FairVote Minnesota

Making every vote count

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Less partisan polarization
More choices for voters
Upholds majority rule

Press articles

FairVote MN's Jeanne Massey on At Issue with Tom Hauser, Nov. 6

Tom Hauser interviews FairVote Minnesota Executive Director Jeanne Massey about St. Paul's Nov. 8 Ranked Choice Voting elections on At Issue, Nov. 6.

Watch the video (starts at 13:25 min):

Uptake video of St. Paul RCV Tally, Nov. 14

The UpTake video recorded the Nov. 14 runoff vote counting process to determine the winner in the Ward 2 council race in St. Paul. This vote reallocation process followed the Nov. 8 election in which no candidate in the race received a majority of first-choice votes.

Letter to the Pioneer Press: The majority candidate Pioneer Press

By Dan Duddingston l Pioneer Press l Nov. 16, 2011

The first Ranked Voting election in St. Paul concluded Nov. 14, and it appears that no one was confused.

Lori Sturdevant: Ranked choice voting in St. Paul

Star Tribune l Nov. 16, 2011

If anyone has standing to gripe about ranked choice voting in the Nov. 8 St. Paul city election, it would seem to be Ward 2’s Jim Ivey – and he had no complaints when I caught up with him Tuesday.

Star Tribune: Ranked voting gets first runoff test

Star Tribune l Rochelle Olson l Nov. 10, 2011

The new system will decide St. Paul's Second Ward race next week. In the Fifth, Lee Helgen conceded to Amy Brendmoen.