The winners of all 13 city council seats have been decided, with majority control appearing to favor the far-left candidates. Incumbents on the city council have prevailed in all 11…
The local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (TC DSA) makes a play in the race for St. Paul City Council. You will recall that earlier this week TC…
A recent note by two local political scientists shows that Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) fails to deliver as promised. The three-page report, published this month by University of Minnesota professor Larry…
Our neighbor to the west became the third state to ban the controversial voting system. Yesterday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed 13 election bills into law. Among the bills…
For a little over $2 million, a bored Texas billionaire can impose a brand-new voting system on a state 1,200 miles away.
A bill to impose ranked-choice voting (RCV) on state and federal elections cleared two more hurdles at the state Capitol yesterday. The bill (HF 2486) is moving forward despite (or…
As bills to dramatically change the way Minnesota conducts statewide elections using ranked choice voting begin to move through legislative committees, the latest Thinking Minnesota poll finds very tepid support…
Exclusive Center of the American Experiment poll finds no popular support for the measure. As we’ve previously reported, SF 2270/HF 2486 has been introduced at the state legislature and would…
HF 2486 was submitted by Rep. Cedric Frazier (DFL-New Hope) at the Minnesota legislature yesterday. The bill would implement ranked-choice voting (RCV) for all state and federal offices in time…
Advocates of replacing our conventional up-or-down voting system want all Minnesotans to have the option of switching to a clumsy, confusing alternative called ranked choice voting. Thus far, just a…
Not so long ago, citizens could go to the polls to vote for one candidate per office and expect to learn who straight out won or lost sometime before midnight.…
Semi-retired Star Tribune columnist Lori Sturdevant wrote recently about the just-started Minnesota legislative session under the headline: DFL may go big, and that wouldn’t be bad Some policy moves are…
It’s in the math. Advocates for the ranked-choice voting method claim many advantages for their voting system, not least among them producing a nicer, more moderate politics. Something closer to…
It’s the magic of Ranked-Choice Voting! We’ve previously discussed the truly bizarre election system in Alaska, which has perfected the art of counting ballots until the correct result is reached.…
Again and again, the majority of voters in Alaska choose Republican candidates, but ranked-choice voting (RCV) won’t let one win. To recap: long-time Republican Congressman Don Young died earlier this…
The U.S. Senate race in Alaska has kicked up fresh controversy about the ranked-choice voting (RCV) method. A number of local governments in Minnesota use a version of RCV. All…