In New York City, for example, there were 13 candidates available, but voters could choose five of them, ranking them from highest to lowest, according to their preference.
If no candidate obtains an absolute majority as the first option, the one with the fewest votes is eliminated and the votes he registered are divided among those who his voters preferred in second place.
The process is repeated until there is a candidate with an absolute majority.
It sounds complicated, but proponents of this scheme claim that it reduces the political divide and guarantees a stronger mandate to the winner, while allowing voters to better express their preferences at the polls.
Critics of the scheme, on the other hand, claim that it is too complex a system, slow to count and open to errors like the one that has occurred in the largest city in the United States.
Adams himself questioned the scheme, considering that the Hispanic and African-American minorities in the city lacked enough information to vote correctly.
Who are the top Democratic contenders for mayor of New York?
Eric Adams – Brooklyn Borough President and former New York Police Commissioner.
Shaun Donovan: Former Federal Secretary for Housing and Urban Planning and former Federal Housing Commissioner for the City.
Kathryn Garcia: Former New York Health Commissioner and Career Public Official in the city.
Maya Wiley: teacher and human rights lawyer.
Andrew Yang: technology entrepreneur and former presidential candidate in the United States.
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