New York City’s mayoral primary casts bright light on ranked choice voting — and its future nationally

| Adam Edelman | NBC News |

New York City is among the 63 jurisdictions — which include cities, states and counties — that have in recent years implemented ranked choice voting for some or all of their elections.

Supporters of the system say the campaign to lead American’s biggest city — which used ranked-choice voting for just the second time in a mayoral primary election — shows voters and candidates alike are acclimating to the system.

“What we’ve seen in the mayoral race is a better understanding among more candidates of ranked choice voting,” said Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York, a government watchdog and reform advocacy group that has advocated for ranked choice voting.