>What The Hell Is A Test Ballot Anyway?
Kek, test ballots are use to make a preferred candidate win, everybody knows that.... Or they will soon.... Heh heh
Is Slate eben credible? Dunno, but the description seems legit
The sample ballots were used to run tests on the counting software for the city’s first ever citywide ranked choice election where voters are able to rank up to five candidate preferences. The ranked choice method is used elsewhere in the country—and the world—and is considered to be a more representative way of choosing elected officials than a simple plurality that can allow similar candidates to split voter blocs, paving the way, for instance, for a third candidate without much popular support to win office.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/new-york-elections-board-test-ballots-error-ranked-choice-primary.html