Episode 14 – Grading Ranked Choice Voting

Idea 44 was so good that it got adopted. Now expensive and divisive run off elections have been replaced by ranked choice voting. It's still a fairly new idea but we’ve seen it in action in elections in our city and in places as far flung as Alaska and Maine. This week, Anthony examines what we know and what is yet to be revealed about this new type of voting. To unpack the pros and the cons, we turned to a consummate legal pro. Jerry Goldfeder of Strook & Strook & Lavan literally wrote the book about election law and gives high grades to RCV. To read Keys to the City, click here for the PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pUfBJdudI0hkZ-B4o5WGXRlpw0ktPAsw/view?usp=sharing Got an idea for New York or your city, send me an email at keystothecity@wabcradio.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices