5 million New Yorkers are set to vote on the measure, which if passed, voters will be able to rank up to 5 candidates in primary and special elections for Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough President, and City Council beginning in January 2021.
Over one hundred guests attended the event established 19 years ago to shine a spotlight on leaders in civic and political life who challenge the status quo and fight for systemic change.
2019 Anti-Corruption Award Honorees
Katie Fahey
Katie Fahey is a Michigan-based activist and an independent.
The Center for Election Science conducted a poll in St. Louis, where voters are tired of the status quo in elections.
An overwhelming majority of voters in St. Louis say they would vote in favor of reform that would allow them to choose as many candidates as they want in city elections. This is according to a recent poll by the Center for Election Science (CES).
Bill Weld almost had it right on primary elections during the 2019 Politicon.
The three contenders challenging President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination in 2020 -- former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, and former Illinois US Rep. Joe Walsh -- shared a stage at the 2019 Politicon in the last weekend of October. There was a lot of talk of Donald Trump. The conversation opened talking about impeachment, the word "traitor" was thrown around, followed by conversations about economic issues and foreign policy.
Most voters support congressional term limits, yet only 15 states use them on their own lawmakers.
Term limits are arguably the most popular political reform in the US. McLaughlin and Associates found in February 2018 that 82% of US voters support term limits for Congress, including 89% of Republicans, 76% of Democrats, and 83% of Independents.
Ballot harvesting is going to be an issue in California once again in 2020, but this time Republicans are joining in.