Kicking off Black History Month on Feb. 1, national and state thought leaders and elected officials convened at the University of St. Thomas to examine the past, present and future of voting rights. The Symposium on Voting Rights, co-hosted by the university’s Racial...
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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...
LETTER: RCV is easy
To the Editor: In late August, Minnetonka residents are more focused on going to the lake and the state fair than local elections, but we want you to know there’s an important city question on the ballot this fall: an effort to repeal ranked choice voting for our...
LETTER: Setting the record straight on RCV
To the Editor: I take issue with several statements Ann Aanestad made in her letter to the editor last week. First of all, I volunteered on the campaign to bring ranked choice voting to Minnetonka, along with many other Minnetonka residents. The notion that an...
LETTER: Why I’m voting no, in support of RCV
To the Editor: Ranked choice voting is up for a re-vote? This came as a surprise to me since we only just voted to adopt RCV for local elections in 2020 and have only used it once in 2021. And spoiler alert: It was a huge success! That year, there was a competitive...
LETTER: Join me in voting ‘no’ on repeal of RCV
To the Editor: I was at the Minnetonka City Council meeting on Tuesday when they decided on the wording for this year’s ballot question about repealing ranked choice voting in Minnetonka. I can’t believe we’re going to vote on this again, just three years after a...
Ranked choice voting back on the ballot in Minnetonka
City Council approves question for November election The topic of ranked choice voting has come increasingly to the forefront of conversations in Minnetonka as election day approaches. This is because at the July 31 Minnetonka City Council meeting, language was...
LETTER: In support of RCV for Minnetonka
To the Editor: In 2020, we joined with members of our community to bring ranked choice voting to Minnetonka to make our local elections more representative and inclusive, and in November of that year, RCV was approved by 54.7% of Minnetonka voters. Now, less than...