Ranked Choice Voting

How to New York

How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?

March 23, 2023, 8:45 p.m.Feb. 5, 2025, 11:36 a.m.

The voting method is used in primaries for municipal offices only, not in state or federal races or general elections.

An Upper West Side voter casts a ballot in the Congressional District 12 race.

How to New York

What Voters Should Know About 2023 Elections in NYC

Feb. 16, 2023, 5:05 a.m.Oct. 11, 2023, 1:42 p.m.

What’s on the ballot, when are the key deadlines, and can non-citizens vote this year? Here’s everything you need to know.

Elections

Public Spending on 2021 NYC Elections Blew Away Previous Records

Sept. 27, 2022, 5:01 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

Taxpayer funds given out in the primaries and general last year were nearly 10 times what they were in 2017, the last citywide election, and about three times what they were in 2013.

Voting

Turnout in NYC’s Primary Was Tragically Low — Again. Here are 6 Experts’ Ideas on How to Fix That.

Aug. 24, 2022, 7:15 p.m.May 19, 2023, 3:13 p.m.

From same-day registration to nonpartisan primaries to switching election dates, NYC has options to create change. Does it have the will?

Campaign 2021

Did Ranked Choice Voting Work in NYC? It Depends Whom You Ask…

July 19, 2021, 10:07 p.m.July 20, 2021, 11:41 a.m.

Preliminary findings suggest most New Yorkers took to the new system, though Eric Adams and other critics charged that poor education efforts essentially disenfranchised some voters. The full story could rest in the raw data for all ballots cast.

Elections

Most Borough Presidents Races Still Too Close to Call, Latest Preliminary Count Shows

July 3, 2021, 12:37 a.m.July 7, 2021, 12:32 p.m.

Mark Murphy appears to be far ahead in the Staten Island Democratic primary. But all the rest of the contests across the city likely will hinge on yet-to-be tabulated absentee ballots, ranked-choice figures the Board of Elections released late Friday indicate.

Voting

As Primary Comes Down to Absentee Ballots, Here’s Where They’re Coming From

July 1, 2021, 10:44 p.m.July 2, 2021, 9:03 a.m.

Eric Adams is ahead by about 15,000 in-person votes after first-ranked choice vote tabulations. But Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley stand to benefit greatly from 125,000 outstanding Democratic absentee ballots, our analysis found.

Elections

Board of Election Vote-Count Bungle Could’ve Been Avoided, Consultant Says

June 30, 2021, 9:01 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:57 a.m.

The troubled agency’s reluctance to collaborate or listen to outside experts began long before staffers screwed up the mayoral primary by neglecting to remove 135,000 test ballots, an examination by THE CITY reveals.

Ranked Choice Voting

Rankled Choice: Voting Experts Say BOE Rushed Into Releasing Preliminary Results

June 30, 2021, 12:51 a.m.June 30, 2021, 12:51 a.m.

The snafu that led to the city Board of Elections pulling the tally Tuesday could have been avoided, experts say. Now some worry that the disaster will sully the ranked choice voting system, which ers say make for fairer elections.

Campaign 2021

Andrew Yang Launches Absentee Ballot Lawsuit, Heralding More Legal Action

June 24, 2021, 9:45 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:57 a.m.

The ex-mayoral hopeful filed a pre-emptive suit before conceding Tuesday. The move signaled a potential onslaught of challenges in a primary featuring a record number of candidates and ranked choice voting’s debut.

Ranked Choice Voting

How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?

What Voters Should Know About 2023 Elections in NYC

Public Spending on 2021 NYC Elections Blew Away Previous Records

Turnout in NYC’s Primary Was Tragically Low — Again. Here are 6 Experts’ Ideas on How to Fix That.

Did Ranked Choice Voting Work in NYC? It Depends Whom You Ask…

Most Borough Presidents Races Still Too Close to Call, Latest Preliminary Count Shows

As Primary Comes Down to Absentee Ballots, Here’s Where They’re Coming From

Board of Election Vote-Count Bungle Could’ve Been Avoided, Consultant Says

Rankled Choice: Voting Experts Say BOE Rushed Into Releasing Preliminary Results

Andrew Yang Launches Absentee Ballot Lawsuit, Heralding More Legal Action

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