The anniversary of January 6th made clear that our democracy remains fragile and the rules for our elections matter more than ever. To build a more inclusive, responsive, less polarizing democracy, we need to fix the rules to give voters more choice and elect candidates who are supported by and responsive to a majority of voters. As the recent elections in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bloomington, Minnetonka, and St. Louis Park have just shown, Ranked Choice Voting does just this.

Voters across the state want to bring this commonsense reform statewide; it's a small change to the ballot but one that has the powerful potential to transform our politics for the better.

This year, our goal is to elect a pro-RCV legislature and be ready to pass RCV statewide in 2023. It all starts at caucuses on Feb. 1.

Can we count on you to be there?

Yes! Count me in to Caucus for RCV!

We’ll follow up with all the details and let you know where and how to caucus. No matter who you're caucusing with, we want you to go!

Where to find my caucus

Here’s information from three of the major parties we found about caucusing:

DFL: DFL caucusers caucus online if you can’t be there in person. The MN DFL is allowing in person and/or online caucusing this year to accommodate the COVID situation. See rules here. And find your precinct caucus here. Caucus begins at 7:00pm

GOP: The caucus information for the GOP can be found here. No news yet about online caucuses for GOP caucusers.

LMN: The caucus information for the Legal Marijuana Now party can be found here.

See list of all parties here and stay tuned for more information about how they are holding their caucuses.

What to expect at caucus

Caucuses are the first step of getting involved in helping elect pro-RCV candidates this year. At caucuses, you’ll be able to:

1. Submit a resolution in favor of RCV. Click here to download the resolution for the DFL caucus and here to download if you’re caucusing with another party and take the resolution to your caucus or send it in online. For the DFL, all resolutions submitted will advance to the next step in the process.

2. Volunteer to become a delegate to your Senate District convention this spring (from there, you can vie to become a delegate to the state convention in June). This is a very important step. We need RCV advocates to continue all the way through the process and help make RVC a priority issue in the party endorsement process!

Don’t worry if you’ve never caucused before. We’ll be sure you’re trained and ready to go! You just need to sign up now, and we'll be in touch with all the details. Or if access to the internet is limited, just reply to this email “yes, I’ll caucus for RCV” and we’ll follow up!

Keep up to date on any changes to the caucus process here.

THANK YOU for taking this very important step to help us win RCV in Minnesota. The future of our democracy depends on volunteers like you.

Your FairVote MN team