Council's runoff voting action defies law
Let the will of more than 7,100 St. Paul citizens be heard. They signed a petition to put instant-runoff voting on the ballot in St. Paul in November. City Council members (except Russ Stark) went against the will of the citizens they were elect[ed] to serve when they chose to ignore the signatures and not put IRV on the ballot (“Instant-runoff voting put on hold” July 30).
The law says that if 5,100 citizens sign a petition to put a referendum on the ballot, then the referendum is put on the ballot. The council defied the law and the will of the people of St. Paul. The council is not above the law or the will of the people. Stark is the only member who seems to know that.
I want a better democracy. It starts when elected officials obey the law.
Amber Garlan, St. Paul
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