«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.
Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander has introduced instant
runoff voting legislation several
times since 2012, and the state Senate passed legislation in 2015 that would have instituted it.