by Mark Ritchie in the Star Tribune | Mar 30, 2023 | Letter to the Editor, News and Opinion
It is time to move forward on ranked-choice voting to reduce polarization and extremism in our politics. I’m proud of Minnesota’s national leadership when it comes to voting. We are the “North Star State” when it comes to advancing democracy,...
by Iris Samuels in the Anchorage Daily News | Mar 27, 2023 | Letter to the Editor, News and Opinion
U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola testified before the Minnesota and Oregon legislatures on bills that would expand ranked choice voting in those states, a first for the winner of Alaska’s first ranked choice election held last year. Peltola, D-Alaska, won both a special U.S....
by Timothy Bardell in the Star Tribune | Mar 21, 2023 | Article, Letter to the Editor, News and Opinion
I’m a little insulted by politicians who claim that I would be confused by ranked-choice voting. And if there is a position for which I think only one candidate deserves my vote, I’m no worse off if other voters make multiple choices. I have a little more...
by Rob and Tess Machalek in the Sun Sailor | Feb 21, 2023 | Article, Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: We in St. Louis Park, along with four other cities, have already set an example for Minnesota by electing our leaders using ranked choice voting. It’s time to take this crucial tool of democratic renewal statewide, and a bare majority of our legislators...
by Storm Novak in the MSU Reporter | Feb 21, 2023 | Article, Letter to the Editor, News and Opinion
The future of our democracy was a top issue for many Minnesota voters in 2022. With political polarization and extremism on the rise, we showed up to vote for our democracy and the freedoms that it promises. But most Minnesotans would agree that for our democracy to...
by Tim Penny in the Owatonna People's Press | Jan 24, 2023 | Letter to the Editor
In Minnesota, in every election cycle for the past two decades or longer, we have seen major political races won by candidates securing less than majority (50%) of the vote. Think Governor Ventura and Senator Franken and Governor Pawlenty and others. Again, this year,...
