FairVote Minnesota

Let’s protect our wins and keep the momentum going!

Give to FairVote Minnesota today and have your donation matched!

This year’s election brought a mix of victories and challenges for our ranked choice voting (RCV) movement both at home and nationwide, and for the movement to protect and expand democracy as a whole. We’re thrilled to share that we won the effort to preserve RCV in Bloomington (51%-49%), and that we consolidated our support in the Minnesota House DFL Caucus despite significant national headwinds — putting us in an excellent position to push for legislative majorities in 2026.

Looking ahead to 2025, we must protect our wins and defend RCV in Minnesota’s five RCV cities -- Minneapolis, St Paul, Bloomington, Minnetonka and St. Louis Park -- against any further attempts to repeal the system. We must also guard against any legislative efforts to push bills to ban RCV as they have done in several other states. 

We must also be prepared to once again assist voters in Minnesota's five RCV cities to rank their ballots for local offices in 2025 as well as encourage the multitude of candidates running in 2025 to conduct positive, issue-focused campaigns that build broad winning coalitions of voter support. 

Finally, we need to use the movementum we build in 2025 to be ready in 2026 to recruit, educate, and support more pro-RCV candidates and secure the legislative majority we need to pass the RCV local option bill that will allow all cities, counties, and school districts in the state to adopt RCV for their own elections.

Our movement’s ability to weather and endure this moment of challenge for our democratic institutions is a testament to our dedication to building grassroots support and our ability to educate the public and elected leaders on the advantages and importance of RCV. If this election showed us anything, it is that we need systems reforms that will encourage unity over division, and moderation over extremism. With your support, we will continue our push for ranked choice voting at all levels.

Why is Ranked Choice Voting so important?

Ranked Choice Voting is a simple change to the ballot but one that has the power to reduce political divisions and make our elections more civil, inclusive, representative, and responsive. At a time when partisan divisiveness and misinformation are threatening our democracy, ranked choice voting is one of the top reforms to strengthen it. 

We want to bring this critical reform across the state of Minnesota. Your donation will help us educate voters, candidates, and elected officials about the many benefits of RCV and how it will strengthen democracy in our state and country. And we have an exciting announcement: any amount you give today will be matched dollar-for-dollar! 

We would not be able to do this important work without dedicated supporters like you.

Thank you for your commitment to a stronger, more inclusive democracy.