1.2 Million New Yorkers Are Shut Out of Primary Elections

• We have called on Mayor Mamdani to attend a town hall with independent New Yorkers and hear directly from the people whose voting rights are being denied.
• 1.2 million independent New Yorkers are denied the right to vote in publicly funded primary elections that often determine who governs the city.
• 54% of these excluded voters are people of color, and they live in every borough and neighborhood.
• This is one of the largest voter exclusion policies in the country—and one of the most significant civil rights challenges facing New York City.
• We are organizing independent voters and allies around a simple principle: no voter should be denied access to a taxpayer-funded election because they choose not to join a political party