Cecily Hines and Miles Rapoport in Medium / Harvard Ash Center: Nationwide, there is increasing discussion about the advantages of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). Particularly in this historic period of polarization and discord, RCV is gaining momentum because it offers...
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...
Wow! More than 400 people tuned in on Thursday to join our event, Creating a Racially Just Democracy. Many of you were inspired by the hopeful message of our expert panel — that we can join together with common purpose and reform our government so it is responsive to...
For Immediate Release Contact: Jeanne Massey, FairVote Minnesota Executive Director, jeanne.massey@fairvotemn.org, 612-850-6897 FairVote Minnesota Hosts a Timely and Important Conversation about the State of Our Democracy with Danielle Allen, Stephen Heinz and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Wow! Over 400 people tuned in on May 6 to hear from national leaders about dangers facing our democracy and what we can do about it. Polarization in a Time of Crisis, with author and award-winning political scientist Lee Drutman and U.S. Congressman Dean Phillips, was...
Contact: Jeanne Massey, FairVote Minnesota Executive Director, jeanne.massey@fairvotemn.org, 612-850-6897 St. Paul (April 2, 2020) -- As the state government works to address the Covid-19 pandemic, the work of democracy and electing our representatives continues,...
For Immediate Release. Contact: Jeanne Massey, FairVote Minnesota Executive Director, jeanne.massey@fairvotemn.org, 612-850-6897 St. Paul (March 20, 2020) -- In response to the coronavirus crisis, the Minnesota Legislature adjourned but is serving on-call to address...