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Nearly 43,000 petition signatures turned in to overturn ranked choice voting

FeaturedJanuary 13, 2024

A grassroots movement led by more than 700 Alaskan volunteers has successfully gathered nearly 43,000 signatures, significantly exceeding the required 26,000, to propose the removal of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in

Tshibaka cleared of election violation allegations by pro-ranked choice voting group in Alaska

FeaturedJanuary 4, 2024

The Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) ruled in favor of former U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka in allegations made by the pro-ranked choice voting group, Alaskans for Better Elections (ABE), against both her and an organization she leads, Preserve

UPDATE: It looks like Alaskans will get a chance to dump ranked-choice voting in 2024

FeaturedDecember 29, 2023

With nearly 40,000 petition signatures gathered from across the state, and thousands more expected in the next two and a half weeks, it looks like Alaskans will have a chance to repeal the controversial ranked-choice voting system that was narrowly approved

Election commission rejects ranked choice group’s attempt to halt signature gathering efforts of repeal side

FeaturedDecember 7, 2023

Election commission rejects ranked choice group’s attempt to halt signature gathering campaign to repeal

Group seeking to repeal ranked choice voting blasts ‘desperate’ attempt to halt signature gathering efforts

FeaturedDecember 5, 2023

In yet another attempt to derail the ongoing grassroots effort to repeal Alaska’s new and highly controversial ranked-choice voting system, a well-funded pro-ranked choice voting group is asking the Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) to halt the

Alaska’s pro-ranked choice voting groups hit with elections complaint from leader of repeal side

FeaturedOctober 13, 2023

The pro-ranked choice voting group, Alaskans for Better Elections (ABE), is being accused of violating many of the same campaign finance laws that its leaders leveled against a group that is now trying to repeal the controversial voting system and reinstate

OPINION: Alaskans can sink ranked-choice voting

FeaturedJuly 24, 2023

We stand against the multi-millionaire and billionaire backed Pro-RCV groups! Just as history reveals the arrogance of the Japanese Empire during WWII, the ignorance and arrogance to overlook obvious flaws in their designs and plans is astounding. Like the

Petition to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting system has 76% of needed signatures

FeaturedJuly 7, 2023

The effort to repeal Alaska’s controversial ranked-choice voting system has gathered nearly 20,000 of the needed 26,000 signatures to put the question up for a vote in the 2024 general election. That’s 76% of the minimum needed. The organization

Statewide signature campaign launches to end Alaska’s ranked choice voting

FeaturedFebruary 20, 2023

The grassroots effort to repeal Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system is off and running. Alaskans for Honest Elections is spearheading the effort with signing events all across the state, including last week’s kick-off event in Anchorage where more than

Alaska pollster admits the ‘brutal reality’ that Ranked Choice Voting is in trouble

FeaturedFebruary 6, 2023

Alaska Survey Research pollster Ivan Moore, who claims to be a “huge supporter” of ranked choice voting, says the controversial voting system may be in serious trouble. In a series of Tweets late last month, Moore revealed the results of a recent poll of

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