The Bloomberg administration says the nonpartisan "system would draw more people to the polls, increase the number of minority group members in elective posts and weaken the iron fist of party bosses" (Hicks Pg. 1). In some nonpartisan systems the elections system has two rounds to allow people to run regardless of their party affiliation. Then the second round is the top two candidates. Which is different from partisan election systems that tend to focus on the two major parties from the start. Jacksonville Florida is often used of an example of nonpartisan where the city "moved toward nonpartisan races in the early 1990's partly to cut the costs of conducting runoff elections, which resulted frequently from party primaries" (Hicks Pg. 2). Today both systems are used but in the end, both elections solely relay on what the voters
The Bloomberg administration says the nonpartisan "system would draw more people to the polls, increase the number of minority group members in elective posts and weaken the iron fist of party bosses" (Hicks Pg. 1). In some nonpartisan systems the elections system has two rounds to allow people to run regardless of their party affiliation. Then the second round is the top two candidates. Which is different from partisan election systems that tend to focus on the two major parties from the start. Jacksonville Florida is often used of an example of nonpartisan where the city "moved toward nonpartisan races in the early 1990's partly to cut the costs of conducting runoff elections, which resulted frequently from party primaries" (Hicks Pg. 2). Today both systems are used but in the end, both elections solely relay on what the voters