Mpls Neighborhood Democracy

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
1		Minneapolis Neighborhood Org Democracy Index								Compiled by John Edwards
2		N'hood Demographics		Elections for Leadership			Board Candidate Requirements
3	Neighborhood	%Renter	%Nonwhite	Voter ID	Prohibits Same-Day Registration	Subjective Screening of Candidates	Prior Attendance	Ongoing Participation	Length of Membership	Enemies Clause*	Loyalty Language	Prohibits Floor Nominations	Term Length	Term Limits	Number of Board Seats	Renter Specific Seats	Voting Age	Notes

4	Armatage	12%	12%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	5-11	No	18 years
5	Audubon Park	27%	22%	Yes**	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	5-9	No	Not specified
6	Bancroft	35%	27%	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	15	No	18 years	"Community Council members must be active members of the Association..."
7	Beltrami	No data	No data	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	6 years	"no more than 11"	No	18 years	candidates can be nominated in absentia.
8	Bottineau	61%	No data	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	3 years	No	"at least 7"	No	Not specified	Absentee voting via newsletter "flyer vote."
9	Bryant	39%	72%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	12	No	17 years
10	Bryn Mawr	13%	14%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	11	No	16 years
11	CARAG	71%	13%	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1 year	No	9	No	18 years	"In cases of uncertainty of voting eligibility, a vote of those already eligible voters present at that meeting will determine the contested voting status."
12	Cedar-Riverside	89%	60%	Yes	No	No	No	No	10 days	No	No	Yes	2 years	No	15	Yes	18 years
13	Cedar-Isles-Dean	42%	9%	Yes**	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1 year	No	15	No	18 years
14	Central	48%	72%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2/3 years?	3/2 terms?	13/12?	No	16 years	Conflicting sections of bylaws re: term lengths/limits/number of board positions.
15	Cleveland	17%	37%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	2 years	3 terms	7-11	No	18 years
16	Columbia Park	24%	18%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1 year	No	"up to 10"	No	18 years
17	Corcoran	42%	47%	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	2 terms	8-14	No	18 years	"Electronic Participation" clause for board members. Specifies registration period for elections.
18	Downtown East, West	64%	60%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	8	No	18 years
19	East Calhoun	71%	10%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	2 terms	13	No	18 years
20	East Harriet	43%	12%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	7-11	No	18 years
21	East Isles	61%	10%	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1 year	4 terms	11	No	18 years
22	East Phillips	62%	83%	Yes**	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	9	No	18 years
23	Elliot Park	86%	44%	No	No	No	No	No	~1 month	No	No	Yes	2 years	No	7-15	No	18 years
24	Field, Regina, Northrop	See below	See below	Yes**	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	3 terms	10-17	No	18 years
25	Field	16%	29%	See Field, Regina, Northrop
26	Regina	20%	53%	See Field, Regina, Northrop
27	Northrop	17%	19%	See Field, Regina, Northrop
28	Folwell	34%	71%	No	Yes	No	No	No	30 days	No	No	No	2 years	No	6-11	No	18 years	Conduct clause for board members.
29	Fulton	15%	8%	Yes**	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	5-11	No	18 years
30	Hale, Page, Diamond Lake	See below	See below	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1 year(?)	No	12	No	16 years	Term length not specified in bylaws.
31	Hale	14%	15%	See Hale, Page, Diamond Lake
32	Page	14%	9%	See Hale, Page, Diamond Lake
33	Diamond Lake	20%	26%	See Hale, Page, Diamond Lake
34	Harrison	72%	66%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	12+4	No	Not specified	12 elected + 4 appointed by the board.
35	Hawthorne	62%	85%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	17	No	18 years
36	Holland	59%	42%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	3 terms	7-15	No	16 years
37	Jordan	58%	84%	Yes	No	No	3 meetings	No	Long enough to have attended 3 meetings	No	No	Yes	2 years	No	5-15	No	18	meeting attendance. Ages 15-17 may petition for voting rights.
38	Kenny	12%	12%	No	No	Process/critieria of nominating committee not specified.							3 years	No	9-15	No	12 years	Has whistle blower policy. Board nominations by board-appointed committee, with unspecified process.
39	Kenwood	42%	9%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1 year	No	3-20	No	Not specified	Board may assess "annual membership fee."
40	Kingfield	42%	23%	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	13	No	18 years
41	Lind-Bohanon	32%	54%	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	"up to 11"	No	18 years
42	Linden Hills	32%	14%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	"up to 15"	No	18 years	Allows absentee voting
43	Logan Park	55%	38%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1, 2, 3 years	No	10	No	18 years
44	Longfellow	40%	37%	Yes**	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1, 2, 3 years	6 years	No more than 15	No	16 years
45	Cooper	27%	18%	See Longfellow
46	Howe	25%	23%	See Longfellow
47	Hiawatha	25%	20%	See Longfellow
48	Loring Park	80%	26%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	10-15	No	Not specified
49	Lowry Hill	63%	15%	Yes**	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	3 terms	3-15	No	16 years
50	Lowry Hill East	80%	21%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	11	No	Not specified
51	Lyndale	75%	49%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	4 terms	11	No	18 years	Carefully written and very inclusive language on eligibility verification. Allows for electronic board meetings.
52	Lynnhurst	14%	9%	Yes**	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1 year	No	7-12	No	18 years
53	Marcy-Holmes	84%	22%	No	No	No	No	No	6 months	No	No	No	2 years	No	11	No	Not specified
54	Marshall Terrace	48%	18%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1 year	No	6-10	No	18 years
55	McKinley	41%	83%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	2 years	No	"not to exceed 10"	No	18 years	loyalty language: "have demonstrated commitment to the vision, values and mission statement of the organization..."
56	Midtown Phillips	67%	77%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1 & 2 years	No	5-7	No	18 years
57	Near North, Willard-Hay	See below	See below	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	2 years	No	26	No	18 years	Holds public "nomination meeting" 2 weeks before election. 26 delegates plus "no more than ten appointed at-large." Abesntee voting.
58	Near North	67%	86%	See Near North, Willard-Hay
59	Willard-Hay	37%	82%	See Near North, Willard-Hay
60	Nicollet Island/East Bank	31%	13%	Yes**	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1 year	No	"at least 10"	No	18 years	allows electronic voting by board members.
61	Nokomis East	See below	See below	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	15	No	18 years
62	Keewaydin Neighborhood	4%	9%	See Nokomis East
63	Minnehaha Neighborhood	16%	13%	See Nokomis East
64	Wenonah Neighborhood	37%	39%	See Nokomis East
65	Morris Park Neighborhood	16%	26%	See Nokomis East
66	North Loop	50%	No data	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	11	No	18 years
67	Northeast Park	No data	No data	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1, 2, 3 years	No	10	No	18 years	3 seats with 1 yr term; 4 seats with 2 year term; 3 seats with 3 year term
68	Phillips West	87%	78%	Bylaws not available
69	Powderhorn Park	48%	48%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	3 terms	12	No	16 years
70	Prospect Park	74%	25%	No	No	No	No	No	1 year	No	No	No	2 years	No	40	No	18 years
71	Seward	67%	43%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	12-16	No	18 years	"Members are asked and expected to donate time and/or money..." Minimum 4 hours/year
72	Sheridan	62%	31%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	1 year	No	5-7	No	18 years	Nominations for board req'd at least 5-30 days prior.
73	Shingle Creek	16%	50%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	5 terms	7-15	No	18 years
74	Southeast Como	77%	28%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	3 years	No	7-16	No	Not specified
75	St. Anthony East	63%	37.20%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	3 terms	7-9	No	18 years	Allows for "electronic meetings" at which board members can hear & be heard.
76	St. Anthony West	43%	20%	Yes	No	Process/critieria of nominating committee not specified.							1 year	No	11	No	18 years	Candidates nominated by committee appointed by board.
77	Standish Ericsson	See below	See below	Yes**	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	3 years	3 terms	7-15	No	Not specified
78	Standish	24%	28%	See Standish Ericsson
79	Ericsson	14%	14%	See Standish Ericsson
80	Stevens Square	81%	40%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	2 terms	9-18	No	16 years	Up to 9 at-large seats can be apointed by board.
81	Summer Glenwood	89%	93%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	2 terms	13	Yes	16 years	11 elected board members plus 2 at-large 'youth representatives' appointed by board
82	Tangletown	24%	18%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	3-15	No	18 years
83	Ventura Village	90%	79%	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	14 days	No	No	Yes***	3 years	No	7-15	No	18 years	Registration required at least 1 day in advance for voting privileges
84	Victory	19%	38%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	7	No	18 years
85	Waite Park	9%	12%	Yes**	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	5-15	No	18 years	Officers limited to two terms.
86	Webber-Camden	42%	64%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	6-11	No	Not specified
87	West Calhoun	50%	11.30%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1 year	No	9	No	18 years	Conduct clause
88	Whittier Alliance	83%	46%	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	6 months	Yes	Yes	Yes***	3 years	No	15	No	18 years
89	Windom Community	34%	28%	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	No	13	No	18 years
90	Windom Park	45%	23%	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	2 years	3 terms	9	No	18 years
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92				*Example from Whittier: Candidate shall "not have committed an act of malice or defamation against the Whittier Alliance or any member of the Board of Directors or otherwise disrupt the aims and purposes of the corporation."
93				**Person without ID may vote if Member with documentation vouches for that person.
94				***Candidates must submit nomination application ahead of time.
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