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Pro-IRV group fined $5,000 for violating campaign law

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.01.09 | 1:01 pm

no-IRVSt. Paul’s Better Ballot Campaign was fined $5,000 for violating campaign laws after a panel of administrative law judges ruled the group made false claims in endorsements of Instant Runoff Voting, which was approved by St. Paul…

Advocacy group seeks to stop spread of Instant Runoff Voting

By Paul Demko | 10.06.09 | 4:10 pm

no-IRVThe No Bad Ballots Committee wants to thwart the adoption of Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) in St. Paul. The newly formed advocacy group argues that the system will confuse voters and result in the disenfranchisement of immigrants and…

Minneapolis’ instant-runoff voting gives more hopefuls more time to campaign

By Chris Steller | 08.07.09 | 2:23 pm

Thanks to instant-runoff voting and no primary, everyone running for office in Minneapolis will stay in the race through the general election. For lesser-known candidates, that may be most significant impact of the city’s new election system.

One-party twin towns? Conlon quitting leaves all but 2 seats in Cities to DFL

By Chris Steller | 05.22.09 | 12:49 pm

When Republican Tom Conlon leaves the St. Paul School Board this summer, he’ll also be leaving Minneapolis and St. Paul with only two elected city officials not from the DFL Party.