Rep. Torres, Rank the Vote NYC, Advocates Rally for Ranked Choice Voting
NEW YORK, NY (03/22/2021) (readMedia)-- Outside of a poll site in Council District 15, Congressmember Ritchie Torres, Rank the Vote NYC, Mothers on the Move, Bronx NAACP, and Dominicanos, will rally for Ranked Choice Voting (RCV): a voting system that gives voters the opportunity to either rank as many as 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.
Voters in Council District 15 are currently ranking their ballots for the special election to fill Rep. Torres's former seat. 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: | Rep. Ritchie Torres Luke Hayes, Campaign Manager for Rank the Vote NYC Wanda Salaman, Mothers on the Move Eddie Cuesta, National Executive Director at Dominicanos USA Bronx NAACP list in formation |
WHAT: | Rally for Ranked Choice Voting with Rep. Torres in front of a poll site in Council District 15. |
WHEN: | Monday March 22, 2021 at 10:00AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) |
WHERE: | Outside of a poll site JHS 45 Thomas C. Giordano MS 45 2502 Lorillard Pl Bronx, New York 10458 |
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