New York City Holds First Ranked Choice Voting Election Since 1945

On February 2, New York city used ranked choice voting to fill the vacancy in the city council, 24th district. There were eight candidates on the ballot. However, one candidate, James Gennaro, polled almost 60% of the first-choice votes, so there will be no need to count any further rounds. See this story. Thanks to Richard Grayson for the link.


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New York City Holds First Ranked Choice Voting Election Since 1945 — 3 Comments

  1. The rush to approve RCV is kind of misguided in New York. In a state where parties benefit so much from electoral fusion, the ability of a party to withhold aa nomination is a lot less threatening if somebody can support both a main and a fusion party candidate. People don’t understand this though, and thus they push for NY to use an RCV system that will undermine the third parties of the state

  2. It’s worth double-checking whether the last election using a ranked ballot in NYC was STV and not IRV. Recalling reading from Douglas Amy’s book, I’m confident it was IRV. The methods are very different although advocates often conflate them (as well as their properties). No need to echo that confusion.

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