In a brief, two-page order, the Alaska Supreme Court on Jan. 19 rejected a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ranked-choice voting.
On Jan. 18, the court heard one hour of oral arguments on the merits of the new voting system. Plaintiffs Scott Kohlhass, Robert Bird, Kenneth Jacobus and the Alaska Independence party, challenged Proposition 2, which was narrowly passed by voters in the 2020 general election.
Plaintiffs argued that Prop. 2 was unconstitutional in replacing partisan primary elections with an open primary election in which the four candidates receiving the most votes advance to the general election. They also challenged the legality of ranked-choice voting for the general election, saying these changes burden the constitutional rights of political parties and voters, and violate provisions of Alaska’s constitution governing the election of the governor and lieutenant governor.
The high court rejected every claim. While offering no immediate rational for its decision, the court said a full opinion explaining the order is forthcoming.
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Advertised to Alaskan voters as a “campaign reform bill,” Prop. 2 actually ushered in an entirely different voting scheme where Alaska political parties are now prevented from nominating their candidate of choice. Instead, an open primary vote takes the top four vote getters to the general election, where voters then rank their preference of candidates. Should the “first choice” fail to obtain a majority, the candidate with the least votes is removed and their second-place votes are distributed as “first place” votes to the remaining candidates. This process continues until one candidate obtains 50.1% of the vote.
The Alaskan Independence Party, Alaska’s third largest political party – filed suit to block Prop 2 in December 2020, asserting that their political association rights were violated by Prop 2 and that it was unconstitutional. In September 2021, Superior Court Gregory Miller ruled that Prop 2 was constitutional. Plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court, and two former officials, Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell and Dick Randolph, later filed a friend of the court brief, arguing that Prop 2 violates the Alaska Constitution provisions for electing governor and lieutenant governor.
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Stolen elections will continue, America is over. Nothing but broken social contract. No more individual freedoms. The great Federal government will rule over the individual.
SEEMS THE DURHAM SEALED INDICTMENTS. JUST GAVE US. A PREVIEW…
Isn’t it funny in the November 2020 “election” that Susan Carney won, Proposition 2 passed, and Jonathan Kreiss-Tompkins won (key initiator of Proposition 2)?
Exactly,,,, DOMINION was only needed strategically in Alaska and used it was.
It’s so sad when an individual is so worthless they can’t win on their own merit, but they can be put into office because of this terrible law passed by individuals that had no clue what they were voting for. The second thing is the state of Alaska being made a guinea pig to try this garbage out for the rest of the country to follow. And lastly the Supreme Court can’t rule against it because they have no reason other than being bought off by the democratic agenda.
He has mine too
The truth does not need the permission of those asleep to exist. Dominion and all the darkness of those
hearts in power will be revealed.
Rank Choice voting needs to go. When it was explained to me, it isn’t 1 vote for 1 person. The person or persons who are in charge of the numbers will end up deciding who the winner is.
What a crooked voting system! What’s the point of voting anymore? I can’t wait to read the “full opinion” of the court.
Ugh just watch Murkowski take the win, because of dem voters putting her as their #2.
Soros corrupt Texas Supremes do the same thing as this Alaska body,,,, They done shined. a light on their. own evil.https://rumble.com/vsx2a8-soros-made-election-fraud-legal-and-woman-in-labor-1-19-22.html?mref=6zof&mc=dgip3&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=RedpillTheWorld&ep=2
The governor COULD ignore their illegal bench legislation, and should.
SAY NO TO RANKED CHOICE VOTING!!!!
RANKED CHOICE VOTING is just another way for the LYING LEFTIST’S DEMOCRATS to TINKER with our elections, BY MANIPULATING OUR ELECTIONS, ONLY TO STEAL THE ELECTIONS AGAIN!!!!!
Ranked Choice Voting (or “instant runoff voting”) IS nothing more than a SCHEME to DISCONNECT elections FROM THE ISSUES and it allows candidates with MARGINAL SUPPORT from voters, to WIN elections, BY CONFUSING VOTERS!!!!
ANOTHER LYING TACTIC FROM THE LEFTIST DEMOCRATS THAT WANT TO STEAL ELECTIONS, AGAIN!!!!
In the end, it is ALL ABOUT POLITICAL POWER, it is not about what is BEST FOR THE AMERICAN people and for PRESERVING our great republic.
IT IS ANOTHER SNEAKY WAY FOR LEFTIST DEMOCRATS TO STEAL VOTES, BY CHANGING PROCESS RULES SO THE LEFTIST CAN MANIUPULATE THE ELECTION OUTCOMES, ONLY TO STEAL AGAIN, TO OBTAIN POWER!!
REMEMBER, AMERICA BELONGS TO US, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, IT DOES NOT BELONG TO THEM.
WE MUST HAVE MANDATES TO VOTE IN PERSON AND MUST MANDATE PAPER BALLOTS, LIKE WE USE TO HAVE TO PREVENT STEALING VOTES!
WE HAVE TO!!!!!!!!!!!
You say “Say no to Ranked Choice Voting”. So what is the alternative? Will you not vote?
Maybe i will just chose my first choice and for go the rest…… I will not have my vote manipulated and this is what Ranked Choice Voting is.
The Republicans are against it because it is another manipulation, another way to steal votes.
We have Democrat judges.
So long as rank choice endures there will not be an honest election. There are good reasons why mass mailing of ballots and electronic ballot machines are banned in most nations.
We are screwed…
For some reason in FB Jail for 2 days. This is too important not to get out on Rank Choice Voting!
https://www.ktoo.org/gavel/video/2022011057/senate-state-affairs-committee/
I highly recommend watching this. Then on this coming Tuesday more on Rank Choice Voting (RCV).
RCV is discussed second half of this video although the first half is must listen to as well as to cyber security. Senator Mike Shower is who we need on this. Really up on this!
Anyway, back to RCV. The presentation is from a gentleman in Maine. Folks, this scared the hell out of me! The means of discarding votes is mind blowing. The facts on how this has high rates of discarding votes on seniors, minorities, education level, lower income etc. is very scary.
I was and I’m sure viewers will not take what Senator Scott Kawasaki said kindly. Yet the Socialist’s attack us for denying minorities the right to vote? This ensures that many will either be discouraged to vote (that was talked about in this meeting) to flat out discarding votes out of hand!
Toward the end it was brought up that all ballots will have to be sent to a central location to start counting! That indicates to me we will have zero idea of any voter tallies on election night, maybe as late as 2 days and beyond, and that is a pure guess on my part!!
The Alaska Supreme Court did us no favors in keeping this! Bottom line to me is will we have a State to turn around after this election?
Hillary was never supposed to lose, And like dogs that cannot let go of the bone even to save its own life, Is the fate of these that
are in lockstep to destroy this land and her Liberty for twenty pieces of silver . They made their own bed. Courts adjourned.
Can we launch a ballot initiative to repeal the Rank Choice Voting law? Can it win at the ballot box in the liberal morass we find ouselves in?
Vote for Conservative judges….do your homework.
The conservative Judges did not lose , Dominion stole their seats as it. did the the rank choice ballot. The communists won. the day with Dominion. Never forget and we must rid our vote of this evil.
To get a better understanding of Ranked Choice Voting- google the following:
The Heritage Foundation Ranked Choice Voting Is a Bad Choice
The leftist media controls social media and removes anything conservative.
Your searches always bring up pro leftist democrat lying bull “sh_t” information for pro choice voting – it is all leftist media propaganda online!
Our Freedom of Speech will be free again when Congress sues the media mob to death!
http://insights.emmanuel.edu/topics/academics/the-mathematics-of-ranked-choice-voting
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/06/new-yorks-ranked-choice-voting-is-a-mistake/
The whole process creates weak candidates who are forced to rely on eliminated candidates to secure victory. Similarly, proportional-representation systems are composed of weak parties that form shaky, unstable governments. Coalition governments in Italy and Greece have been notably unstable and unable to respond to crises. Spain hasn’t had a stable, long-term government in years. Don’t blame the voters, though. In a system with five, six, or seven parties that all have different goals and complex alliances, you can’t just “vote for change.”
Small, narrowly tailored candidates are bad for a republic. They also show that two-party systems force parties to form distinct policy visions, which benefits the citizenry.
Sean-Michael Pigeon