Op-ed | NYC on ranked voting

This op-ed, posted on the Amny website, advocates for NYC to adopt ranked-choice voting, citing RepresentWomen's research. Read an excerpt below:

Ranked Choice Voting would be a major change to the way we conduct elections, and meaningful reform is always met with trepidation. Some elected officials are calling for the implementation of Ranked Choice Voting to be delayed, claiming that there isn’t enough time to educate voters about this reform, particularly in a global pandemic.

The Campaign Finance Board should conduct a robust public education to prepare voters for next year’s elections, and the City Council should allocate the funding needed for that campaign. Because voters were concentrating on the 2020 elections, it would have been impossible to inform them about an election in 2021.

There are also claims that Ranked Choice Voting would further disadvantage groups historically underrepresented in elected office. The truth is, there is evidence to suggest that women and people of color actually have better electoral outcomes under Ranked Choice Voting.

Read the full article here.