On June 17, the New York State Senate passed SB 4586, which would use instant run-off voting for party primaries in New York city for the offices of Mayor, Public Advocate, and Comptroller. Here is the text of the bill. Voters could rank up to five candidates. The bill appears to have passed the State Senate with a voice vote, so there is no tally on how Senators voted.
There is very little time for the Assembly to vote on this bill, because the session will end June 18 or June 19. The sponsor of the bill is Senator Andrew J. Lanza (R-Staten Island). The bill is also introduced in the Assembly as AB 5571. Thanks to Rob Richie for this news.
IRV is an EVIL and math STUPID version of the top 2 primary.
How often will the IRV final 2 be both Stalin / Hitler clones (i.e. the Middle is very divided) ???
Means ZERO to the IRV math MORONS.
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P.R. and nonpartisan App.V. — pending Condorcet head to head math.
The bill requires the ballot to be clear and easy to understand, so that the ballot format used in San Francisco or Minneapolis would be invalid.