The
League of Women Voters of the Brainerd Lakes Area
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| The 2004-05 study by the League of Women Voters of Minnesota was titled "Change in the Voting Booth: Would an Alternative Voting system Serve Democracy Better?" Each local League studied the topic and reached consensus to form the state League's position on alternative voting systems. |
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League of Women Voters of Minnesota
Alternative Voting Systems Position Adopted by the LWVMN Board, February 19, 2005 •LWVMN supports the option to use Instant Runoff Voting to elect State or Local Officials in single seat elections. LWVMN also supports the continued use of the plurality voting system in our elections. • The LWVMN Board reserves the right to decide the appropriateness of legislation proposing to replace the plurality voting system with the Instant Runoff System at the state level. • LWVMN strongly supports the right of local governments and municipalities to choose Instant Runoff Voting for their own local elections. • Voters need to understand how votes in an election are tabulated and how a candidate actually wins an election. If a change in elections occurs, LWVMN strongly supports adequate voter education. • LWVMN does not support Approval, Borda Count, or Condorcet
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For more information about the League of Women Voters of Minnesota, please visit the web site at http://www.lwvmn.org/. It contains voting and election information, studies, and projects, and issues and positions of the League of Women Voters of Minnesota. The League of Women Voters of the United States is strictly nonpartisan; it neither supports nor opposes candidates for office at any level of government. At the same time, the League is wholeheartedly political - working to influence policy through education and advocacy. It is the original grassroots citizen network, directed by the consensus of its members nationwide. From its inception in 1920, the League of Women Voters has been a leading voice for change, strengthening our democratic system at every level of government. The enduring vitality and resonance of the League as a trusted force for change and good government comes from its unique decentralized structure: a national organization with potent partners at the grassroots level: 1,000 local and 50 state Leagues, and Leagues in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Hong Kong. For more information about the League of Women Voters of the United States, please visit the web site at http://www.lwv.org/ For more information about the League of Women Voters of Minnesota, please visit the web site at http://www.lwvmn.org/
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