NYS Needs Nonpartisan Municipal Elections

Francis S. Barry, a speechwriter for Mayor Bloomberg and author of a controversial analysis of reform movements in New York, explains why NYS should adopt non-partisan municipal elections in an exclusive interview published by the Empire Page.

Non-partisan elections would solve the problem that exists in New York City and elsewhere around the state where "nearly all elections for nearly all offices are decided in the Democratic primary, when turnout is very low."

I was part of the effort to bring Nonpartisan Municipal Elections to NYC in 2003, NYC Ballot proposals: Question 3. We lost that effort with only 30% of the vote. We hope to try again with Mayor Bloomberg's help in his third term.

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Michael H. Drucker
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