2009 City Election Information
Ranked Choice Voting
This year Minneapolis will use Ranked Choice Voting for the first time.
This fall, voters in Minneapolis will be able to rank their choices for Mayor, City Council, Board
of Estimate and Taxation, and Park and Recreation Board.
• Ranked Choice Voting allows voters to rank multiple candidates in order of preference -
up to three candidates for each municipal office. Instead of just marking one candidate on the ballot, voters will be able to rank multiple
candidates in order of preference.
• Much like the current system, voters will vote by filling in an oval on a paper ballot.
This new voting process will combine the Primary and General Elections into a single
election so there is no primary and all candidates appear on the November ballot.
The first choice votes for all candidates are sorted and counted. If no candidate receives the
required number of votes to win, a process of eliminating candidates and considering subsequent
choices begins.
You can learn more about how to vote in this system at Vote Minneapolis.
Precinct Finder – This will tell you where to vote.
Candidate Questionaires
To help Lyndale Community Members decide who to vote for LNA mailed questionnaires to all candidates running for 10th Ward City Council, Mayor, District 6 Park Board, and At-Large Park Board. Candidates we’re also invited to speak at either the September or October General Membership Meetings. To see each candidates response just click on their name. We are also including links to candidates’ websites for whom we have them.
10th Ward City Council
Dan Alvin – www.dalvinforward10.com
Matt Dowgwillo - www.mattforcouncil.org
Meg Tuthill – www.megtuthill.com
Kim Vlaisavljevich – www.voteforkimv.com
Mayor
BOB CARNEY, JR. - (No response)
JAMES R. EVERETT - (No response)
AL FLOWERS – (No response)
DICK FRANSON – www.dickfranson.com
JOEY LOMBARD – (No response)
Bill McGaughey – www.newdignityparty.org
R.T. RYBAK – (No response) – www.rtrybak.com
John Charles Wilson – www.enp-news.org
Park Board District 6
Brad Bourne – bradbournforparks.org
STEVEN JECHA – (No response) - www.jecha.com
Park Board At-Large (You can vote for up to three candidates)
JOHN BUTLER – - (No response)- www.newdignityparty.org
John Erwin – erwinforparks.org
Mary Merrill Anderson – www.mary4parks
Dave Wahlstedt – www.daveforparks.org
Annie Young – www.annieyoung.net
CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 168 (Ballot Question – Yes or No Vote)
PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION
Should the City of Minneapolis adopt a change in its charter to the composition of the Board of Estimate and Taxation so that the Board’s membership consists of the members of the City Council, with the actions of the Board subject to the powers and duties of the Mayor?
