NYC’s Next Mayor Could Be the Second Choice of Most Voters
- New balloting will ask them to rank their top five preferences
- Some doubt city election system is ready and call for a delay
Andrew Yang
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More than two dozen people are vying to be New York City’s next mayor. And each wants to be every voter’s second favorite.
For the first time in the city’s history, ranked-choice voting is set to determine the winners of the party primaries in June. Voters will rank five candidates. If no one tops 50%, whoever gets the fewest first-place votes will be dropped. The ballots of those who chose the loser then go to their second choice. A computer continues the tabulation, round by round, until someone wins a majority.