Tag: Alaska ranked choice voting

Duplicate petition to repeal Alaska’s ranked-choice voting is pulled to avoid confusion in round 2 effort

FeaturedJanuary 13, 2025

Phil Izon, who spearheaded the effort to give Alaskans a chance to repeal ranked-choice voting in the November 2024 election, has decided to pull his second ballot measure aimed at taking out RCV. Ultimately, RCV survived by less than 1% of the vote. Since

OPINION: How to weaponize ranked-choice against 16 AK lawmakers

FeaturedDecember 16, 2024

RCV gives Alaskans a unique tool to use against the Democrats and their Vichy Republican collaborators to regain control of our state legislature.

OPINION: Weaponizing Alaska’s ranked-choice voting is feasible – Part 1

FeaturedDecember 9, 2024

A quick summary of this strategy is that it might be possible for political parties to control elections in Alaska using RCV. Here is an example of how this could work.

OPINION: It’s time to weaponize Alaska’s ranked-choice voting

FeaturedDecember 2, 2024

Political parties could weaponize RCV against their opponents if they want to act strategically. Let me explain how this might

GOP to request recount of Alaska’s ranked-choice repeal vote

FeaturedNovember 25, 2024

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

Alaska Judges to the People: “Obey OUR rules, while we ignore yours’

FeaturedNovember 21, 2024

So, how did RCV pass muster in 2020 with its proposed three-subjects? It didn’t. The Attorney General Kevin Clarkson immediately rejected it on precisely these grounds. A law is a law is a

Effort to repeal Alaska’s ranked-choice voting fails

FeaturedNovember 20, 2024

The grassroots effort to repeal Alaska’s controversial ranked-choice voting system fell short of its goal. After counting roughly 320,000 ballots, Ballot Measure 2 lost by just 664 votes – 160,619 to 159,955 – or 50.1% to 49.9%. Alaska’s

UPDATE: Ranked Choice repeal remains on track to pass

FeaturedNovember 12, 2024

The monumental effort to repeal Alaska’s highly controversial and confusing ranked-choice voting system appears to have succeeded by the narrowest of

EDITORIAL: Alaska’s one chance to end ranked-choice and avoid a RINO stampede

FeaturedNovember 4, 2024

Those who want a return to Alaska’s historic voting system, must vote Yes on 2. We probably won’t get a second

GREG SARBER: My final election forecast for Alaska

FeaturedOctober 23, 2024

Whatever your political views, whether you agree or disagree with my politics, please vote. It is the most important election of your lifetime, and your voice needs to be

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