Are the RCV Bills Stalled?

As the first deadline of March 22nd rapidly approaches we are still awaiting any action on the two anti-Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) bills HF3690 and SF3325 neither has had a hearing scheduled, but there is still time. Also, if they fail to make deadline there are other...

Murphy Has a Fallback Position

This weekend DFL Senate District 64 holds it convention. An item not on the agenda is an endorsement in the 64A House seat currently held by Rep Erin Murphy (DFL-64A, St Paul). We asked Senate District Chair Elizabeth Werfel if they were holding the seat open for...

Checks & Balances on the Radio

Listen to the Sue Jeffers show on 1130 AM Saturday at 4:00 pm and hear Checks & Balances Publisher Shawn Towle discuss a wide range of political topics with the host. One of the issues we expect will be covered is Ranked Choice Voting…. This content is for...

The Different Faces of RCV

This week has become an interesting one in the history of Ranked Choice Voting in Minnesota. For those of you unfamiliar or who have not experienced an election under this process, it is one where each voter is able to cast a series of votes for more than one...