Press articles
Washington Post Editorial: No way to elect leaders
Washington Post editors make a case for Ranked Choice Voting following a multi-candidate, recount-close election in a D.C. city council race:
Nirvana's Krist Novoselic: Still rocking the vote (Grist magazine)
Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic: Still rocking the vote
Buzz Cummins and Cyndi Lesher: Ranked choice voting offers hope and healing for a divided politics
Once praised as a model of good government, our state is now suffering instability, confusion and stalemate.
The cliche that "politics is a blood sport" has never rung more true. Even in Minnesota, politics has gotten downright uncivil — and citizens are the real victims.
We've both worked in Minnesota politics, having served under two different Republican governors (Al Quie and Tim Pawlenty). It's been our perception — and we know many people across the political spectrum who share it — that demagoguery and divisiveness have been escalating for years. That might be good for purveyors of negative political advertising, but it's bad for the rest of the state: not just in dividual voters, but business and civic institutions as well.
