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

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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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