Early voting began on Saturday in NYC, but the only reliable takeaway from this uniquely inscrutable race is that no one has any clue what will happen come June 22nd. Since ranked-choice voting only adds to the uncertainty, check out our guide.
De Blasio’s rankings are respectable, but his poster board did little to elucidate the role ranked-choice voting is going to play in the race to elect his successor. We’ve got you.In a ranked-choice election, instead of voters picking only one candidate, they will, as the name implies, rank candidates in order of preference. In New York, you can rank as many as five. If a candidate receives a majority of first-place votes, they’re the winner. Done deal.
New Yorkers voted to adopt ranked-choice voting for citywide primary elections in 2019. They did so overwhelmingly; the referendum passing with 73-percent support. This is the first year ranked-choice voting will be used in the city. It will affect primaries for mayor, comptroller, public advocate, borough presidents, and the City Council.endorsing the implementation of ranked-choice voting.
The 2020 Democratic mayoral primary is no exception. There are 13 candidates in the field, 8 of which have received substantial media attention and participated in televised debates. None of these candidates have come close to cracking 50 percent in the polls.
The Democratic primary for mayor is not only the most highly publicized testing ground yet for ranked-choice voting, it’s also one that epitomizes why the system was put in place.The main drawback to ranked-choice voting is that it’s new and confusing, and could lead people to stay home or just rank the candidate they prefer first and not bothering with the others.
Eric Adams supported the ballot measure to implement ranked-choice voting in 2019, but late last year he came out in opposition of the reform. “The more barriers and layers you put in place, you’re going to hurt those who have English as a second language and those who are coming from minority communities,” he
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