Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "A general election was held in Minneapolis on November 3, 2009. Minneapolis's mayor was up for election as well as all the seats on the Minneapolis City Council, the two popularly elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation, and all the seats on the Park and Recreation Board. This was the first election held in Minneapolis to use ranked choice voting, a collective term for instant-runoff voting and the single transferable vote.Because city voters approved a city charter change by referendum in 2006 to use a ranked choice voting system, Minneapolis did not hold a primary election on September 8, the 2009 date for primaries in Minnesota.There was a lawsuit in court to prevent the voting change; it lost by summary judgment in the first court, was appealed directly to the Minnesota Supreme Court, where it also lost. One person active in the lawsuit has filed as a candidate but is not campaigning; allegedly this is to give him legal standing to sue after the election."@en }
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- Minneapolis_municipal_election,_2009 abstract "A general election was held in Minneapolis on November 3, 2009. Minneapolis's mayor was up for election as well as all the seats on the Minneapolis City Council, the two popularly elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation, and all the seats on the Park and Recreation Board. This was the first election held in Minneapolis to use ranked choice voting, a collective term for instant-runoff voting and the single transferable vote.Because city voters approved a city charter change by referendum in 2006 to use a ranked choice voting system, Minneapolis did not hold a primary election on September 8, the 2009 date for primaries in Minnesota.There was a lawsuit in court to prevent the voting change; it lost by summary judgment in the first court, was appealed directly to the Minnesota Supreme Court, where it also lost. One person active in the lawsuit has filed as a candidate but is not campaigning; allegedly this is to give him legal standing to sue after the election.".
- Q6868044 abstract "A general election was held in Minneapolis on November 3, 2009. Minneapolis's mayor was up for election as well as all the seats on the Minneapolis City Council, the two popularly elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation, and all the seats on the Park and Recreation Board. This was the first election held in Minneapolis to use ranked choice voting, a collective term for instant-runoff voting and the single transferable vote.Because city voters approved a city charter change by referendum in 2006 to use a ranked choice voting system, Minneapolis did not hold a primary election on September 8, the 2009 date for primaries in Minnesota.There was a lawsuit in court to prevent the voting change; it lost by summary judgment in the first court, was appealed directly to the Minnesota Supreme Court, where it also lost. One person active in the lawsuit has filed as a candidate but is not campaigning; allegedly this is to give him legal standing to sue after the election.".