Original Publication It took three days of hand counting to determine that the leaders on Election Day were the winners, but Bloomington completed its first ranked-choice voting election for its City Council on Saturday. By contrast, with four...
For Immediate Release Contact: Jeanne Massey, FairVote Minnesota Executive Director, jeanne.massey@fairvotemn.org, 612-850-6897 Ranked Choice Voting Wins Again in Historic Local Minnesota Elections Minneapolis/St. Paul (November 4, 2021) – 2021 is a...
October 29, 2021 To: Media and Other Interested Parties From: Jeanne Massey, FairVote MN Executive Director Re: What to Expect from the 2021 Ranked-Choice Elections in Minnesota This memorandum is the third and final in our series to educate the media, candidates...
Original Publication To the editor: Election Day is almost here. This year Bloomington is using ranked-choice voting for its city council elections. As an election judge for the past five years, I know how few people voted in the primary in the past....
With this election, Bloomington will be helping to prove that ranked-choice voting is a practical and effective way to conduct elections in suburban cities, paving the way for the use of ranked-choice voting in school board elections, where it would be really helpful this year, and in legislative races and statewide elections under legislation which I have sponsored.
For Immediate Release Contact: Jeanne Massey, FairVote Minnesota Executive Director, jeanne.massey@fairvotemn.org, 612-850-6897 St. Paul (October 7, 2021) -- FairVote Minnesota (“FVMN”) applauds Representative Dean Phillips (MN-03) and Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO)...
Original Publication To the editor: This summer, we volunteered to provide voter education on ranked-choice voting at Bloomington events and door knock in preparation for the Bloomington City Council election this November. While we are involved in a lot of...
Original Publication To the editor: Early voting for local elections in Bloomington starts this Friday, Sept. 17. Voters can request a mail-in ballot or vote early in-person at city hall 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, with additional hours the Saturday and...
FairVote Minnesota and organizing employees in FairVote Minnesota Union (TNG-CWA 37002) jointly announce the recall of bargaining unit employees to organizing positions at FairVote Minnesota. FairVote Minnesota and FairVote Minnesota Union are proud that the...
Originally Published in Winona Daily News Eight months ago, Republican politicians tacitly and explicitly endorsed voter fraud conspiracies, fomenting anger that erupted in violence at the January 6 insurrection. Then, the same politicians – including our...
Arnold Ventures — Ranked-Choice Voting Passes Its Biggest Test Yet By Alan Greenblatt The number of cities using a voting method known as ranked-choice voting is set to double this year, to more than 50. Next year, Alaska will join Maine in using the method statewide....
By nearly every measure, the first Ranked Choice Voting election in our nation’s largest city was a resounding success, with the Washington Post editorial board calling on the expansion of RCV in more places. Many of the promises of RCV came to fruition: The election...