Final Five Voting NYC

What is Final Five Voting? It's a combination of two powerful election reforms: 1) A single open primary in which all voters participate regardless of their political party registration. 2) A Ranked Choice Voting general election among the top five top winners of the primary.

No voter should be denied a say in the primary elections. Fight for #OpenPrimaries in NYC. Give our friends a follow! 👇

@BOENYC @NyWhitaker 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. @FinalFiveNYC

This mailer arrived in my mailbox from NY’s Board of Elections on the same day that Joe Biden clinched the Dem nomination and there are no Republican challengers to the leading candidate. It begs the question: what is the cost to taxpayers and what is actual turnout to justify this spend? Expanding access to in-person voting, especially for hardworking New Yorkers with busy schedules, is a laudable goal, but such a long schedule really needs to be thought through. New York has incredibly low voter turnout and we are doing nothing about it. Moreover, anyone can get a mail in ballot easily if they are traveling or find it more convenient to vote by mail. But the more troubling issue with how New York’s Board of Elections runs our primaries is the fact we have misplaced priorities. We are spending what appears to be massive amounts of taxpayer money to make sure a tiny fraction of voters can vote, without addressing the core issue that New York is facing and which is threatening our democracy, and that is pathetically low voter turnout. We need to fix this. Because New York is one of the few states left with closed primaries, over 1.5 million independent voters are disenfranchised . No one should be forced to join a party just to vote in a primary . It also violates one of our core civil rights—freedom of association . We need to open our primaries and make sure every independent is franchised. Then let’s look at an early voting schedule that makes sense using data from turnout to craft a schedule that is not a flagrant waste of taxpayer money. With higher voter turnout we may even want to expand the hours and access! If we are really committed to saving our a democracy, supporting open primaries is essential. @SalAlbaneseNYC @OpenPrimaryUSA @DemocracyFound @FinalFiveNYC @OneCityRisingNY @JCAndersonNYC @nicolegelinas

@Maria4Dist6 👏👏

This was a good read. I'm a registered NYC voter for over 25 years. Past 10 as "unaffiliated". I am totally disenfranchised from the nomination process that I pay for. Then, I am offered 0 choice on most races voters, which I also pay for +8:1 matching donation.

"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 @NY1 for covering @SalAlbaneseNYC's op-ed in the @NYDailyNews! ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug…

ICYMI: We’ve launched a new campaign to end the discrimination against independent voters. Watch the video, sign the petition and get involved today! @letusvote ivn.us/posts/letusvot…

Excellent book & interview of @NickTroiano on the importance of non partisan election reform. It echoes our message in NYC around @FinalFiveNYC

Excited to read this - congrats to @NickTroiano and @uniteamerica !

Goodbye 2023 election cycle ✌️ Hello 2024! 👋 While POTUS is of course important, that’s NOT my focus. For me, 2024 means TWO things: 1) #FinalFiveVoting ballot question for NYC. 2) #FinalFiveVoting ballot question for Nevada. Please join me on this journey 🙏

@OrganizerMemes Because RCV elects better candidates.

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. @VoteYESon3NV @FinalFiveNYC

“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 @jbopdycke in the @WSJ openprimaries.org/new_yorks_vote…

.@harrysiegel in his thoughtful column on problems @NYCMayor 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. @FinalFiveNYC

@SalAlbaneseNYC @FinalFiveNYC #LetAllVotersVote in EVERY election!

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! ⁦@FinalFiveNYC⁩ nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

A lengthy, but great read from @TheAtlantic on political polarization being driven by increasing sense of loneliness in America: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

We’re so grateful to have to the Staten Island Democratic Association on the Final Five Team!

NEWS from @CommonCause: “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…

Today is #ElectionDay2023! Make sure you make your voice heard today. Visit nycvotes.org to find your pollsite and preview what’s on your ballot.