Day
to get accurate information to voters across the five boroughs."

The board also told POLITICO it will be fast-tracking additional mailers
to all registered Democrats in the city with a corrected list of mayoral primary candidates. It did not provide a cost for the corrective
measure.

In the voter guide's section of Democratic mayoral candidates, Eric
Adams is listed second, along with 15 others. It also puts the partisan affiliation under Adams' name in his candidate profile.

Adams announced in April he'd run for reelection as an independent, and
his campaign later confirmed it is gathering signatures to appear on two
new ballot lines: "EndAntiSemitism" and "Safe&Affordable."

"Mayor Eric Adams is a Democrat, but he's running this cycle as an
independent to bring together a broader coalition of voters," Todd
Shapiro, a spokesperson for the Adams campaign, said in a statement.

The mayor's decision followed his apparent realization that his path in
a Democratic primary would be particularly difficult, given his
affiliation with President Donald Trump. The Republican White House successfully urged a federal judge to drop corruption charges against
the mayor, in what a now-resigned prosecutor alleged was a quid pro quo.

Adams denies that charge, but seemed to nevertheless realize that the
case hurt him with Democrats - as polling has consistently shown.

Shapiro also took issue with the voter guide putting a check mark next
to Adams' name. The symbol is meant to indicate to voters "a candidate
is participating in NYC's matching funds program, which helps candidates
rely on New York City residents - not special interests - to fund their campaigns," per the guide.

Adams is suing the board for denying him $3.4 million in matching funds, POLITICO reported.

"The Campaign Finance Board's voter guide is incorrect - he is not
receiving matching funds," Shapiro said. "The CFB's rules unfairly
penalize candidates who choose to run outside party lines. We're
challenging this to ensure the system supports participation, not
restricts it."

The board - responsible for creating, printing and mailing the packets -
ruled Adams was not eligible to receive matching funds in December,
following the federal indictment that alleged he engaged in a straw
donor scheme and abused the program.

The voter guide also put check marks next to other candidates who have attempted to earn public matching funds, but have not received them.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/28/nyc-sent-voters-information-guid es-with-error-00373610

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