FORUM: Ranked Choice Voting and the Race for City Council in District 15

NEW YORK, NY (03/08/2021) (readMedia)-- Rank the Vote NYC, Common Cause/NY and Disability Rights NY will host a virtual forum on ranked choice voting (RCV) and the race for City Council in District 15 on March 9. The event will be moderated by Juan Manuel Benítez, NY1 News/NY1 Noticias political anchor and reporter, and the creator and host of Pura Política. Seven candidates will participate, including John Sánchez, Elisa Crespo, Ischia Bravo, Kenny Agosto, Troy Blackwell, Oswald Feliz and Latchmi Gopal. Early voting in Council District 15 begins Saturday, March 13.

Press can RSVP here.

RCV allows voters the opportunity to either rank five candidates in order of preference or vote for just one like they always have. If no one wins with a majority (more than 50 percent), the candidate that came in last is eliminated and voters' second choice votes get counted and so on until there's a majority winner. RCV will apply to primaries and special elections for all local offices including City Council, Borough President, Comptroller, Public Advocate and Mayor. Voters overwhelmingly passed RCV in the fall of 2019, with 74 percent of the vote.