On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It is a shame that state law prevents cities and counties from > implementing IRV for local races. I hope that enough or these units of local > government > will resolve that IRV is the way to go and having done so, influence state > legislators to make IRV possible to implement legally. Perhaps we'll have a > better form of democratic government if they do so. I think the Minneapolis > DFL > should lead the way by including IRV in our platform. IRV is my new "litmus > test" > for would-be political office holders.
I believe this is possible in any of the dozens of home-rule cities in MN. A city can achieve home-rule by a process independent of the Leg. Given the hostility of the Leg to IRV etc, home-rule seems to be a necessary first step. --David Shove Roseville REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
