Drinking & Voting

Join CLA alumni for a fun night of beer tasting, with a little civics lesson thrown in.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Coffman Union Terrace with a view of downtown Minneapolis
7:00 - 10:00 pm
Coffman Memorial Union, Campus Club terrace

We will be featuring a sampling of Minnesota microbrews--both beer and root beer--and live music by alumnus Reid Kennedy and his jazz ensemble.

After we’ve tasted them all, we’ll elect our favorite beer using Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), a method of voting that ensures we have a majority winner that represents the will of the people.

RCV (aka Instant Runoff Voting) is used in Minneapolis’s city elections and will be used for the first time this November in St. Paul’s city elections. It is also used to select the Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards.