While Minnesota legislators are clamoring to adopt statewide Ranked Choice Voting and to allow every city in the state to run future municipal elections via RCV, Alameda County, California provides a cautionary tale about what can and did happen in a local election. Two months after the election and after officials certified another candidate as the winner of a school board race, an audit found …
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Right to Repair: What consumers Need to Know
Sometimes legislative proposals appear to be straight-forward, commonsense fixes aimed to help consumers with a problem. And sometimes these legislative answers to complex problems are just plain wrong. The so-called “Digital Fair Repair Act” is just such a piece of legislation – something that seems like a simple consumer right that in reality can be a very dangerous “fix”, especially to …
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CNN: Charitable Bail Groups Under Fire For Sending Criminals Back to the Streets
CNN investigates a trend of 100 charitable bail groups in the U.S., including the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which have a reckless history of springing violent criminals back onto the streets where, not surprisingly, many continue to commit violent crimes. In 2021, Minnesota Freedom Fund's then-executive director boasted, “I often don’t even look at a charge when I bail someone out.” Check …