News & Opinion
Blog: First we mourn, then we act. A tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Jeanne Massey Dear friends, Today we mourn the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a legal titan who championed the fundamental principle of equal justice under the law - so that all of us - regardless of background or circumstance could be part of...
Star Tribune: Ranked Choice Voting is successful, no wonder it’s use is expanding.
Sen. Dave Durenberger, Rep. Steve Elkins, Mike Osterholm, Kim Nelson in the Star Tribune. It is unfortunate that our Republican colleague Annette Meeks and the Freedom Foundation of Minnesota are leading an effort here in Minnesota and across the country to attack...
Fulcrum: Why Ranked Choice Voting beats Approval Voting
Lee Drutman in The Fulcrum. Drutman is a senior fellow at the think tank New America and author of the forthcoming "Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America." Electoral reform is hot these days. Ranked-choice voting is getting...
Escaping the Partisan Death Spiral
Lee Drutman in a Cato Institute Policy Report. As we lurch toward another national election, steel yourself for the familiar ride: incendiary threat rhetoric about the end of America as we know it; cramped debates where nobody proposes anything new and nobody changes...
American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Introduce Ranked Choice Voting in Presidential, Congressional, and State Elections
AAAS: Introduce Ranked Choice Voting Most election outcomes in the United States are determined by winner-take-all electoral systems. The candidate who receives the plurality of votes—that is, more than any other candidate, though not necessarily a majority—wins the...
Blog: Solidarity to bring healing and change
Jeanne Massey: As I write this today, my heart is broken – for my city, for George Floyd and his family, and for our black and brown citizens who are disproportionately impacted by police violence. Seeing Mr. Floyd pinned to the ground pleading for his life is...
New York Times: The primaries are just dumb, there is a better way to do democracy
By the New York Times Editorial Board How fitting that Twitter — a social media platform apparently built for bickering — co-sponsored a political debate on Tuesday night that often descended into an unintelligible screaming match among too many candidates whose...
Star Tribune: Ranked Choice Voting for the Presidential Primary? This time, obviously not. But next time, please?
By U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, Penny and Bill George, Tom Horner, Peter Hutchinson and Karla Ekdahl in the Star Tribune. Opinion editor’s note: This article was submitted on behalf of several Minnesotans who are active in state and national politics. They are listed...
New York Times: Trumps Election may have been the shock we needed
Lee Drutman in the New York Times As impeachment mania grips Washington, it is easy to descend into an ever-deepening political pessimism. But as odd as it may seem, for the first time in years, I’m optimistic about the future of American democracy. It might be...
MinnPost: Political divisiveness calls for master reform
Jeanne Massey in MinnPost Our current state of extreme divisiveness didn’t start under the current presidency, but it has certainly intensified. The accelerating polarization we are experiencing is not just something we feel and believe to be true; the data show that...