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Nirvana Bassist Krist Novoselic Wants a Fair Voting System
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Many Americans are looking for a candidate this election who can make changes, but deciding on that change maker can be tricky. If there's...
View ArticleMaine Legislators Divided On Ranked-Choice Voting
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.It's been six months since residents in Maine approved a ballot measure to implement ranked-choice voting in future elections. The system allows...
View ArticleTweak the Vote
Democracy is on the ropes. In the United States and abroad, citizens of democracies are feeling increasingly alienated, disaffected, and powerless. Some are even asking themselves a question that...
View ArticleThis Election Day, New Yorkers Could Change Future Voting Rules
In just over two weeks, polls will open for early voting across New York City — but whether you're casting your vote before or on Election Day, every voter citywide needs to flip over the ballot to...
View ArticleThis Week in Politics: What Other Municipalities Can Teach New York About...
In New York City, voters took a bold step this week when they approved a new way to vote in primary elections and special elections. Now voters will rank their choices, and the winner will have to...
View ArticleNext Year's NYC Elections
Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University, host of the podcast FAQNYC, politics editor at The Grio and author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press, 2013) and Gloria...
View ArticleCity Council Holds Hearing On Voter Approved Ranked Choice Voting
As part of a City Council-backed Charter Revision Commission last year, city voters overwhelming approved a change to the law that requires ranked choice voting for primary and special elections to...
View ArticleLawsuit Seeks To Block Ranked Choice Voting Next Year
A group of City Council members is taking legal action to try to delay the rollout of ranked choice voting next year. WNYC's Brigid Bergin reports
View ArticleWomen Of Color Running For City Council Urge Support For Ranked-Choice Voting
More than 20 candidates running for City Council next year are urging the body not to delay the start of ranked-choice voting.
View ArticleLegal Weed in NJ; Mayoral Candidate Carlos Menchaca; Bloomberg's DOT Commish...
Coming up on today's show: Amanda Hoover, reporter at NJ Advance Media covering marijuana legalization, talks about how New Jersey is inching closer to allowing the sale of recreational cannabis.Carlos...
View ArticleJustice Rejects Lawsuit Against Ranked Choice Voting
A judge in Manhattan dealt a blow to opponents of ranked choice voting on Wednesday. WNYC's Brigid Bergin reports
View ArticleRanked Choice Voting - Pick 5
With ballots in the mail for the Queens 24 special election, the first in the city to use ranked choice voting, Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, and Jagpreet Singh, lead...
View ArticleThe Pro-Trump Insurrection; Sen. Cory Booker; The New Congress and Racial...
Coming up on today's show: Brandy Zadrozny, investigative reporter for NBC News, where she mostly covers misinformation, disinformation and extremism on the internet, talks about the events that led up...
View ArticleRanked Choice Voting Makes Its New York City Debut In Queens Special Election
The polls open for the first day of early voting in a special election in Queens Saturday. It's a race to fill a seat in eastern Queens, left vacant when City Council member Rory Lancman resigned last...
View ArticleNYC Board Of Elections Plans To Hand Count Ranked-Choice Voting Results After...
The city Board of Elections made news on Tuesday announcing that they planned to manually tally the results. WNYC's Brigid Bergin reports.
View ArticleState Board of Elections Agrees To Help New York City Implement Ranked Choice...
The State Board of Elections says they will work with the city to certify software for counting ballots in upcoming special and primary elections. Their decision came hours after WNYC and Gothamist...
View ArticleFormer Council Member James Gennaro Takes Commanding Lead in CD Special...
It was supposed be the first test of the new ranked choice voting system, but it might not be much of a test after all. WNYC's senior political correspondent Brigid Bergin has the details.
View ArticleQueens Special Election
Early voting is underway ahead of the Feb. 23 special election to fill the City Council seat for the District 31 Queens neighborhoods of Arverne, Brookville, Edgemere, Far Rockaway, Laurelton,...
View ArticleMayoral Choices; COVID-19 Treatments; Biden and Racial Justice; 'Coping With...
On today's show:Jeffery C. Mays, a reporter on the Metro Desk for The New York Times, and Elizabeth Kim, senior editor for Gothamist, talk about the state of New York City's mayoral race. Plus ranked...
View ArticleNYC Board of Elections Begins First-Ever Ranked Choice Vote Count
The New York City Board of Elections is running its first-ever ranked choice voting tally. This will determine the winner of the special election in Queens for City Council District 31. WNYC's Brigid...
View ArticleAsk the Mayor 'Tryouts': Shaun Donovan
Shaun Donovan, 2021 mayoral hopeful and former official in both the Bloomberg and Obama administrations, takes calls from listeners about his campaign and the issues facing the City, including...
View ArticleRanked-Choice Voting For The Best Big Apple Books
Lynn Lobash, associate director of reader services at the New York Public Library, and Brigid Bergin, City Hall and politics reporter at WNYC, discuss NYPL and Gothamist's ranked-choice voting...
View ArticleAsk a Virologist; NYC's Democracy Chief; Mayoral Campaign Update; Missing...
Coming up on today's show: The FDA just approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine for 12–15-year-olds and the CDC is expected to issue guidelines this week. Brianne Barker, virologist and immunologist,...
View ArticleNYC's Chief Democracy Officer On Ranked Choice Voting
Laura Wood, election law attorney and Mayor de Blasio's newly appointed Chief Democracy Officer, talks about her work to encourage New Yorkers to vote in the upcoming primaries when "ranked choice...
View ArticleState Board of Elections Greenlights Software To Tabulate New York City's...
State elections officials gave the city the greenlight Tuesday to use new software to tabulate results of the first citywide primary to use ranked-choice voting. WNYC's Brigid Bergin reports
View ArticleMayoral Campaign Update; Vaccine Volunteers; Long Island Police Hiring...
Coming up on today's show:With less than a month to go before the New York City primary elections, listeners call in to talk about who's on their ranked choice list, and Elizabeth Kim, senior editor...
View ArticleInequality and Taxes; Brooklyn Primaries; Global Vaccinations; How to Rank...
On today's show:ProPublica received a trove of Internal Revenue Service data showing that the wealthiest Americans "sidestep" income taxes, legally. Jesse Eisinger, senior reporter and editor at...
View ArticleNYC Primaries: Early Voting, RCV How-To, Campaigns Update
With early voting in the NYC primaries underway, Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, talks about what to keep in mind while ranking candidates and where the campaigns stand now. Plus,...
View ArticleMayoral Candidates Make 'Elevator Pitches;' All the Endorsements You Need;...
Coming up on today's show: Eight of the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for mayor give a last minute “elevator pitch,” especially to reach undecided voters. Candidates joining include...
View ArticlePrimary Day in NYC: Informal, Unofficial, Thoroughly Unscientific Exit Poll:...
Ese Olumhense, a politics reporter for City Limits, reports on what she's seeing and hearing at polls in The Bronx. Plus, listeners call in to share who they voted for.
View ArticlePrimary Day in NYC: Informal, Unofficial, Thoroughly Unscientific Exit Poll:...
Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, talks about what she is seeing at poll sites, answers last-minutes ranked choice voting questions and explains why the counting process will...
View ArticlePrimary Day in NYC: Informal, Unofficial, Thoroughly Unscientific Exit Poll:...
Gwynne Hogan, a reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, reports on what she's seeing and hearing at polls around the city on primary election day.
View ArticlePrimary Day in NYC: Informal, Unofficial, Thoroughly Unscientific Exit Poll:...
Juan Manuel Benitez, a reporter at NY1 and the host of PuraPolítica, reports on what he is seeing and hearing at the polls in Harlem. Plus, listeners call in to share who they voted for.
View ArticleRanked Choice Voting Gives NYC Strange Bedfellows And An Endless Election...
New York City is using "ranked choice voting" for the first time. It's the largest implementation so far of this different way of tallying votes.On Today's Show:It's the day of the primary, so we asked...
View ArticleNYC's Primary Election Results; Infrastructure, Voting Rights & More in DC; A...
Coming up on today's show: While there probably won't be a final result in the race to be the Democratic nominee for mayor for several weeks, Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, and...
View ArticleWho Will Be New York City's Next Mayor?
This past Tuesday, New York City voters cast their ballots in the much-anticipated Democratic primary for mayor. While the general election is still months away, the winner of the Democratic primary is...
View ArticleFirst Ranked-Choice Tally Results; What Happens to Bad Airbnbs; Juneteenth...
Coming up on today's show:Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall, Daily News columnist and host of the podcast "You Decide," joins to discuss the latest on the...
View ArticleThe Ranked Choice Tally Continues
Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, joins with updates on the ranked choice tally from New York City's primary election.
View ArticleVoting Rights Future; BOE Reform; Ask the Mayor; 'Blue' at 50
On today's show:Sean Morales-Doyle, acting director of the voting rights and elections program at the Brennan Center for Justice, talks about the effect yesterday's Supreme Court decision will have on...
View ArticleWhat's the Deal with Ranked-Choice Voting?
Last Tuesday, voters in New York City cast their ballots in primary elections for the city’s next mayor. For the first time in decades, the city used ranked-choice voting, which allows people to rank...
View ArticleThe Other Primary Election Results
David Cruz, WNYC/Gothamist news editor, discusses the results of the other primaries around the New York City, including for borough president and city council, and Josefa Velásquez, senior reporter...
View ArticleTuesday Morning Politics; India Walton; NYC Primary Latest; Teacher Call-In
On today's show:Yamiche Alcindor, White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and moderator of Washington Week, and a political contributor to NBC News and MSNBC, discusses the latest headlines...
View ArticleRanked-Choice Voting Faces Post Primary Scrutiny
The State Assembly is taking a closer look at ranked-choice voting. WNYC's Brigid Bergin reports one expert offered a simple recommendation to improve the city's use of the system.
View ArticleRanked Choice Voting Debate Continues As Board Prepares For Manual Recounts...
WNYC's Michael Hill and Brigid Bergin discuss the latest in the debate over ranked-choice voting.
View ArticleNew Maps Track How Votes Moved In First Citywide Primary With Ranked-Choice...
New maps from the CUNY Graduate Center show how ranked choice voting played out at the neighborhood level in the first citywide primary with the new system.
View ArticleWith a million ballots cast in the 2021 mayoral primary, nearly 75,000...
A new report out Monday finds that city voters submitted nearly 75,000 different ranked combinations in last year's Democratic mayoral primary. WNYC's Brigid Bergin has the story.
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Rebecca Traister; Ranked Choice Voting; Summer Reading
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Rebecca Traister on Republican Women (First) | The Effort to Expand Ranked Choice Voting (Starts at 42:0 0) | A Summer Reading...
View ArticleTweak the Vote
Back in 2018, when this episode first aired, there was a feeling that democracy was on the ropes. In the United States and abroad, citizens of democracies are feeling increasingly alienated,...
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