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The Curious Case of the 2021 Minneapolis Ward 2 City Council Election

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  • Lori McCune

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In this article we explain why the November 2021 election for the Ward 2 city council seat in Minneapolis, MN, may be the mathematically most interesting ranked choice election in US history.

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  • David McCune & Lori McCune, 2021. "The Curious Case of the 2021 Minneapolis Ward 2 City Council Election," Papers 2111.09846, arXiv.org, revised Dec 2021.
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