I agree that some at-large council members might make sense if they were
electioned proportionally. I do not think that Instant Runoff Voting (also
known as majority preference voting) would actually accomplish this, however.
Instant Runnoff Voting is most udeful when there is a single member
Annie Young wrote:
>Does anyone remember this conversation from a few months back? Is anyone
>developing a resolution that changes the number of wards and adds 3-5
>at-large seats. Although some may want to slim the number from 13 to 9 I am
>not convinced that is as good an idea as 9 wards and 4
Here is the schedule to date of screenings for Minneapolis Elected Offices.
This is just for Saturday and City Council. More information will be coming
about other screenings and as more candidates schedule screenings. Many
thanks to Aklilu for scheduling all this!
All are welcome.
Active member
Ann
Berget asked that I write something up on Instant Runoff Voting and forward it
to the list. But, better than that you can link to the following for the
best information:
Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) from the Center for Voting
& Democracy at:
http://www.igc.org/cvd/irv/index.html
T
One of the many things that the city council is lacking, is
having all the community voices at the table. I'd be
willing to support a change if the at-large members had to
be elected from the various minority groups. Other than
that, I don't see the point of enlarging the number of
council membe
At-large council members could provide some recourse when the ward council
member is unresponsive. Yes I know that the proper thing to do with an
unresponsive council member is to wait until the next election and then
vote for someone else, but that doesn't address the problem while it is
occurri
I'd like to understand the motivation behind at large council members. If
it is to give a voice to those who don't, then we should seriously be
considering Instant Runoff Voting. This would create more positive
campaigns, give minority groups a better chance at proportional
representation, and h
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> I don't know of anyone actively advocating a change in the # of
> councilmembers right now - except for an occasional suggestion to
> eliminate
> ALL of them . But I'd like to hear a lively debate on the
> subject of
> having some at-large council seats.
We already
...at least according to Channel 9.
Maybe someone from the campaign (even her honor?) will start participating
on the list!
David Brauer
List manager, Mpls-issues
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I don't know of anyone actively advocating a change in the # of
councilmembers right now - except for an occasional suggestion to eliminate
ALL of them . But I'd like to hear a lively debate on the subject of
having some at-large council seats.
Ann Berget
KingField 10-10
David Brauer raised good questions about the switch to
city election year delegate elections. I think we have to
keep the precinct aspect to the current system because
it preserves geographic fairness. Not only could a heavy
turnout precinct "swamp" a ward, you could swamp a
ward with just peopl
Hey, all of you USWest.net people -
If you've made the switch to qwest.net in your email address, PLEASE update
your subscription at: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/mpls. Your
humble list manager devotes eons of time to the list, but I'm getting weary
of having to manually approve posts
Does anyone remember this conversation from a few months back? Is anyone
developing a resolution that changes the number of wards and adds 3-5
at-large seats. Although some may want to slim the number from 13 to 9 I am
not convinced that is as good an idea as 9 wards and 4 at-large which still
equ
Sorry. My signature may not have been included in my previous message.
Brian Hanninen
Cedar-Riverside
Subject: RE: [Mpls] Elect DFL city delegates
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 13 Feb 2001 08:23:53 PST
David -
How about if the ward convention is open to all, but the precin
David -
How about if the ward convention is open to all, but the precincts caucus during the
convention to select delegates to the city convention? The City DFL could choose the
total number of delegates to the city convention (1000, 1500, 2000, . . .) and then
apportion the delegates to pr
There is also a Minnesota ID card available that has nothing to do with
owning a car.
JBurns
Cleveland
>From: Annie Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Bruce Gaarder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: re: [MPLS] community meetings
>Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 13:27:38 -0600
>
>On this ID thi
I'd like members to weigh in on two facets of the change to city-election
year caucusing:
1. My current plan is to propose ward-level conventions like the ones we'll
have next month. The difference is that anyone can show up and be a delegate
(instead of having to show up last year). BUT the ques
Please note that the First Ward convention will be held at the WINDOM
PARK Community Center (park building). Not to be confused with the
Windom Neighborhood in S Mpls. I know it seems like at minor point but
it's often confused. They are at two different edges of the city. The
address listed i
A list member asked me to post ward convention sites (all are on a Saturday,
with registration at least 30 minutes beforehand):
Ward 1 - March 31, 10:30 a.m.
Windom Neighborhood Center
2251 NE Hayes
Ward 2 - March 17, 10 a.m.
Matthews Neighborhood Center
E. 24th St. & 28th Ave. S.
Ward 3 - Marc
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