Alan McConchie"With Ranked Choice Voting in NYC, Women Win"
Before 2021, New York’s 51-member council had always been majority male. Women hadn’t even gotten close to a majority. The best showing had been 18 seats, just a tick above 35 percent.
That all changed with ranked choice voting (RCV). In 2021, voters elected not only a women-majority council but nearly doubled the previous high, with 31 seats.
https://thefulcrum.us/electoral-reforms/ranked-choice-voting-nyc
With Ranked Choice Voting in NYC, Women Win
As New York prepares to choose its next city council and mayor in primaries this week, it’s worth remembering that the road to gender equality in the nation’s largest city has been long and slow.Before 2021, New York’s 51-member council had always been majority male. Women hadn’t even gotten close t...