by Michael McGurran | Apr 16, 2024 | Article
ST. PAUL — A bill in the Legislature would allow Minnesota cities and counties the option of using a ranked-choice voting system. In a ranked-choice voting system, voters can rank multiple candidates in order of their preference. From there, the candidate with the...
by Mary Ebert | Apr 9, 2024 | Article, Letter to the Editor, News and Opinion
I’m thrilled there is a bill at the state legislature that would give all Minnesota cities the ability to adopt ranked choice voting. While five cities in our state already use ranked choice voting for their local elections, the vast majority — including my home city...
by Abraham Swee | Feb 2, 2024 | Article
Kicking off Black History Month on Feb. 1, national and state thought leaders and elected officials convened at the University of St. Thomas to examine the past, present and future of voting rights. The Symposium on Voting Rights, co-hosted by the university’s Racial...
by Rachel Hutchinson | Oct 16, 2023 | Article
A document by Lawrence Jacobs and Penny Thomas provides an unholistic and misleading review of ranked choice voting (RCV). The document mischaracterizes and understates the body of academic research on RCV. A FairVote analysis below demonstrates that claims about the...
by David Paulson | Sep 6, 2023 | Article
To the Editor: I pride myself for trying to see both sides of an issue, even when I have a strong opinion. I had no opinion on Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) until it hit the ballot in Minnetonka a couple years ago. Then I studied it, and was surprised by the lack of a...