Closing Bell: Vote, Again

The first Democratic primary on September 15 attracted a record-low number of voters—11 percent of registered Democrats—so we won't hold our breath for a high turnout for tomorrow's run-off primary for comptroller and public advocate. The comptroller candidates are Queens Councilman John Liu, first place in primary round one, and Brooklyn Councilman David Yassky; for public advocate, you Dems out there can choose between Brooklyn Councilman Bill de Blasio and former advocate Mark Green. You can check the Board of Elections website for polling locations, which will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
A Record-low Primary Turnout [NY Times]
Are Runoffs Superfluous? [NY Times]
New York City Board of Elections [Official site]
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I like Liu. He was agaisnt East River tolls.
Good man. Yassky was probably both for and against them.

Posted by: Minard Lafever at September 28, 2009 4:25 PM

sorry... I will not be voting again... good luck to whomever

Posted by: myrtleandwashingtonave at September 28, 2009 4:37 PM

Liu is a Union Pawn. His agenda is all union friendly and focused on supporting and expanding the ranks. Yassky is the lesser of 2 evils - which is always the case in politics.

Posted by: newsouthsloper at September 28, 2009 4:45 PM

It's a pity they don't use a preferential voting system, i.e. get people to rank their candidates in order of preference. If no candidate gets the requisite number of votes, take the votes of the least popular candidate and reallocate according to the second preferences of the voters, keep doing this until a candidate gets the requisite number of votes. It's more expensive to count, but it's a lot less expensive than running two elections (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferential_voting).

Posted by: bohuma at September 28, 2009 4:50 PM

thanks, now I have another reason to vote for Liu.
besides the fact that snake Yassky is pawn of $$$ and was afraid to vote against his boss Bloomberg and Quinn.

Posted by: Petebklyn at September 28, 2009 5:09 PM

Pete, agreed!
Liu stood up to our billionaire oligarch mayor and told him to stuff his tolls. There is a lot to be said for that kind of political courage. For me, there is no contest between him and Yassky.

Posted by: Minard Lafever at September 28, 2009 6:44 PM

there should be an option for voting against yassky that doesn't involve voting for someone else.

Posted by: BrooklynLove at September 28, 2009 6:58 PM

Brooklyn in love: LOL!

Posted by: Minard Lafever at September 28, 2009 7:06 PM

Well, my union told me to vote for Liu. So I had better, so I don't end up swimming with the fishes.

Posted by: tybur6 at September 28, 2009 7:41 PM

tyburg, you only dream you belong to a good union.

Posted by: Minard Lafever at September 28, 2009 7:47 PM

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