[EM] Minnesota Supreme Court Will Hear IRV Case

[Stéphane Rouillon]

I cannot believe there is still people believing that with an IRV system 
a voter who votes for his first
choice could harm the candidate’s chance of winning...

By the way Kathy, so how do you cool your house?

Kathy Dopp a écrit :
>   The Minnesota Voters Alliance Welcomes Supreme Court Review
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>             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.
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>             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.
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>             Meanwhile, the Alliance is confident the Supreme Court
> will find IRV unconstitutional and reverse the lower court’s
> acceptance and declaration:
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> ·        that with an IRV system a voter who votes for his first
> choice could harm the candidate’s chance of winning;
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> ·        that other voters will have more of their votes counted than others;
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> ·        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;
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> ·        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.
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> The State Supreme Court will likely announce the date of the hearing
> shortly after the last brief is filed on April 17, 2009.
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> For more info, contact Andy Cilek 612.990.2533
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