Rank the Vote, NYC Council Candidates Launch RCV Week of Action

Tiffany Caban, Amanda Farias, Sandy Nurse + candidates running in the same district hold forums, workshops about Ranked Choice Voting

NEW YORK, NY (01/25/2021) (readMedia)-- As voters in Council District 24 head to the polls for the first Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) election in New York City, a dozen candidates running for New York City Council across the five boroughs will launch a Ranked Choice Voting Week of Action. The candidates, including some who are running for the same seat, will hold forums and workshops, table at subway stations, and more, all week to inform voters about the new way to vote.

RCV allows voters the opportunity to either rank up to 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 defeated and voters' second choice votes get counted and so on until the top vote-getter of the final two is declared the 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.

WHO:

Janggo Mahmud, Queens Organizer at Rank the Vote NYC

Crystal Hudson, NYC Council Candidate

Amanda Farias, NYC Council Candidate

Aleda Gagarin, NYC Council Candidate

Sandy Nurse, NYC Council Candidate

Elizabeth Adams, NYC Council Candidate

Tiffany Caban, NYC Council Candidate

Brandon West, NYC Council Candidate

Pierina Sanchez, NYC Council Candidate

Rita Joseph, NYC Council Candidate

Shahana Hanif, NYC Council Candidate

Lincoln Restler, NYC Council Candidate

Sara Lind, NYC Council Candidate

Marjorie Velazquez, NYC Council Candidate

Pierina Sanchez, NYC Council Candidate

Jeffrey Omura, NYC Council Candidate

Chi Ossé, NYC Council Candidate

WHAT:

 Rank the Vote NYC and NYC Council Candidates launch Ranked Choice Voting Week of Action

WHEN: Monday January 25, 2021 at 10:30AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82143727573?pwd=Vi9tMzVUYUQ4L0xJUHNYRHRJOG9JUT09
New York
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