Final Five Voting NYC
@finalfivenyc
Non-partisan grassroots org fighting to make NYC's elections more democratic through the adoption of Final Five Voting (#OpenPrimaries + #RankedChoiceVoting)
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28-07-2022 15:32:23
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NEWS from Common Cause: “There are over 3.1 million registered voters in NY who are politically unaffiliated voters…24% of the electorate & roughly a third live in NYC.” Rising numbers of Independents is leading to more calls for nonpartisan elections. commoncause.org/new-york/resou…
A lengthy, but great read from The Atlantic on political polarization being driven by increasing sense of loneliness in America: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
6 states are rethinking how they run their primaries in 2024. Some real reform is beginning to take hold across the country, we plan to give it a push with our effort in NYC! Final Five Voting NYC nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…
Sal Albanese Final Five Voting NYC #LetAllVotersVote in EVERY election!
“There are bad voting laws, terrible voting laws and then there’s New York, where the laws are systemically designed to disenfranchise.” -Open Primaries President John Opdycke in the The Wall Street Journal openprimaries.org/new_yorks_vote…
.Harry Siegel in his thoughtful column on problems Mayor Eric Adams is facing also makes a compelling argument on how broken our electoral rules are & need for nonpartisan elections so vast # of voters who aren’t ideologues can participate. We are working on this. Final Five Voting NYC
Organizermemes Yall the answer is slowly get electoral reform state by state. We can do this in 25 states simply by ballot measure. Nevada Question 3 is a HUGE national race to get behind this November if we want to effect change. We have a Final Five ballot question in NYC as well.
Organizermemes Because RCV elects better candidates.
Excellent book & interview of Nick Troiano on the importance of non partisan election reform. It echoes our message in NYC around Final Five Voting NYC
Excited to read this - congrats to Nick Troiano and Unite America !
ICYMI: We’ve launched a new campaign to end the discrimination against independent voters. Watch the video, sign the petition and get involved today! Chris Ammons ivn.us/posts/letusvot…
"Like the sequel to a bad movie that no one wants to see, Americans are bracing themselves for a re-run of the 2020 presidential election." Thank you Spectrum News NY1 for covering Sal Albanese's op-ed in the New York Daily News! ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug…
NYC Board of Elections Ny Whitaker I would love to vote in this primary. Unfortunately independents are disenfranchised by the self serving 2 party system that is NOT a part of the US constitution. Final Five Voting NYC