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ABOUT
WHO WE ARE
Final Five Voting NYC is a New York City-based non-partisan advocacy organization. We're building a grassroots movement to make our city’s elections more democratic through the adoption of Final Five Voting. We are proudly led by a growing coalition of local political, community, and business leaders and organizations from all five boroughs and across the political spectrum.
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What is Final Five Voting?
Final Five Voting is a combination of two innovative election reforms:
1. A single non-partisan, open preliminary election in June in which all candidates and voters participate regardless of their political party registration.
2. The top five vote-getters advance to an instant runoff (Ranked Choice Voting) general election in November.
THE PROBLEM - CLOSED PRIMARIES
Have you noticed that our representatives are farther right and left than the majority of Americans?
Source: Unite America
That's because our representatives are chosen in low-turnout closed primaries.
In most jurisdictions across the United States (for example, 85% of Congressional districts), the Primary Election effectively decides who will win the General Election.
Here in NYC, that means that our elected officials are often selected by only 10%-20% of voters.
Over 1 million voters in New York City can't vote in our closed party primary elections. That's nearly 25% of all eligible voters!
Final Five Voting will enable these people to do what voters are supposed to do: vote!
WATCH: Senator Lisa Murkowski explains how this voting system works better for Alaskans, where it was implemented in 2020.
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