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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, community groups, and government institutions like the New York City Board of Elections, and the New York City Campaign Finance Board are gearing up to inundate voters with information about how the system works.
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 calls to boost candidate John Sanchez. He’s running among 10 candidates for the District 15 seat formerly occupied by U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres.
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Early Voting Starts For Hotly Contested 11th & 15th Council District Special Elections
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Early voting for two New York City Council seats begins Saturday for the Bronx s 11th and 15th Council districts with 16 candidates vying for the seat representing the voters in the north and central sections of the borough.
The early voting period phase runs through March 22nd, the day before voters will have the entire day to decide who will represent them in the Council. The contests is also the latest for voters to cast ballots under the new ranked-choice voting system, which was applied to special election races for the 24th and 31st Council Districts in Queens. Results for each race may not come for several days after the election if a candidate does not secure more than 50% of the vote, which would stave off the process of redistributing votes under RCV.