by John Bussey | Apr 8, 2021 | Letter
Jen Scott in the Forest Lake Times Today, in most Minnesota elections, a candidate need not earn majority support to win; they can win with less, and sometimes far less, than 50% of the vote. When someone wins with less than a majority, it is called winning “by...
by John Bussey | Apr 8, 2021 | Letter
Joel T.M. Bamford in The Duluth News Tribune: I am encouraged by the movement for ranked-choice voting, both here in Minnesota and nationwide. Ranked-choice voting is a common-sense improvement to the way we vote. It is simply a better way for voters to choose elected...
by John Bussey | Apr 7, 2021 | News and Opinion
Mike Hanks in the Sun Current As Bloomington prepares for its first city council election featuring ranked-choice voting, one of the city’s three state House representatives is continuing his push toward expanding the voting system throughout the state. The effort to...
by John Bussey | Apr 7, 2021 | Letter
This simple but powerful reform fosters political competition and requires winning candidates to build majority coalitions. Jeanne Massey in MinnPost Anti-democratic forces that have been gaining steam in recent years reached a boiling point in the 2020 election...
by John Bussey | Apr 2, 2021 | Letter
Tom Benson in the Duluth News Tribune I could barely keep from spitting out my coffee at the laughable statement on ranked-choice voting in the News Tribune’s March 15 “Our View” editorial, headlined, “Like Duluth, state can reject confusion of ranked-choice voting.”...
