Minnesota Supreme Court upholds IRV
The court today ruled that the instant runoff voting system Minneapolis plans to use this fall is constitutional.
Here's more courtesy of MPR's Curtis Gilbert:
A group called the Minnesota Voters Alliance had challenged the system as unconstitutional, but the state Supreme Court ruled that the group's challenge lacks merit. Instant Runoff Voting allows voters to rank the candidates for a given office in order of preference.
In its opinion released today, the court said the system does not violate the constitutional principal of one-person, one-vote.
Minneapolis voters approved instant runoff voting by an overwhelming margin in 2006. It will affect only municipal offices like mayor, city council and park board.
In 1915, the Minnesota Supreme Court struck down another alternative voting system used in Duluth, but the court ruled today that the Minneapolis system does not present the same constitutional problems.
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