OPINION: Alaska’s ranked-choice vote created Decoy Daniel. Full stop.
In decades of closed primaries, Alaska never saw a serious decoy candidate for a major statewide office. The structure blocked it. The top-four open primary associated with ranked-choice removed that
Leftist lawmakers freely admit ranked-choice vote protects their power in Alaska Legislature
In a new opinion piece, members of the Democrat-controlled Alaska Legislature freely admit that ranked-choice voting has empowered them to take control over the
BOB BIRD: To narrow Alaska’s gubernatorial field, consider 2 candidates who will fight judicial tyranny
Two viable candidates have the courage to fight the growing judicial tyranny under which Alaskans
In a nearly pointless AK primary, low turnout, RCV & unlimited donations may help Dems
If Democrat candidates exceed expectations in Alaska's primary election due to rich friends, RCV and low turnout, it proves how broken our election system really
OPINION: Leave Alaska political parties alone to hold truly CLOSED primaries
A true “closed” primary would allow ONLY voters who register with that party to participate. If this seems unfair, remember how unfair it is that non-members, whether members of another party or truly non-affiliated, would be allowed to vote in a private
Dan Sullivan double sues to run against Sen. Sullivan, claiming ‘good faith’ isn’t required
The retired Petersburg teacher who shares the same first and last name as U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is suing for the right to run against the sitting senator, claiming that there is no “good faith” requirement for him to appear on the
OPINION: Exposing more Democrat dirty tricks in the Alaska Legislature
Alaska Democrats aren't giving up on their dirty trick of attempting to help elect Mary Peltola by running a 2nd candidate named Dan Sullivan in this year’s U.S. Senate
Alaska Division of Elections removes ‘Daniel J. Sullivan’ from U.S. Senate race
Alaska’s Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher has officially determined that Alaska candidate Daniel J. Sullivan of Petersburg is barred from challenging Sen. Dan Sullivan in the U.S. Senate
Sen. Dan S. Sullivan blasts ‘sham’ challenger, Dan J. Sullivan – threatens litigation
Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan is pulling no punches when it comes to unmasking an 11th-hour challenger who has the same name, albeit with a different middle
RCV Nuclear Option: A tale of 2 Dan’s and the death of an honest ballot
Alaska's Ranked Choice Voting, and the jungle primary that it entails, rewards political camouflage, blurs distinctions and encourages candidates to appear as something they're not. I didn't expect that camouflage to be quite this
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