In early April, the League met to learn about Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), followed by a concurrence session to determine whether LWVMHR concurs (or agrees) with the LWVNYC position, presented by Barbara Grosh, President, LWV of the Rochester Metro Area.
Position to be concurred with:
- We support ranked-choice voting (“instant runoff voting” IRV) in all local elections, including primaries, specials, and general elections.
- Voters should be able to rank at least three and at most six candidates for a given office.
- The counting should cease reallocating votes once a candidate receives over 50% of the current round’s votes.
- RCV/IRV should happen in place of any head-to-head runoffs that might otherwise have occurred.
- Adequate funding should be provided for training, equipment, staff, and voter education.
What is concurrence?
Concurrence is when Leagues can adopt a new position without studying it because another(trusted) League has done that study. If a League adopts a position, it means it supports that position. In this case, NYC has studied the issue of Ranked Choice Voting, and we are now asking LWVMHR members to adopt the NYC position.
Interested in learning more about Ranked-Choice Voting?
View:
- The meeting recording emailed to all League members
- Majority Rules, a documentary about Alaska’s experience, is streaming on multiple platforms
- Why Ranked Choice Voting on YouTube
- Civics for New Yorkers – Rank Choice Voting (League of Women of Voters of the City of New York).
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