Minneapolis’ first try at instant-runoff voting went well, judging by a low number of spoiled ballots. But the number of ballots cast was also low, spoiling the system’s otherwise successful debut.
The Minneapolis City Council’s lone Green Party member, Cam Gordon, is used to anything-might-happen electoral outcomes in Ward Two, which straddles the Mississippi River and includes the University of Minnesota campus. But in this year’s race, one thing’s for sure: He isn’t going to finish within 150 votes of a DFL Party candidate, as he has twice before. For the first time in memory (and probably in DFL Party history) no Democrat is on the ballot for city council in a ward that launched the careers of DFL Party titans like Hubert Humphrey and Don Fraser.
If elected officials hang around a public chamber with intent to take action but don’t actually decide anything, can they be guilty of governing?
Who “lurks” and with what intent…
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