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City Council Charter Revision Commission Should Focus on Land Use

Common Cause/NY strongly urges the commission to devote most, if not all, of its focus on an essential issue that cannot effectively be addressed piecemeal and which is too detailed and politically fraught to be taken up in the normal course by the City Council: the reworking of the city’s land use procedures.

Voting & Elections 08.10.2018

The Case for Ranked Choice Voting in New York City

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Common Cause NY strongly urges the commission to recommend ranked choice voting for all New York City elections.

Voting & Elections 05.10.2018

People Love it: Experience with Early Voting

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Our goal in preparing this report was to examine selected counties across the country whose experience with early voting provides what we hope will be helpful and relevant information for those considering whether to adopt early voting in New York and other Atlantic region states.

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