Help get IRV literature out to voters across the city.  This is a top priority for the campaign and we need lots of volunteers to get the job done!

We've organized lit dropping to be easy, flexible and convenient - bags of lit and a route are available at any time on porches at pick up locations in each ward.  

How should Minneapolis government be structured to provide the most effective, accountable, and democratic government? This subject is being put to candidates for mayor and city council in a questionnaire cosponsored by FairVote Minnesota along with Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, League of Women Voters of Minneapolis, and Getting to the Bottom of the Ballot. The responses from candidates appearing on the general election ballot will be published in early October.

1. Educate
yourself

Read the articles on the FairVote Minnesota website and follow the links
from the Links page.
Join a FairVote Minnesota study circle by contacting info@FairVoteMN.org.

Here are the solutions to the "Gerrymandering Game." In the
upper map, you can see how district lines are drawn to "pack" most
of the Democratic voters into a central district. Thus, On election day,
one Democrat and three Republicans are likely to be elected. In a city
that is 56 percent Democrat and 44 percent Republican, these districts
would give the majority party only 25 percent of the seats, while the
minority party would get three out of four seats.

Our current election system guarantees that there will be minorities
in every district who remain unrepresented by someone with their political
views. District lines can be drawn either to shut out minority voices
or strengthen them — A process called "gerrymandering." As
this game illustrates, the way in which district lines are drawn has
a great effect on who wins representation in Single-Member District,
Winner-Take-All elections.

Use this larger poster display at public events to clearly explain the benefits of Proportional Representation.

Click here to download (PDF).

Test event. PR Campaign training.

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