by FairVote Minnesota | Nov 7, 2019 | Media Resources
Media Advisory Briefing Majority winner in a Single Higher Turnout General Election and Other Impacts of Ranked Choice Voting on St. Louis Park’s Municipal Elections What: Media briefing on the impact of Ranked Choice Voting on the November 5, 2019 municipal elections...
by FairVote Minnesota | Nov 6, 2019 | News and Opinion
Jeanne Massey in MinnPost Our current state of extreme divisiveness didn’t start under the current presidency, but it has certainly intensified. The accelerating polarization we are experiencing is not just something we feel and believe to be true; the data show that...
by FairVote Minnesota | Sep 13, 2019 | News and Opinion
Lori Sturdevant in the Star Tribune With no real hope of winning, third-party presidential candidates serve as spoilers. They thwart majority rule, undermine the winner’s legitimacy and risk an undesirable outcome. Even when they bring worthy issues to the fore (see...
by FairVote Minnesota | Jun 15, 2019 | News and Opinion
Review of Larry Diamond’s Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency in the New York Times. China today holds as many as a million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in “political education” camps. Across...
by FairVote Minnesota | May 6, 2019 | News and Opinion
Minnesota Business Leaders in the Star Tribune. Opinion editor’s note: This commentary was signed by multiple Minnesota business leaders. They are listed below. We are writing to urge the Minnesota Legislature to support the Ranked-Choice Voting Local Options...
