Instant Runoff Voting Is Under Review
- By
MadameNoire
(WSJ) — The Charter Revision Commission, the panel appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to consider changes to the city constitution, plans to take a serious look at a proposal that would eliminate the need for voters to make a second trip to the polls for runoff elections.
The proposal, known as instant runoff voting, would allow voters to rank candidates in order of preference. If a candidate fails to reach 40%, the threshold in New York City for winning a party’s nomination in citywide races, the ballots would be counted again, with voters’ rankings used to simulate a runoff.
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