Photo courtesy of LGBT Victory Fund Six out LGBTQ candidates won their races in the New York City Council primary. Whether the city would have much queer representation was questionable because four LGBTQ incumbents were term-limited out.
Deciding many races in the New York City primaries took weeks because of a new ranked choice voting system. Instead of run-offs when one candidate doesn’t receive 50 percent of the vote, the city tried a new system where voters ranked candidates in each race.
The bottom candidate is eliminated and that person’s vote go to the next candidate on the voter’s list. That continues until someone receives 50 percent of the vote.