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For Immediate Release: Former Senate Leader Melisa López Franzen and Luverne Area Community Foundation Executive Director Emily Crabtree join FairVote Minnesota’s Board
For Immediate Release Contact: Erin Zamoff, FairVote Minnesota Director of Communications and Public Affairs, 952-334-8313 New board members begin as FairVote Minnesota launches historic legislative campaign to bring Ranked Choice Voting statewide. St. Paul (January...
Minnesota showing the benefits of ranked choice voting
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
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 spending (or taxes, or guns,...
Some modest reforms to improve Minnesota democracy
Last month, Minnesotans again led the nation in voter turnout. The state’s strong performance is one measure of civic success, but in others Minnesota still has room for improvement. Here are some areas the new Legislature should prioritize that would strengthen our...
Minnesota should join Alaska, pioneer ranked-choice reform
Rep. Mary Peltola, the first Alaska Native and first woman to represent her home state in the U.S. House after a special election in August, has now been re-elected to a full term, along with Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Gov. Mike Dunleavy, in the first statewide general...