- The Pioneer Press published
our Op-Ed on IRV, 2/24/09.
- We recently filed a complaint with the
Minnesota News Council regarding the
biased reporting in the Star Tribune.
(See
the complaint)
- Hennepin County District Court ruled
in favor of IRV. The Court failed to
address the key points that make IRV
unconstitutional. It did not consider
Brown v. Smallwood, and it focused on
side issues while missing the key point
of what preferential voting does to the
nature of a vote and to the voter. We
are appealing this decision. (See our
press release)
- The Minnesota
Voters Alliance filed a notice of appeal
with the Minnesota Court of Appeals. It
is anticipated that the City of
Minneapolis will file for an
expedited hearing with the State Supreme
Court to by-pass the Court of Appeals
process. The Alliance will join
the City’s petition to the State Supreme
Court.
- Andy Cilek was quoted in the
Wall Street Journal.
- After the December 11 hearing, Andy Cilek appeared
with Don Shelby on his
radio show.
- See our
November 19 Op Ed in the Duluth News
Tribune.
- On Wednesday, November 5th our article
was printed in the Morris Sun Tribune. (Read
article)
- On October 3rd, we were interviewed
by Tim Nelson of MPR which aired on 91.1FM, October 7th.
See article.
- This editorial was the
featured cover story of the
Mpls Watchdog News, September
2008. We've submitted similar editorials
to the Star Tribune; They've refuse to print our side of the
story.
-
The
Conservatives
Issue Fair
was a great
success! We
had over 200
visitors at
our booth.
Jill Schwarz
of St.
Michael was
the winner
of the
$25
Applebee's
gift
certificate;
congrats!
- The
Asheville
(No.
Carolina)
Citizen
Times
published
our OpEd
piece
rebutting
IRV on their
website,
September 2,
2008. (view
article)
- We
appeared as
invited guests on
Mitch Berg's
radio
program at
the State
Fair,
Saturday,
August 30th,
on AM1280.
-
FairVote
intervenes
in our lawsuit
against the
City of
Minneapolis.
They
apparently
felt that
the City
Attorney
could not
adequately
defend IRV. See
our
stipulation.
-
We spoke before the St.
Paul City Council hearing July 2. While most members ignored
our arguments,
they still made the correct decision to NOT
place IRV on the ballot. (see
www.stpaul.gov.
Video here.)
-
IRV is NOT about race!
Minneapolis
City Council
member Ralph
Remington
and Senator
Mee Moua
wrote a ridiculous
article
in the
Spokesman-Recorder saying IRV helps
persons of color. IRV hurts ALL
voters regardless of race!
See Flaw #3 on the IRV page.
-
Instant-runoff voting is "more likely
than not" to be found unconstitutional,
according to the St. Paul City Attorney
John Choi's
June 08 letter to the City Council. (See
also
Pioneer
Press Article)
- We were guest
speakers at the Edina “Golden K” Kiwanis
Club on Tuesday, May 27th. Our
message was well received.
- We spoke
to the St. Paul Charter
Commission on April 21st.
We gave the commission a copy of
our litigation backgrounder. The Commission
overwhelmingly voted (6-2) to oppose
placing IRV on the ballot!
- We were recently featured in an
article in the City Pages and two
separate articles in the Pioneer Press.
Article 1
Article 2
- North Carolina Coalition for
Verified Voting (NCCVV)
supports the Minnesota Voters Alliance
legal challenge against Instant Runoff
Voting
- The
AP
and the
Star Tribune covered the
announcement of our legal challenge.
The coverage was a bit slanted.
(See our
response.)
- Wheelock Whitney and
Stanley Hubbard have contributed to our
legal challenge. (see
story)
- We retained the law firm of Mohrmann and Kaardal
to represent us in our legal challenge
of IRV filed on December 20.
- Andy
Cilek appeared at the Minnesota Senate
hearing on IRV on November 20th. There
were 6 speakers Pro-IRV, and only one
Anti-IRV. (see
Pioneer Press) (see
Our Response)
- Our Op
Ed piece, which was censored from the
St. Paul Pioneer Press and from the Mpls
Star Tribune, was published in the
St. Cloud Times.
- We
extended an IRV
debate invitation to Jeanne Massey of FairVote and former St. Paul Mayor
George Latimer. Regretfully,
Massey turned down our invitation and we
haven't heard from the former Mayor.
- The Star Tribune interviewed Andy
Cilek for
an article saying IRV may be
unconstitutional after all. It appeared
Thursday, September 19, 2007.
-
We were featured live
from the State Fair, August 24th on the Jason
Lewis show!
KTLK100.3 FM, 6:30-7PM
(start about 19 minutes in).
- In June, Matt Marchetti attended a
forum on IRV held by the St. Paul
Chamber of Commerce. Sadly, the
event was more of a promotion of IRV than
a real debate. It was covered
poorly by the Pioneer Press.
- Andy Cilek spoke at the so-called
nonpartisan Civic Caucus in Bloomington
on May 3rd 2007 and stated they were a
largely partisan Democratic group whose
only interest is furthering their own
agenda.
- On March 7th, we appeared on
Minnesota Matters on Air America, the
Jason Lewis show on March 19th, the
Taxpayers League program on March 24th
and the Northern Alliance Program on
March 31st.
- Our efforts were recently cited in
a Pioneer Press article
1/2/2007
and in the Highland Villager.
-
On October 25th, 2006 Andy Cilek and Mpls City Council President Barb
Johnson spoke at the Victory Neighborhood
Lutheran Church meeting about the
negative effects of Instant Runoff Voting.
-
- We were recently featured in the Star
Tribune on
9/5/06 and on
9/26/06.
