After High Turnout, Renewed Calls to Replace Caucus System

Opponents of Minnesota’s precinct caucus system are renewing calls to eliminate the state’s participating-intensive voting process. 

Rep. Pat Garofalo announced Tuesday night that he plans to author a bill to replace the state’s caucus system with a Presidential primary. 

The replacement push is not new, but comes on the heels of record turnout in the state that had caucus sites bursting at the seams. 

Caucus opponents have long argued the inside nature of the caucus system discourages the average citizen from voting and that in years of high turnout, volunteers and facilities can be overwhelmed. 

Parties and caucus supports have long said that the caucus system allows ordinary citizens an entry point into the political process and benefits grassroots politics.