| Shawn Griffiths | IVN |
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo voters want a chance to vote on a series of election reform proposals, including open primaries, ranked choice voting, and better ballot access rules for independent candidates.
But they won’t get the opportunity. The Buffalo Charter Revision Commission (CRC) voted Wednesday against advancing proposals that would have put these proposals on the November ballot.
”It is unclear the Charter Revision Commission understands what the proposals are or how they work
Unite NY Executive Director Anthony Thomas questioned how thoroughly the CRC evaluated the reforms, pointing to what he described as the chair’s acknowledgment that the ranked choice voting proposal had not been read.
“It is unclear the Charter Revision Commission understands what the proposals are or how they work,” Thomas said.