by FairVote Minnesota | Apr 12, 2021 | News and Opinion
The next two years might be America’s last chance to protect the basic democratic principle of majority rule. Adam Jentleson in The Atlantic President joe biden came into office facing four “converging crises”: COVID-19, climate change, racial justice, and the...
by FairVote Minnesota | Apr 7, 2021 | News and Opinion
Mike Hanks in the Sun Current As Bloomington prepares for its first city council election featuring ranked-choice voting, one of the city’s three state House representatives is continuing his push toward expanding the voting system throughout the state. The effort to...
by FairVote Minnesota | Mar 9, 2021 | Letter to the Editor, News and Opinion
Dear Minnesota Legislators, We are writing to urge you to support the Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) bill that is advancing at the legislature this session and to block preemptive bills. The pro-RCV bill (HF 89/SF 218) would implement Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in primary...
by FairVote Minnesota | Mar 9, 2021 | Letter to the Editor, News and Opinion
Dear Chair Kiffmeyer and members of the State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee, Our world changed one year ago this week, when a national emergency was declared in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, our nation’s response to the...
by FairVote Minnesota | Mar 5, 2021 | News and Opinion
Andrew Deziel in the Lonsdale Area News-Review At a time when voters are increasingly frustrated by partisan polarization, some activists are pushing for electoral reform they argue could help to solve the problem — but not everyone is on board. FairVote Minnesota, a...
by FairVote Minnesota | Jan 9, 2021 | News and Opinion
Lee Drutman in The Washington Post: On Friday, Sen. Lisa Murkowksi (R-Alaska) became the first Republican senator to call on President Trump to resign. “I want him out,” Murkowksi told a reporter. “He has caused enough damage.” In the same interview, Murkowksi also...
