Women Candidates to Council: Don t Delay Ranked Choice Voting, Start Education Today
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NEW YORK, NY (12/14/2020) (readMedia) Today, 23 women candidates for New York City Council wrote an open letter in support of Ranked Choice Voting, arguing that it will help elect more women women of color in particular by eliminating the spoiler effect and decreasing negative attacks. Rather than seeking to delay ranked choice voting, we need the Council to pass Intro 1994 which would fund and mandate a full voter education campaign. The Council has the power to make sure its stated goals of educating voters are fulfilled. Use it. As candidates, we also understand that we have a responsibility, alongside city agencies, to educate the voters and we don t shy from that opportunity.
Ranked Choice Voting + the Race For Brooklyn Borough President
All candidates agree the new voting method is good for voters
NEW YORK, NY (12/11/2020) (readMedia) On Wednesday night, the Brooklyn Library, Rank the Vote NYC, Common Cause/NY, Brooklyn Young Democrats and the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College hosted a forum on ranked choice voting (RCV) and the race for Brooklyn Borough President. The event was moderated by Lurie Daniel Favors, Interim Executive Director at the Center for Law and Social Justice. Seven candidates participated, including Councilmembers Anontio Reynoso and Robert Cornegy, Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon, Kim Council, Pearlene Fields, Khari Edwards, and Robert Ramos Jr.