Democracy Ride Along w/ Susan Lerner on Election Day

NEW YORK, NY (06/21/2021) (readMedia)-- On the first city-wide Election Day with Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause/NY, will be traveling around New York City inspecting poll sites as part of an Election Protection program. Lerner will also be listening to voters about their experience with RCV.

Ranked choice voting gives voters the opportunity to rank as many as five candidates in order of preference. If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of first choice votes, the candidate that came in last is eliminated and voters' second choice votes are distributed. This repeats until there's a majority winner. In the 2021 election, RCV applies to all primary races for City Council, Borough President, Comptroller, Public Advocate, and Mayor.

Public schedule (NOTE: subject to change. Please reach out to Becky Stern, 516 581 5707):

7:35am: Susan Lerner will be on Pix11 morning news

8:00am - 8:20am:

PS 321

180 7th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

8:30am - 8:50am:

Brooklyn Museum

200 Eastern Parkway

Brooklyn, NY

910 - 930am:

1355 Herkimer Street

Brooklyn, NY

9:50am - 10:10am:

Brooklyn Tech

2 South Elliott Place

Brooklyn, NY

11am: Susan Lerner will be a guest on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC

1pm: Press conference call with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and NALEO Educational Fund to provide election day updates.

(877) 876-9174, Verbal Passcode: ElectionNow

4pm - 420pm:

IS 145-Joseph Pulitzer

33-34 80 Street

Queens, NY

4:30pm - 4:50pm:

Thomas A. Edison HS

165-65 84 Avenue

Queens, NY

5:10 - 5:30:

PS 70-Queens

30-44 43rd St

Queens, NY

5:50 - 6:10:

McGuiness Sr Ctr

715 Leonard St

Brookln, NY