Dear John,

Election Day is coming up (and early voting is already underway!). On the ballot this year are critical improvements to the way elections work in NYC.

Ballot Proposal #1 will establish a Ranked Choice Voting system for all primary and special local elections. Rather than choosing just one candidate, voters would get to rank their top five candidates. When the ballots are counted, candidates with the least support are removed and those votes are transferred to the voters’ second choice, until a winner emerges with majority support.

Pledge to vote yes on ballot proposal #1 to bring Ranked Choice Voting to NYC. [[link removed]]

Ranked Choice Voting has been implemented successfully in Maine, San Francisco, Minneapolis and across the world. It is proven to increase voter participation (which NYC sorely needs), elect more women and candidates of color, discourage negative campaigning, and eliminate the need for expensive run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the vote. More voters show up to the polls because they know their vote truly matters. More women and candidates of color get elected because people rank their favorite candidates, rather than voting for the one with the best chance to win. Candidates run fewer attack ads, knowing that they don’t want to alienate their opponent’s voters who might pick them as a second choice.

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Ranked Choice Voting may sound confusing at first, but it is far more democratic than our current system and voters in jurisdictions that use it really like it. You can read more about how ranked choice voting can improve democracy here [[link removed]] .

Pledge to vote to bring Ranked Choice Voting to NYC [[link removed]] and head to the polls this week or on Election Day.

Ranked Choice Voting isn’t the only change on the ballot this year. I’d also urge you to vote yes on the rest of the ballot proposals, which will bring needed changes to elections, police oversight, ethics/governance, budgeting, and land use. You can read all five questions here [[link removed]] .

In particular, the proposal to create a rainy day fund is a smart, responsible measure that will enable the city to better plan its future finances. As Andrew Rein of the Citizens Budget Commission wrote in the Daily News [[link removed]] , the proposed rainy day fund would be “essentially a savings account so the city could save during prosperous times in order to stave off budget cuts or tax increases in times of crisis or recession.”

This may be a quieter election year, but significant changes to how our city government works are on the ballot.

Brad

P.S. Don’t miss the chance to also vote for Jumaane Williams for Public Advocate!




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