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...
by FairVote Minnesota | Jan 7, 2021 | News and Opinion
Jeanne Massey, FairVote Minnesota Executive Director: Friends, Our worst fears about our democracy were realized yesterday. The horrific events, and those responsible for them, are a stain on our history and democracy itself. When elected leaders spread lies about...
by FairVote Minnesota | Dec 7, 2020 | News and Opinion
Jennifer Rubin in The Washington Post: The first and essential goal for Never Trumpers — the general description for the loose affiliation of former Republicans and anti-Trump Republicans who worked on behalf of President-elect Joe Biden — was accomplished with the...
by FairVote Minnesota | Nov 11, 2020 | News and Opinion
The Boston Globe Editorial Board: It’s the linchpin of any functioning democracy: Citizens choose their leaders. But too often in this country, the will of constituents is thwarted, and we elect officials who don’t have the support of a majority of voters....
by FairVote Minnesota | Oct 16, 2020 | News and Opinion
Eugenia Cheng in The Wall Street Journal: Millions of votes have already been cast in next month’s presidential election, and a lot of attention is focused on making sure they are counted correctly. Once votes are counted, however, they have to be translated into...
by FairVote Minnesota | Oct 6, 2020 | Featured News, News and Opinion
Lauren Young in Teen Vogue: Voting in Maine will look a little different this year. Mainers are among the roughly 10 million voting-age adults living in an area that uses, or has adopted and will soon use, a method known as “ranked-choice voting” (RCV). In November,...
