Sen. Higgins:
The city of Minneapolis cannot implement IRV without state approval. IRV
would take a change in STATE law, something that was tried last year
for a special election in Roseville.
To clarify, state approval for change in election/voting procedures is
needed for non-home-rule citie
On Feb 28, 2005, at 9:51 AM, Sen.Linda Higgins wrote:
IRV would take a change in STATE law, something that was tried last
year
for a special election in Roseville. Unfortunately, the Minnesota
Citizens Concerned for LIfe decided to sandbag the bill and it was
defeated.
The city of Minneapolis can
IRV would take a change in STATE law, something that was tried last year
for a special election in Roseville. Unfortunately, the Minnesota
Citizens Concerned for LIfe decided to sandbag the bill and it was
defeated.
The city of Minneapolis cannot implement IRV without state approval.
IRV is in a c
Below is a resolution for the use of Instant Runoff Voting or IRV (also
called Ranked Choice Voting) in city elections. Such a change requires an
amendment to the city charter. Gaining support within the political parties
is an important step in the process and the resolution below is for use in
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> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:51:25 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Mpls] Instant Runoff Voting
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> If anyone disagrees that IRV is superior to our
> current system, please point out how and
If anyone disagrees that IRV is superior to our
current system, please point out how and why.
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Take a three candidate election, 1 liberal, one conservative, one
independent. For simplicity, use 12 voters (in real life you would
need to expand the percentages)
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yes." --Nagarjuna
> From: phaedrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:14:30 -0700 (PDT)
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Mpls] Instant Runoff Voting
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> Can anyone tell me why Minneapolis does not use
> Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) for all elected positions?
Can anyone tell me why Minneapolis does not use
Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) for all elected positions?
This will allow all people to vote for the candidate
that best matches their own priorities while reducing
or eliminating the concerns like the Nader/Gore
situation. It also insures that any win
