My, my, what a wonderful thing we have in St. Paul!\u00a0 Ranked-choice voting a hold on\u2014a Success? \u00a0If a \u201csuccess\u201d means a system that favors the re-election of the incumbency, then ranked-choice is it!<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, this writer lives in Ward 2, where the 2011 city election was not a success.\u00a0 The incumbent trailed the votes of his two major challengers, but no one had a majority, so I believe the count went on to four ranks before the incumbent edged up and won.\u00a0 Had there been a primary, there was a chance that the incumbent could have been defeated and at least, you had a real choice between two candidates.<\/p>\n
Now, if we really want to make it simple, just have Choice 1\u2014let the Mayor pick the council members.<\/p>\n
Question:\u00a0 Who is paying for the lobbyists, and the literature promoting this ranked system?<\/p>\n
And please let us know what politicians would put in a voting method that could diminish their re-election chances.<\/p>\n
Bob Smith, 3rd
\nwww.GopherStatePolitics.com
\nSt. Paul, MN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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