Dear John,

New York City’s elections just got more democratic. And more effective, too, as NYC voters overwhelmingly voted to bring Ranked Choice Voting to NYC.

Will you chip in to celebrate our victory — and help me prepare to run in NYC’s first ranked-choice election? [[link removed]]

More than five years ago, I led the first hearing on my bill to implement “Ranked Choice Voting” in New York City. We knew it could increase voter participation, make sure our elected officials are supported by a real majority, help elect more diverse candidates, and even save money.

Fast forward to yesterday. After years of reviewing research from around the country and refining our proposal, RCV is now the way NYC will vote in City elections going forward.

I’m proud of this long-term campaign to make NYC more democratic and more effective. And now it has a very personal implication for me: In 2021, I’ll be running in NYC’s first ranked-choice election, for New York City Comptroller — an office dedicated to making New York City more democratic and more effective, on a daily basis.

One great thing about Ranked Choice Voting is that it means reaching out to even more people — and that means even more organizing, even more door-knocking, and even more outreach.

Will you give $10 to my campaign today (or $25 or $50, your choice!), to help me lean into NYC’s more democratic future? [[link removed]]

After the 2013 Public Advocate primary race turned into a run-off election with miniscule voter turnout but a huge price-tag ($13 million, more than we would spend on the office itself over the next four years!), Gale Brewer and I led the call for a new voting system that would eliminate the need for expensive run-offs.

At the time, the bill languished. It’s hard to change the status quo, even if it leads to candidates who win with barely 30% of the vote.

But we didn’t stop fighting for a better local democracy.

Over the past two years, working closely with good-government groups, I helped to lead the effort to persuade the NYC Charter Revision Commission to put Ranked Choice Voting on the ballot. Together with Common Cause NY, we built a powerful and diverse coalition of supporters.

This year, after the special election for Public Advocate in February fielded 19(!) candidates, we renewed the campaign to change our inefficient election system to one that is more democratic and more cost-effective.

Thanks to your advocacy, we put Ranked Choice Voting at the top of the Charter Revision Commission’s priority list and the people of NYC voted yesterday to finally bring RCV to NYC. Ranked Choice Voting will go into effect for all special elections and primaries, starting in 2021.

We still have a lot of work to improve voter participation and strengthen our democracy, but I’m pretty excited about the progress we are making together.

With your help, I know we can go a whole lot further.

Brad



Lander for NYC
32 Union Square East
Suite 1211
New York, NY 10003
United States

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