FairVote Minnesota

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Less partisan polarization
More choices for voters
Upholds majority rule

FairVote MN Press Articles

Title Published
Minneapolis policy aide Robin Garwood: Ranked-choice voting: Minneapolis data show people use it with sophistication 5/19/2013
Minneapolis Council Member Cam Gordon: Minneapolis voting method gets a bum rap 3/19/2013
Jeanne Massey: Minneapolis voting method does not hurt minorities 3/14/2013
MPR rebroadcast of David Gergen's Minneapolis speech on our broken political system 3/3/2013
SFGate: In depefense of ranked choice voting 2/16/2013
Curt Johnson: Weary of our elections? There is a better way 1/15/2013
Jeff Peterson: Ranked choice voting is achievable and effective 1/15/2013
SW Patch: What's the Deal With Minneapolis' 2013 Elections? 1/6/2013
Star Tribune Editorial: May the mayoral race be lively 1/6/2013
George Pillsbury: Always a Minnesota steward 10/16/2012
Jeanne Massey: Ranked choice voting would bring our system into the 21st century 8/22/2012
Star Tribune editorial advocates for earlier primary and Ranked Choice Voting 8/18/2012
Peter Hutchinson: Primary shows once again the flaw in our electoral system 8/18/2012
Durenberger, Bonoff and Horner: It Could Be Ranked Choice Voting to the Rescue 7/2/2012
Washington Post Editorial: No way to elect leaders 4/15/2012
Nirvana's Krist Novoselic: Still rocking the vote (Grist magazine) 4/9/2012
Duluth News Tribune, Local view: Ranked-choice voting fits Duluth 3/5/2012
Red Wing Republican Eagle Letter: RCV will be star again 2/28/2012
Buzz Cummins and Cyndi Lesher: Ranked choice voting offers hope and healing for a divided politics 2/24/2012
Northland's News Center: Duluth Could Change Its Electoral System, No Primaries Needed 1/29/2012
FairVote MN's Jeanne Massey on At Issue with Tom Hauser, Nov. 6 11/22/2011
Uptake video of St. Paul RCV Tally, Nov. 14 11/22/2011
Letter to the Pioneer Press: The majority candidate Pioneer Press 11/17/2011
MPR: Thune wins re-election in St. Paul's first test of ranked choice vote 11/15/2011
Lori Sturdevant: Ranked choice voting in St. Paul 11/15/2011