New York Times Story on Dysfunctional Run-off Primaries in New York City

The New York Times published this story on September 27, about the state law that requires run-off primaries in New York city, if the person who placed first in the first primary failed to receive at least 40% of the vote. The article predicts that fewer than 10% of registered Democrats will vote in the September 29 run-off primary for Public Advocate, yet the run-off will cost $15,000,000 in taxpayer funds. Even though the article is moderately long, it does not mention the idea that the city use Instant Runoff Voting. UPDATE: the article does mention IRV toward the end.


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New York Times Story on Dysfunctional Run-off Primaries in New York City — 4 Comments

  1. P.R. and A.V.

    ONE election ONLY.

    This election reform stuff AIN’T atomic physics — requiring 10,000 years of learning.

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