[EM] FW: IRV Challenge - Press Announcement

[Jonathan Lundell]

On Oct 8, 2008, at 6:26 PM, Bob Richard wrote:

>> So, this is a legal test of PR-STV not IRV?
>
> Minneapolis adopted IRV for all single-winner offices (including the  
> city council elected from single member districts) and STV for two  
> elected commissions with at-large seats. The plaintiff in the suit  
> is arguing that they are both unconstitutional for the same reasons.  
> I don't recall any arguments in the plaintiff's briefs that are said  
> to apply to one and not the other.

The argument(s) regarding the treatment of surpluses would not apply  
to single-seat elections.