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1 person, 1 vote?

Maybe not. NYC mulls

ranked choice voting

By K. MATTHEWS prefer to win if their top
Associated Press candidate doesn't make
NEW YORK (AP) — New the cut. The system, also
York City voters used to known as instant-runoff vot-
picking one candidate per ing, is already used in plac-
race may soon be marking es including San Francisco
their ballots for up to five. , Minneapolis and Cam-
A ballot measure in Tues- bridge, Massachusetts, as
day's election would make well as in Maine . But, if ap-
the city the most populous proved, it would be on its
place yet in the U.S. to biggest stage by far in New
adopt ranked-choice vot- York City, where 2.1 million
ing, an elections system in voters cast ballots in last
which voters mark down year's midterm elections. In this Nov. 6, 2018 file photo, voters read their ballot papers as they wait in line to cast their vote
not only their first choice in at P.S. 161 in Brooklyn borough of New York.
a race, but also who they'd Continued from Page 2 Associated Press