St. Paul's Better Ballot Campaign was fined $5,000 for violating campaign laws after a panel of administrative law judges ruled the group made false claims in endorsements of Instant Runoff Voting, which was approved by St. Paul voters on election day.
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St. Paul’s Better Ballot Campaign was fined $5,000 for violating campaign laws after a panel of administrative law judges ruled the group made false claims in endorsements of Instant Runoff Voting, which was approved by St. Paul voters on election day.
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The three-judge panel's ruling is out on vote-yes campaign lit in advance of the successful instant-runoff voting ballot question: The Better Ballot Campaign broke the law by claiming endorsements of the city and state DFL, the St. Paul and Minnesota Leagues of Women Voters, and the likes of President' [...]
Sunday, I reported that Gary Wertish was elected Vice President of the Minnesota Farmers Union by delegates at the group's annual convention. In the video below, Bruce Miller talks about the group's pioneering use of IRV to pick new leadership:
In other news from the MFU convention, Politics in Minnesota [...]