FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jeanne Massey, Executive Director, FairVote Minnesota; (612) 850-6897; jeanne.massey@fairvotemn.org In the wake of three major presidential candidates dropping out on the eve of Super Tuesday, voters and advocates for election reform...
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Dean Phillips introduces bill to advance Ranked Choice Voting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jeanne Massey, FairVote Minnesota Executive Director, jeanne.massey@fairvotemn.org; 612-850-6897 February 28, 2020 (St. Paul, Minnesota) -- Yesterday, Congressman Dean Phillips (D-3rd District, MN) and Senators Michael Bennett (D-CO)...
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...
Impacts or Ranked Choice Voting on St. Louis Park Municipal Election
Media Advisory Briefing Majority winner in a Single Higher Turnout General Election and Other Impacts of Ranked Choice Voting on St. Louis Park’s Municipal Elections What: Media briefing on the impact of Ranked Choice Voting on the November 5, 2019 municipal elections...
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...
Star Tribune: Minnesotans: Don’t be the spoilers in 2020.
Lori Sturdevant in the Star Tribune With no real hope of winning, third-party presidential candidates serve as spoilers. They thwart majority rule, undermine the winner’s legitimacy and risk an undesirable outcome. Even when they bring worthy issues to the fore (see...
New York Times: Democracy in Crisis
Review of Larry Diamond's Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency in the New York Times. China today holds as many as a million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in “political education” camps. Across China,...
Star Tribune: MN Business Leaders ask MN Legislature to support Ranked Choice Voting
Minnesota Business Leaders in the Star Tribune. Opinion editor's note: This commentary was signed by multiple Minnesota business leaders. They are listed below. We are writing to urge the Minnesota Legislature to support the Ranked-Choice Voting Local Options bill...
The American Interest: The Long Game of Democracy Reform
Larry Diamond in The American Interest. A growing array of reformers are coming to see the logic of “master reform,” the one most likely to break the logjam on all the others: Ranked Choice Voting. With the intense controversy around the Mueller Report (which was...
Blog: The more the better
Jeanne Massey. At all levels, our political system is growing more partisan, negative, and divisive, leaving voters feeling increasingly alienated and disempowered. With nearly half of all voters sitting out the 2016 presidential election, it’s obvious something is...