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The Minnesota ballot -- a laugh riot
By Steven E. Schier
If you want to get a good laugh out of Canadian university students, just show them a copy of a 2002 Minnesota general election ballot.
In the news
"Duluth voters may elect next mayor in a new way" by Baird Helgeson, Duluth News Tribune, December 17, 2002. On an 8 to 1 vote, the Duluth City Council approved a resolution asking the city's charter commission to review and recommend using instant runoff voting for the 2003 mayoral primary election.
Star Tribune endorsement cites candidate’s support for IRV...
The Minneapolis Star Tribune cited Andrew Koebrick's enthusiastic support for instant runoff voting (IRV) as one of its reasons for endorsing him for Secretary of State (Star Tribune, October 20, 2002 --http://www.startribune.com/stories/561/3374762.html). Koebrick was the Green Party nominee.
In the news: IRV support
"Editorial: Instant runoff/It's a better way to vote," Star Tribune, Nov. 12, 2002. A strong endorsement of IRV as the best way to get majority rule in a multiparty environment.http://www.startribune.com/stories/561/3424611.html.
Analysis lays legal foundation for cities to adopt IRV
A new study of state election law will provide local activists with the legal basis they need to work for Instant Runoff Voting or Single Transferable Vote in their cities. It was written by FairVote Minnesota board chair Tony Solgard and attorney Paul Landskroener in response to legal hurdles placed in front of election reform activists by city charter commissions or their attorneys.
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Florida voting debacle: the sequel?
MIAMI -- Despite a $32 million renovation, Florida's new election system crashed in an embarrassment that, like the 2000 election, left voters wondering whether their votes counted, candidates po
Alaska IRV ballot measure
In the first ever statewide ballot measure for Instant Runoff Voting, proponents came up short August 27, as Alaska voters turned their thumbs down on Ballot Measure 1 by a 64 percent to 36 percent margin. Opponents prevailed with arguments that IRV is not easy to grasp and there had not been enough public education and debate on the proposal.
In the news: media coverage of IRV and PR
In the wake of a recent campaign dirty trick by DFLer SamGarst to help the candidacy of BillLuther, the Star Tribune (July 19, 2002) said in its lead editorial that "theproblem cries out for Minnesota's adoption of an instant-run-off electionprocedure." The editorial continued that the "third party phenomenon hasmoved Minnesota into uncharted political water