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IRV is confusing, undemocratic and unconstitutional and should be opposed by anyone who values true democracy. If we want to improve our election process, we should support measures that empower citizens, NOT the professional politicians and the bureaucracies they seek to control.

Eric Kaardal
Erick Kaardal: Chief Counsel   
The City of Minneapolis recently approved a little understood and poorly described preferential voting system called Single Transferable Vote (STV), also known as Instant Runoff Voting(IRV). The offices affected include the Mayor, the City Council, and (the multi-seat offices of) Park and Recreation Board, the Library Board, and the Board of Estimate and Taxation. Its proponents now want to foist the same scheme on the unsuspecting voters of Saint Paul and across the State, despite the questionable constitutionality in Minnesota.

Read the background briefing, please. 

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