{"id":5603,"date":"2009-10-25T13:49:05","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T18:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=5603"},"modified":"2009-10-25T13:49:05","modified_gmt":"2009-10-25T18:49:05","slug":"strange-bedfellows-great-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=5603","title":{"rendered":"Strange Bedfellows; Great Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there’s one thing that encourages me, it’s that people on both sides of the aisle are working against “Instant Runoff Voting”, which is going to get its first, sure-to-be-disastrous workout in Minneapolis’ next election.\u00a0 There are elements in Saint Paul that also wat to institute “IRV” in Minnesota’s capitol city.<\/p>\n

Of course, the NARN has has spoken with Andy Cilek of the Minnesota Voters Alliance<\/a> for many years now.\u00a0 The MVA states a pretty convincing case; IRV is a lousy idea.<\/p>\n

And if you need to be convinced, still?\u00a0 There’s opposition on the left as well.\u00a0 It was my pleasure to interview one of my longtime political sparring partners, Chuck Repke of Saint Paul, yesterday on the NARN.\u00a0 Chuck is with No Bad Ballots<\/a>.\u00a0 He and I disagree on just about every subject imaginable – and I imagine it’s at least mutual between Repke and Cilek.<\/p>\n

But IRV is such a terrible idea, it’s hard to even know where to start.<\/p>\n