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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

State of Alaska investigating ranked choice vote group for alleged election violations

FeaturedOctober 16, 2023

State of Alaska investigating ranked choice vote group for alleged election

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

SD Senate moves to ban ranked-choice voting, while citizen-led effort gains steam in Alaska

FeaturedFebruary 6, 2023

While leftists and Democrats across the nation are continuing to push for widespread use of ranked choice voting (RCV), the election scheme is starting to receive organized pushback. Currently approved for statewide use in both Alaska and Maine, several other

Tshibaka launches national effort to combat growing threat of ranked-choice voting

FeaturedJanuary 23, 2023

Kelly Tshibaka, who recently lost a hard-fought battle to unseat U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, has announced the launch of Preserve Democracy, a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the fundamentals of democracy by fighting the emerging

Alaska’s ranked-choice election marred by record-low turnout, mass confusion

FeaturedDecember 9, 2022

Alaska’s first general election using ranked-choice voting was marked by widespread voter confusion and the lowest voter turnout percentage on record. Nevertheless, the main organization that initially pushed (and continues to advocate) for ranked-choice

It’s time for Alaskans to push lawmakers to enact election reforms

FeaturedNovember 20, 2022

While the general election vote count is still winding down, it’s not too early for conservative Alaskans to begin calling on both the Alaska Republican Party and individual lawmakers to make a strong push to pass election reforms in the upcoming

Tshibaka v. Murkowski: What’s next in Alaska’s razor close U.S. Senate race?

FeaturedNovember 17, 2022

With the latest tabulation showing Kelly Tshibaka holding a slim lead over U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (43.34% to 43.11%) the contest for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat is most certainly headed to a ranked choice showdown next week. Currently, Tshibaka holds a

Petition calls Alaska’s ranked-choice voting a ‘threat to democracy and our Republic’

FeaturedNovember 14, 2022

The day after Alaska held its first-ever ranked-choice vote general election, a petition against the controversial voting system was launched to do away with the scheme. Posted on Nov. 9, the petition has garnered nearly 2,000 signatures in its first week.

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