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Breaking Poll: Strong Majority of Minnesota Voters Support Switch to Ranked Choice Voting
A new poll, released on March 2, 2023, shows that Minnesota voters strongly support the implementation of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in statewide elections. Conducted by Expedition Strategies, the poll finds that a majority — 54% — of voters support RCV and that the...
Legislature should approve expansion of ranked-choice voting
To the Editor: We in St. Louis Park, along with four other cities, have already set an example for Minnesota by electing our leaders using ranked choice voting. It’s time to take this crucial tool of democratic renewal statewide, and a bare majority of our legislators...
Minnesota representative discusses election reform bills with College Democrats
Luke Frederick, Minnesota House Representative from the Minnesota State University area, visited the MSU College Democrats to discuss a ranked choice voting bill that will potentially impact Minnesota elections as well as bills impacting campaign donations. Ranked...
More inclusive democracy
The future of our democracy was a top issue for many Minnesota voters in 2022. With political polarization and extremism on the rise, we showed up to vote for our democracy and the freedoms that it promises. But most Minnesotans would agree that for our democracy to...
Early support and ranked-choice voting — that’s how women of color win
Black women in New York hold more positions of power than ever: a Black woman attorney general; the State Assembly’s first-ever Black woman as majority leader; and the first Black woman speaker of the New York City Council, which is the most diverse City Council in...