NY A05085

Authorizes New York local governments (counties, cities, towns, villages, and school districts) to conduct elections using ranked choice voting for specified offices in 2024 and 2025 on a trial basis.

Allows voters to rank candidates by order of preference; if no candidate receives a majority of first-choice votes, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and those votes are transferred to voters' next choices until a candidate achieves a majority.

Requires local governments to adopt a resolution implementing ranked choice voting at least 180 days before an election and to conduct voter education campaigns explaining the system.

Applies to elections for school board members, county executives and legislators, mayors, city council members, public advocates, comptrollers, borough presidents, town supervisors and council members, and village mayors and trustees.

Expires December 31, 2026, with all provisions automatically repealed on that date.