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Legislature should approve expansion of ranked-choice voting

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...

More inclusive democracy

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...

Ranked Choice Voting is the answer for Minnesota

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,...

Go big with RCV

by Maureen Reed in the Star Tribune | Jan 24, 2023 | Letter to the Editor

Kudos to Lori Sturdevant for urging the Minnesota Legislature to “go big” (Opinion Exchange, Jan. 8). But what distinguishes bold ideas that ignite overdue social change from those that are just boldly foolish? Political ideas that later become recognized...

Minnesota showing the benefits of ranked choice voting

by Zach Spindler-Krage in the Minnesota Reformer | Jan 20, 2023 | Letter to the Editor, News and Opinion

Minnesota is once again leading the way on election innovation. In 2009, Minneapolis became one of the largest cities to utilize ranked choice voting (RCV) rules for municipal elections. St. Paul followed suit for mayoral and City Council elections beginning in 2011....

DFL may go big, and that wouldn’t be bad

by Lori Sturdevant in the Star Tribune | Jan 18, 2023 | Letter to the Editor, News and Opinion

I’ve been listening for one word — “overreach” — in the early days of the all-DFL production that opened last week at the State Capitol. Use it in a sentence, you kindly ask? Here you go: “DFLers had better be careful not to overreach on...

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