Yesterday Mayor Bloomberg had decided not to ask the commission to put nonpartisan elections or Top Two on the 2010 ballot. The meeting vote on what will be on the ballot is tonight and I will attend and report what was decided.
Here is Bloomberg at our fundraiser this year.
We started to hear about it early with comments like:
"Mayor Michael Bloomberg is backing away from his fight to eliminate political primaries. NY1 has learned the mayor will not call on the City Charter Revision Commission to put the issue before voters this fall. One source says a huge blow to the mayor's efforts came over the weekend when the Reverend Al Sharpton spoke out in defense of political primaries."
"The mayor's operatives had hoped to convince a majority of the 15-member Charter Revision Commission to back the idea at its Wednesday meeting, after weeks of quietly leaning on members for their support. But the lack of enthusiasm from newspaper editorial boards, and Rev. Al Sharpton's weekend decision to oppose it, led Bloomberg to decide today not to pursue the idea again, sources said. While Bloomberg appointed the commission's members, he did not press them to support his idea, and Chairman Matthew Goldstein said he did not want the commission to put any questions on the ballot unless voters were likely to approve them."
Community leaders, including Dr. Lenora Fulani, held a press conference on the steps of City Hall Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 at 10:00 am, to respond to statements by Democratic Party elected officials and Rev. Al Sharpton that partisan elections better serve the interests of minority voters, a shift by Sharpton who had previously stated that nonpartisan elections deserved serious consideration. A majority of New York City's 751,442 unaffiliated voters, who would be enfranchised under a nonpartisan system, are people of color—20% are African American, 24%Latino, and 11% Asian.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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