Sentences with phrase «runoff voting for»

If these Democrats are really worried about the spoiler problem, they should join us in promoting the solution: proportional representation in legislatures and instant runoff voting for executive offices,» Hawkins said.

Hawkins also supports proportional representation for legislative elections, instant runoff voting for executive offices like Governor, and an amendment the U.S. Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court doctrines of corporate personhood and money - is - speech that severely restrict regulation of corporations and election financing.

The instant - runoff voting for the House upsets the apple cart if and only if one of the major parties fails to be broad - based enough to siphon off third party policies in a given electorate (i.e. a majority party swaps places with a minority party).

The City Council has consistently advocated for voting and election reform in its annual state legislative agenda, including early voting, instant runoff voting for citywide primaries, and public campaign financing at the state level.

Starting in 2018, Maine will become the first state to use instant - runoff voting for elections for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and state legislature.

Not exact matches

The measure fell just short of the 60 votes needed for passage, despite frantic last - minute lobbying by supporters, especially Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, who faces a runoff election on Dec. 6.

The instant runoff system is considered a very good voting system when choosing between multiple options because it avoids the spoiler effect (e.g. two similar options stealing each other votes so a 3rd candidate who is actually less popular than them wins), doesn't discourage votes for options perceived as underdogs and leads to a compromise most people can agree to.

At 12:30 p.m., NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and others call for instant runoff voting to be implemented in New York City elections, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

You wouldn't claim people get more votes under other forms of runoff voting (two round system or exhaustive ballot for example).

When STV is used for single - winner elections, it is equivalent to the instant - runoff voting (alternative vote) method.

A runoff election is still up in the air and is set for Oct. 1st after a recount where Bill will need to garner 40 % of the vote to avoid a runoff.

Votes initially cast for eliminated candidates would go to the finalist in the instant runoff whom those voters ranked next on their ballots.

Instant runoff voting would let New Yorkers pick their first choice for each elected office and rank the remaining candidates in order of preference.

«Cities that have adopted instant runoff voting to eliminate runoffs have not only saved millions of dollars but have also improved their democracies by making sure that we are electing our leaders in an election where the most voters, the most diverse voters, are at the polls at one time,» said Grace Ramsey, deputy outreach director for FairVote, a nonpartisan advocacy group, at the news conference.

Just Friday, Thompsons's resolve seemed steady, hoping a re-canvass of voting machines would result in a runoff between he and de Blasio, saying he wanted to wait for the official count, but Monday Thompson called for party unity.

Runoffs are currently only required in the three citywide races, for Mayor, Public Advocate, and Comptroller, and occur among the top two vote - getters if no candidate hits 40 percent in the first round of the primary.

Instant runoff voting, also known as ranked - choice voting, allows voters to rank primary candidates in order of preference so that if one candidate does not cross the required threshold for victory, the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated and the votes are redistributed based on the second choice selected by voters who had selected the eliminated candidate first, and so on until a winner emerges.

For some people, ranked - choice voting means specifically instant runoff voting when electing a single candidate and the single transferable vote when electing multiple candidates (e.g., a council or committee).

The experiment compared plurality voting (traditional «vote for one» method) with approval Voting, score voting and instant runoff voting.

For these people, ranked - choice voting includes not only instant runoff voting and the single transferable vote, but also Condorcet voting and the Borda count.

For single - member executive offices, LaVenia added, instant runoff voting where voters rank their choices in order of preference is a system that eliminates the incentives for lesser evil voting while insuring that the most preferred candidate is electFor single - member executive offices, LaVenia added, instant runoff voting where voters rank their choices in order of preference is a system that eliminates the incentives for lesser evil voting while insuring that the most preferred candidate is electfor lesser evil voting while insuring that the most preferred candidate is elected.

The election for District 4 advanced to a runoff election on December 17, 2016, because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the general election.

Several prominent Democratic elected officials and voting reform advocates on Tuesday assembled outside City Hall to call for instant runoff voting in citywide primary elections.

Carroll also said the addition of Weiner to the race could result in a runoff, as it would be difficult for any candidate to reach the magic 40 - percent number needed to avoid a second round of voting.

«And imagine what the reaction would've been if the city had to spend millions of dollars to hold a runoff election for one of the small parties, where they might've been spending as much as $ 30,000 per vote in order to administer a runoff election for one of the smaller parties.

Without that reliably Democratic vote, Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) won without a runoff in 2007 — a major boost for Republicans» hopes against Landrieu who has never won with more than 52 percent of the vote.

Look for many of them to head to a July 22 runoff, which is triggered when no candidate receives at least a majority of the vote.

If de Blasio does not receive more than 40 % of the vote, William Thompson and Bill de Blasio will have a runoff election for the Democratic nomination for Mayor.]

In the primaries for both races, if candidates do not receive a majority of the vote, there will be a runoff on June 10.

For citywide offices, a runoff is called for if no candidate receives at least 40 percent of the voFor citywide offices, a runoff is called for if no candidate receives at least 40 percent of the vofor if no candidate receives at least 40 percent of the vote.

For example, instant runoff voting is considered to have less frequent IIA failure than First Past the Post (also known as Plurality Rule).

Under the current system for the city's three citywide primaries — mayor, comptroller and public advocate races — if no candidate receives 40 percent of the vote, then the top two candidates face off in a runoff election, as mandated by state law.

When Observer asked Stringer and James whether their potential mayoral bids were connected to their push for instant runoff voting (Adams had already left the press conference by that point), James would not weigh in on the matter.

«As I mentioned at the outset, I am the poster child for instant runoff — $ 10 to 13 million for a race where only 300,000 people came out to vote.

New York City lawmakers — including three potential 2021 mayoral candidates — as well as government reform advocates are calling on the city to adopt instant runoff voting, ranking candidates based on preference, for citywide primaries.

When de Blasio was the Democratic nominee for mayor — and public advocate at the time «he had concerns about instant runoff voting.

Two members of City Council are demanding an end to pricey runoffs such as Tuesday's vote for public advocate.

(CNN)- Republican businessman Craig Huey has defeated Democratic California Secretary of State Debra Bowen for the second spot in the July special runoff election to replace former Democratic Rep. Jane Harman, according to updated vote results released Thursday.

Delegates voted by a margin of 60 % -40 % to put support for Ranked Choice Voting (sometimes called Instant Runoff Voting) into the party's state platform.

The risk for Democrats is dividing their votes among so many candidates that a weaker Democrat manages to qualify for a runoff against a Republican.

There may not be a primary battle for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, but the mayoral runoff election in Chicago - triggered Tuesday by incumbent Rahm Emanuel's failure to get 50 percent of the vote - looks like it is going to serve as a proxy, with netroots progressives and unions on one side backing Emanuel's challenger Chuy Garcia, and high finance and the Democratic establishment backing Emanuel.

Instant runoff voting enables voters to vote for their first choice without fear of helping the candidate they most oppose.

3) Businessman Tim James, son of former Alabama Gov. Fob James, appears to have narrowly — 200 votes or so — missed out on making the Republican runoff for governor.

Peeler spent the runoff digging through Sanford's voting record as a member of Congress and releasing a series of blistering attacks on issues like breast cancer funding and Sanford's alleged lack of support for the military and veterans.

If no candidate wins 40 percent of the vote in the primary, the top two will face off in a runoff election for the nomination.

The two candidates with the most votes, who qualified for the November 21st runoff election were Kip Holden (D) and Billy Nungesser (R).

Assuming the winner didn't capture a majority of the vote, second place would have been good enough to get Westin into a May runoff for the chance to unseat Representative John Culberson, a nine - term Republican who chairs a spending panel that shapes the budgets of several federal research agencies.

The decision came after 8 rounds of voting involving a close runoff among several top films including Guillermo del Toro's THE SHAPE OF WATER about the rescue of an alien creature from the clutches of cruel scientists in a cold war with the Russians, and also earned a BEST ACTRESS AWARD for Sally Hawkins as a mute cleaning lady whose sympathetic performance spoke volumes.

Otherwise, the top two candidates from the first vote will take part in a runoff one week later, set for May 26.

Just 20 percent of eligible Los Angeles voters turned out to the polls on March 7 to vote for their city's next mayor and school board officials, and turnout is likely to be even lower for Tuesday's school board runoffs.