After counting 246,171 votes, the fate of Alaska’s controversial ranked-choice voting system is still very uncertain.
According to the latest update from the Alaska Division of Elections, 50.87% of Alaskans have voted to do away with ranked-choice, while 49.13% voted to keep the new system. That’s with 96.77% of political precincts reporting.
In terms of raw votes, Ballot Measure 2 is ahead by just 4,289 votes. If the ballot question ultimately prevails, Alaska will return to holding traditional party primaries and scrap the complicated candidate ranking system that is favored by Democrats and those on the political left.
With an unknown number of outstanding ballots yet to be tallied, the contest is still too close to call. These early, absentee and questioned ballots will be tabulated over the next few days as they trickle in through the mail.
According to a report from the Washington Post, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon rejected efforts to impose ranked-choice voting in those states, while voters in the heavily left-leaning District of Columbia voted to approve the novel voting scheme.
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The steal is going to happen again in the same way that it did in 2020. Alaskans are going to be stuck with RCV unless we come up with a plan to challenge the results.
Nope. It’s repealed!
It is not repealed yet.
“Ranked Choice Voting Tabulations
Ranked Choice Voting results will not be available until 15 days after the election (November 20, 2024) once all eligible ballots are reviewed and counted.” https://www.elections.alaska.gov/election-results/
I hope you are correct.. Where did you find the vote results that confirm the repeal ?
The LEGISLATURE could un-do it. But — and most people do not understand how it can be done — the GOVERNOR. How? By refusing to enforce the 2020 initiative BECAUSE IT VIOLATED THE SINGLE-ISSUE REQUIREMENT. Only because the &*$#@! judiciary green-lighted this cheating is why it stands. Here is the prepared speech, and Dunleavy can use it word for word, with my permission: “By the authority invested in me as executive in the state constitution found in Art. 3, Sec. 16, I am ruling that the judiciary has overthrown the statutory and constitutional requirement that all laws and initiatives must be single topic. This administration will not enforce the provisions passed in the 2020 illegal initiative, and the parties are free to determine their own method of choosing candidates. I order the attorney general to arrest any members of the state bureaucratic apparatus that fails to obey my orders to preserve constitutional integrity.” Without something like this, we will soon have SEVEN or ELEVEN topics on some future initiative.
You are free to tell me where this remedy in wrong.
How does the RCV repeal initiative violate the single-issue requirement?
There was more than one initiative packaged with the initial 2020 initiative to get RCV installed. I don’t see where Bob was talking about the Repeal initiative that we just voted on. The 2020 initiative should have been thrown out and never voted on. Because it was not thrown out, here we are today fighting an illegally-installed initiative with an illegal regime funding it to keep it in.
RCV should be thrown out because it was not presented in correct terms for what it actually was. It was very misleading and many people were sucked into voting for it because they were not aware of what it really was. I research information so I can make an informed choice – many people do not.
They should have thrown out Ballot Measure 1 as it did violate the single issue requirement
This is Lisa Murkowski’s little baby so I can’t imagine her letting it go without some form of shenanigans. With her not being able to have the Democrat have a say in her primary she is toast.
Lisa is going to find out that no one in DC gives a you know what about her now that Trump won and more MAGA senators will be joining him. Here is hoping she chooses to not run again when her current term is up.
The longer Dunleavy has been governor the more I am convinced he has sold us out. My opinion. He comes forward over trivial issues in comparison to the real serious and long lasting issues. He would rather/will hide from taking a stand like you suggest Mr. Bird. Again, my opinion. Also we need to be posting the records of these judges and how they rule. This topic has been given nothing but lip service and it is reflected by the retention of 19 judges. The Alaskan people are kept clueless about decisions made that are steering this ship. We have enthusiastic Alaskans that want to do what is right, that can be seen reflected in the early voting numbers but they need the tools to make informed decisions, which are seemingly withheld from them.
unfortunately it does take time to reveal wicked,nefarious people and their agendas! ALASKA: YOU HAVE HAD PLENTY OF TIME AND EXAMPLES OF MIKE DUNLEAVY AND THE EVIDENCE OF HIS WICKED ALIGNMENT WITH THE GLOBALIST WORLD VIEW! OUR FEAR BASED LEGISLATORS HAVE ALSO BEEN AFRAID TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS MAN! SHAME ON YOU FOR YOUR GREED AND COWARDICE!!!