We have two weeks left to gather signatures for the IRV petition! Fortunately, there's lots of activity this coming week - Twins games all week (we can...
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David Kaminsky
dkaminsk@...
Aug 10, 2001 9:23 am
Hi all, THE DEADLINE FOR BRINGING ME FILLED-OUT I.R.V. PETITIONS IS THIS MONDAY. Make sure everyone you know who is circulating knows about this deadline. ...
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David Kaminsky
dkaminsk@...
Aug 15, 2001 3:29 pm
Hi all, I'm writing to let everyone know that we fell short of our signature goal, and that the IRV charter amendment proposal will not be going on the ballot...
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Tom Ruen
tomruen@...
Sep 2, 2001 7:30 pm
Dear IRV supporters and fair-minded critics, I have a fun Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) election to share! Please read, or skim this report or ignore this as you...
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Dan Johnson-Weinberger
proportionalrepresent...
Sep 5, 2001 8:37 pm
... From: "Hannah Podlevsky" <hannah1100@...> To: <djw@...> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 12:39 PM Subject: Fwd: [dawg] My thoughts on...
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Dan Johnson-Weinberger
proportionalrepresent...
Sep 10, 2001 10:42 pm
Hey Minnesota IRVers, I just met with Bruce Kennedy in Chicago, one of the main lobbyists for IRV during the last session, and we thought that a one-day ...
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Hamerlinck, Andrew C
achamerlinc@...
Sep 11, 2001 2:29 am
Dan, and all, I'd be interested in attending, as would a few people I can think of from St. Cloud. It's certainly possible for us to look into getting space...
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Tom Ruen
tomruen@...
Sep 13, 2001 2:57 am
Dear IRV supporters, After the failed reform initiative to get Instant Runoff Voting introduced in Minneapolis earlier this year, I was interested to see the...
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Karen & Tony Solgård
solga002@...
Sep 21, 2001 12:10 am
FYI. Lessons we should pay attention to. Tony Anderson Solgard...
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Alan Shilepsky
ashilep@...
Sep 21, 2001 4:36 pm
In the Twin Cities? Count me in to help also. Alan Shilepsky Minneapolis 612-333-5181 ashilep@......
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Dan Johnson-Weinberger
proportionalrepresent...
Oct 15, 2001 9:44 pm
There's an interesting conference coming up that Minnesotans might be interested in attending: http://www1.umn.edu/irp/zdemocracy.html It's called "A Citizens'...
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Karen & Tony Solgård
solga002@...
Oct 15, 2001 11:38 pm
FairVote Minnesota is presenting the session on voting systems/PR vs First past the post. We'll be sending out a more formal email announcement in the next few...
Please consider the following information on election day. Feel free to distribute this information to any interested parties. The following candidates for...
Hi all! Don't forget to vote today! Here's that list of candidates and their positions on IRV again. David The following candidates for Minneapolis offices...
On Tuesday, November 20th a member of the St. Cloud City Charter Commission will be making a pitch to reccomend IRV to the St. Cloud City Council in mayoral...
Krist Novoselic, former bassist for Nirvana and huge advocate of proportional representation and instant runoff voting, will be part of an event at St. Olaf...
I'm the commissioner that will be talking with the charter commission, the city council, the city clerk, and the mayor. The letter I gave to them today is...
Hi, This is just a quick reminder that the task force for IRV in St. Cloud (to be named something else, surely) is meeting tonight, Sunday, at 7 p.m., at...
I tried posting this a month ago, but I couldn't get it to work. Hope it's still interesting. An update: We at Carleton are looking into ChoicePlus Lite for...
FairVote Minnesota is developing an election administration service. We will assist groups like the Carleton students in conducting elections using alternative...
I wrote the DFL (the Democratic Party of Minnesota) to remark how they have listed fairvote.org on their website. I suggested that the DFL explain more about...
My partisan political hat is that of co-chair of the DFL Platform Commission. I support Seth's suggestion to introduce resolutions in support of IRV at...
Dear IRV-supporters, I'm always looking for excuses to try IRV and I missed a chance last week at work in a fun election. My office Christmas party had a vote...
... Hi Tom, In my opinion, IRV (and for multi-seat races, STV) is the best possible system for use in US government elections, for the following reasons: a. It...
Hi, We're working on getting our city charter commission in St. Cloud to take up IRV, and I need help with a few questions that have been raised/information...
Andy, I don't know if you received any replies yet. But see below... Tony Solgard ... When the field is narrowed to two candidates, the candidate with the most...
Today the company I work for, Itasca Consulting Group of Minneapolis, had our annual shareholder's meeting and I brought up the topic of the failings of...
I'll reply to Tom in more detail off-list, but wanted to publicly congratulate him for his effort. I do know of one corporation that has used STV. I have been...
