For the last two election cycles, New York City voters have used ranked choice voting, which was approved by 73% of voters in 2019 to vote in local primaries.

Voters will use ranked choice voting (RCV) once again in the June 27, 2023 primary for most of the offices on their ballots, with one important exception: RCV is used only for municipal elections like City Council, but not in district attorney races, which are technically state offices. This year, DAs are on the ballot in The Bronx, Queens and Staten Island.

Like the 2021 mayoral primary, there are likely to be contests this year with long lists of candidates where ranked choice-related pacts may emerge. In that primary, for example, Kathryn Garcia and Andrew Yang formed a late alliance encouraging their respective supporters to rank the other one “second” on the ballot for mayor. Click here to read more.