Correction to Jenny Heiser and Scott Benson. The elections bill applies to Mpls, St. Paul and Duluth with St. Paul and Duluth already having city elections this year. The one city exempted was Hastings, which has a complicated system of staggered ward and at large terms. The League of Cities did an exhaustive search last year and found out most cities (with wards) were having elctions in new districts in 2002 0r 2003. Some are unaffected because they elect all members at large or have less than the 5% variance the bill allows. Bloomington has a perfect ordinance with a 2,4,4 system similar to the Senate. They passed theirs after the last census, when someone threatened to sue. (By a unanimous vote for a charter amendment.) It would have been great if Mpls had done likewise.
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