In the 2015 Special Election in St Paul Ward One, there were three African American candidates two Hmong candidates. The result was the election of Dai Thao (DFL), and the main reason the seat shifted from being a traditional African-American seat held by Bill Wilson,...
The early vote totals for Minneapolis through Sunday were 10,645 from a registered voter roll of 253,735, keeping in mind people can register to vote at the polls. Comparatively, there were 2,774 early votes in St Paul from a pre-registered voting roll of 156,535. ...
Early voting in Minneapolis is occurring at a faster pace than in St Paul. As of yesterday, two-weeks before the General Election Minneapolis mailed out 2782 ballots, received 866 mailed ballots, 3843 people have voted in person and 154 have cast ballots in a category...
The problem with Ranked Choice Voting is the lack of differentiation between the candidates. The fact each candidate is seeking to be the 2nd choice for voters, after their 1st choice is no longer in the field, is only available if the voter selected someone who fails...
There are sixteen candidates for mayor this go-round versus thirty-five in 2013. We expect the decline is due to the $500 filing fee, which can be offset by securing 500 valid signatures, which by our measure is too low of a bar for entry. As we did in the St Paul...
