The Alaska Republican Party will request a statewide recount and review of the election results for Ballot Measure 2, which sought to repeal Alaska’s controversial ranked choice voting system.

The effort appears to have narrowly failed by a margin of 50.1% to 49.9% – a margin of just 664 votes out of more than 340,000 votes.

On Nov. 30, the state will certify the election results, and that will trigger a recount effort by the GOP.

“We will submit this request, along with the names of the requisite Alaskan voters required to initiate this process, once the election is certified,” Chairman of the Alaska Republican Party Carmela Warfield announced. “Together with our partners at the Republican National Committee, the Alaska Republican Party has assembled a team to oversee this process. We have engaged the Dhillon Law Group, led by Harmeet K. Dhillon, to be on the ground during the recount and review, along with our Party Counsel and observers.”

Dhillon and her firm are a nationally recognized, seasoned election integrity legal team who bring vast experience and knowledge to the recount process.

“Ms. Dhillon is an expert in election law,” Warfield noted. “She and her colleagues Michael Columbo and Mark Meuser were recently on the legal teams in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and other crucial locations nationally to ensure a fair, transparent, and thorough process. Our Party Counsel, Ms. Stacey Stone and her team, are experienced Alaskan election law practitioners, and in September 2024, they successfully intervened on the Alaska Republican Party’s behalf in the case of Alaska Democratic Party v. State of Alaska Division of Elections, ultimately prevailing in the Alaska Supreme Court.”

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