VOTER'S GUIDE; minneapolis ballot question: instant runoff voting.(SPECIAL)(VOTER'S GUIDE)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: November 1, 2006 | Copyright information

Voters in Minneapolis will be asked Tuesday whether they want the city to adopt Instant Run-off Voting for future elections for the offices listed in the question. The system would eliminate primary elections for those offices and ask voters in the general election to rank their choices for each seat.

THE QUESTION

"Should the City of Minneapolis adopt Single Transferable Vote, sometimes known as Ranked Choice Voting or Instant Runoff Voting, as the method for electing the Mayor, City Council, and members of the Park and Recreation Board, Library Board, and Board of ...

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