NY S07249

Requires New York City primary elections for mayor, public advocate, and comptroller with more than two candidates to use instant run-off voting

Allows voters to rank up to five candidates in order of preference; if no candidate receives over 50% of first-choice votes, the top two candidates advance to a second round

In the second round, each ballot counts as a vote for whichever of the two remaining candidates the voter ranked higher; the candidate with the most votes wins

Mandates ballot design that allows clear ranking of candidates with specific voter instructions explaining the numbered ranking system and that ranking additional candidates does not hurt a voter's first choice

Takes effect January 1, 2027 and repeals existing section 6-162 of the election law to replace it with the new instant run-off voting provisions