[EM] Minnesota Supreme Court Will Hear IRV Case

[Kathy Dopp]

  The Minnesota Voters Alliance Welcomes Supreme Court Review


            The Minnesota Supreme Court issued an order yesterday,
March 17, 2009, for the accelerated briefing and review of the
Minnesota Voters Alliance appeal from the District Court’s decision
finding the City of Minneapolis’ Instant Runoff Voting system of
elections constitutional.



            The Minnesota Voters Alliance sought accelerated review,
as did the City, by-passing the Court of Appeals process because of
the lower court’s apparent failure to follow established Supreme Court
precedent — law that only the Supreme Court can affirm or reverse.



            Meanwhile, the Alliance is confident the Supreme Court
will find IRV unconstitutional and reverse the lower court’s
acceptance and declaration:



·        that with an IRV system a voter who votes for his first
choice could harm the candidate’s chance of winning;



·        that other voters will have more of their votes counted than others;



·        that in the election tabulation a vote can be fractioned,
thus allowing the court to conclude — for the first time ever in state
law — that there is no guarantee or protection that a voter’s vote is
to be counted as a numeric “one” whole vote;



·        all of which do not violate the provisions of United States
and Minnesota Constitutions protecting the right to vote, equal
protection, or the principle of one-man, one-vote.



The State Supreme Court will likely announce the date of the hearing
shortly after the last brief is filed on April 17, 2009.



For more info, contact Andy Cilek 612.990.2533

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Kathy Dopp

The material expressed herein is the informed  product of the author's
fact-finding and investigative efforts. Dopp is a Mathematician,
Expert in election audit mathematics and procedures; in exit poll
discrepancy analysis; and can be reached at

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Post-Election Vote Count Audit
A Short Legislative & Administrative Proposal
http://electionmathematics.org//ucvAnalysis/US/paper-audits/Vote-Count-Audit-Bill-2009.pdf

History of Confidence Election Auditing Development & Overview of
Election Auditing Fundamentals
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/paper-audits/History-of-Election-Auditing-Development.pdf

Voters Have Reason to Worry
http://utahcountvotes.org/UT/UtahCountVotes-ThadHall-Response.pdf