Rank the Vote NYC was founded in 2019 to bring Ranked Choice Voting to New York City. After our historic win, we have since shifted to educating voters, candidates & campaigns and community groups on the upcoming changes to our local elections in 2021.
“Ranked-choice voting is a smart, tested reform that would help New Yorkers elect candidates who have support from a majority of voters. Isn’t that what democracy is all about?”
NY Times Editorial Board
10/16/19
Ranked Choice Voting was overwhelmingly approved by New York City voters in 2019 after a concerted effort by labor unions, civic groups, elected officials and everyday New Yorkers to put power back in the hands of voters. The ballot campaign had a broad array of endorsers including:
Organizations
- Common Cause NY
- Communication Workers of America (CWA)
- District Council 37 AFSCME/AFL-CIO
- Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)
- SEIU 1199
- New York Working Families Party
- Community Free Democrats
- Downtown Independent Democrats
- Manhattan Young Democrats
- Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC
- West Harlem Progressive Democratic Club
- 21 in 21
- AALDEF
- Amplify Her
- Arena
- Brooklyn Voters Alliance
- Black Lives Matter
- Bronx Progressives
- Citizens Union
- Community Voices Heard
- Eleanor’s Legacy
- Empire State Indivisible
- League of Women Voters NYC
- Make the Road NY
- Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
- Millennial Politics
- MinKwon Center for Community Action
- Motivote
- Move Forward Staten Island
- National Institute of Reproductive Health
- New York Communities for Change
- New York Immigration Coalition
- New York Progressive Action Network
- No IDC
- NYPIRG
- Reinvent Albany
- Tech.NYC
- The Broad Room
- The Partnership for New York City
- Vote Run Lead
Elected Officials & Leaders
- Maya Wiley, Senior Vice President for Social Justice, the New School
- Congressman Hakeem Jeffries
- Congressman Jerry Nadler
- Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez
- New York Attorney General Letitia James
- Comptroller Scott Stringer
- State Senator Alessandra Biaggi
- State Senator Brad Hoylman
- State Senator Robert Jackson
- State Senator Brian Kavanagh
- State Senator Liz Krueger
- State Senator Zellnor Myrie
- State Senator Jessica Ramos
- State Senator Gustavo Rivera
- State Senator Julia Salazar
- State Senator James Sanders, Jr.
- State Senator Luis Sepúlveda
- Assembly Member Harvey Epstein
- Assembly Member Catalina Cruz
- Assembly Member Harvey Epstein
- Assembly Member Ron Kim
- Assembly Member Walter Mosley
- Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou
- Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal
- Assembly Member David Weprin
- Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins
- Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams
- Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams
- Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer
- Council Member Costa Constantinides
- Council Member Robert Cornegy, Jr.
- Council Member Rafael Espinal
- Council Member Ben Kallos
- Council Member Brad Lander
- Council Member Stephen Levin
- Council Member Mark Levine
- Council Member Carlos Menchaca
- Council Member Keith Powers
- Council Member Antonio Reynoso
- Council Member Carlina Rivera
- Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez
- Council Member Helen Rosenthal
- Council Member Paul Vallone
- Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer
- Zephyr Teachout, Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University, former candidate for NY Attorney General
- Cynthia Nixon, Actor and Activist
- Bishop Orlando Findlayter
- Reverend Dr. Ray Blanchette
Read press coverage from the ballot campaign