The New York City Council - File #: Int 2175-2020

• File #: Int 2175-2020
• Version: A
• Name: Unofficial tally of election results for ranked choice elections.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Filed (End of Session)
• Committee: Committee on Governmental Operations
• On agenda: 12/10/2020
• Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to the unofficial tally of election results for ranked choice elections
• Sponsors: Brad S. Lander, Ben Kallos, Farah N. Louis, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
• Council Member Sponsors: 4
• Summary: This bill would require the New York City Board of Elections to publish the unofficial tally of election results for ranked choice voting (RCV) elections in the form of round-by-round tallies, tabulated pursuant to the RCV tabulation procedures of the Charter. This would ensure that the unofficial results are reported in the same format as the final results. It is designed to add transparency to the RCV tabulation process and give voters confidence in the legitimacy of RCV election results.

Date	Ver.	Prime Sponsor	Action By	Action	Result
12/31/2021	A	Brad S. Lander	City Council	Filed (End of Session)
12/10/2020	*	Brad S. Lander	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
12/10/2020	*	Brad S. Lander	City Council	Introduced by Council
12/7/2020	*	Brad S. Lander	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing on P-C Item by Comm
12/7/2020	*	Brad S. Lander	Committee on Governmental Operations	P-C Item Laid Over by Comm

Proposed Int. No. 2175-A

By Council Members Lander, Kallos, Louis and the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams)

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to the unofficial tally of election results for ranked choice elections

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Paragraph 13 of subdivision c of section 1057-g of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 5, 2019, is amended to read as follows:

13. Section 9-126 shall apply to ranked choice elections, except that the reference in paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 to the number of votes received by each person voted for shall be deemed in ranked choice elections to be a reference to the total number of ballots that marked each such person as rank number 1 for that ranked choice office; and except that, for ranked choice elections, the tabulation of results as they are received pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 shall be deemed to refer to [either, as determined by the board of elections of the city of New York pursuant to paragraph 1 of subdivision f of this section of the charter, (i) a tabulation of the number of ballots assigning rank number 1 for each candidate for each ranked choice office, or (ii)] a tabulation of the number of votes cast for each [such] candidate for that ranked choice office for each round of tabulation, as tabulated pursuant to subdivision e of this section of the charter.

§ 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision f of section 1057-g of the New York city charter, as added by vote of the electors on November 5, 2019, is amended to read as follows:

1. When making public the results of a ranked choice election pursuant to section 9-126 of the election law, the board of elections in the city of New York shall release as the unofficial tally [either, as determined by the board, (i) the total number of ballots that marked a candidate in such an election as rank number 1 that ranked choice office, or (ii)] the number of votes cast for each candidate for that ranked choice office for each round of tabulation, as tabulated pursuant to subdivision e of this section of the charter.

§ 3. This local law takes effect on June 21, 2021.

CJM

LS #15690

01/19/2020