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arrow A voter during the October 2020 early voting period Mary Altaffer/AP/Shutterstock After four special elections in different parts of New York City, a small sample of voters have had their first taste of ranked choice voting. The system, adopted by voters in 2019, took effect at the start of this year and has its advocates and detractors. With nothing set to stop its broader implementation, a much wider pool of voters will use the new voting system in the upcoming citywide primary election in June. (Early voting runs June 12 - 20; Primary Day is June 22nd.) Candidates, com...

It’s Time for a Really Robust Ranked-Choice Voting Education Effort Voting is the backbone of our democracy, and should reflect the will of the people. By Eric Dinowitz Voting is the backbone of our democracy, and should reflect the will of the people. That is the idea behind New York City’s 2019 vote, in which 73% of voters supported a ballot question changing our electoral process from a single choice plurality voting to a new system, known as ranked-choice voting (RCV). Following the lead of cities like Minneapolis and San Francisco, voters decided it was time to change the way we sele...

Will Tusk be the next Capalino? Andrew Yang’s two campaign managers, his press secretary, his policy director and multiple senior advisers don’t actually work for his New York City mayoral campaign. They’re employed by Tusk Strategies, a lobbying firm that’s regularly hired by clients to advocate for or against bills that are being considered by the City Council and the mayor. And the arrangement raises concerns about what kind of access this lobbying firm – and the private clients that hire Tusk – would have to the mayor if Yang were to win the election.  “We believe that it i...

And Alice Walton isn’t the only monied outsider plunging into a Bronx race: Big real estate is also throwing cash around in two borough contests — with the combined outside spending rivaling the sums raised by candidates within the city’s tightly restricted campaign finance system. The pair of nonpartisan special elections in the north and central Bronx is scheduled for March 23. Early in-person and absentee voting have already begun. New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany, backed by charter school advocate Walton, has spent more than $75,000 on mailers, internet video ads and live phone cal...

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