News & Opinion
2023 Ranked Choice Voting Elections in Minnesota: Bloomington, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, St. Louis Park and St. Paul
Summary This fall, Bloomington, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, St. Louis Park, and St. Paul all used ranked choice voting for their municipal elections and were among 21 cities in seven states using ranked choice voting across the country. Minnetonka voters also considered...
A Victory for Local Democracy: Minnetonka Rejects Repeal and Votes to Save Ranked Choice Voting
Minnetonka, MN (November 7, 2023) -- Tonight, Minnetonka voters resoundingly rejected a City Charter amendment to repeal ranked choice voting (RCV), and for the second time in three years, Minnetonka voted in favor of ranked choice voting for its municipal elections,...
Here’s the evidence supporting ranked choice voting
A document by Lawrence Jacobs and Penny Thomas provides an unholistic and misleading review of ranked choice voting (RCV). The document mischaracterizes and understates the body of academic research on RCV. A FairVote analysis below demonstrates that claims about the...
Still looking for logic against RCV
To the Editor: I pride myself for trying to see both sides of an issue, even when I have a strong opinion. I had no opinion on Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) until it hit the ballot in Minnetonka a couple years ago. Then I studied it, and was surprised by the lack of a...
A majority of Minnetonka voters support RCV, a more inclusive way to vote
To the Editor: Bruce Honnigford’s August 29 letter included misinformation, as well as conspiracy theories, about ranked choice voting and its adoption in Minnetonka that must be corrected. First, the movement to bring ranked choice voting to Minnetonka was started...