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Confusing Ranked Choice Voting overburdens Alaska voters & may dampen turnout

FeaturedOctober 21, 2022

By Quinn Townsend and Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum The ideal election ballot makes choices clear and preferences easy to express. In Alaska, unfortunately, the state’s new ranked-choice voting (RCV) system can be a complicated disincentive.

Alaska lawyers event to unpack state election changes & the ongoing role of dark money

FeaturedSeptember 20, 2022

Has Ballot Measure 2 allowed Alaskan voters to express their true preferences without fear of accidentally helping other candidates? Has it ended the secret influence of dark money? When will we learn how BM2 aligns with the Alaska Constitution and

‘Fixed’ elections – in Alaska and beyond

FeaturedAugust 24, 2022

“Fixing” elections in the classic sense, is illegal. Ballot-box stuffing and voting machine rigging, however, are as American as apple pie – practiced in urban and rural communities alike. Forget Chicago. Right after World War II, there was such a

Federal lawsuit aims to protect Alaska donors’ 1st Amendment right to free association

FeaturedJune 23, 2022

Alaska voters are now in the midst of a new ranked voting system, established by the narrow victory of Ballot Measure 2 in 2020. Besides ranked voting, that initiative also created new requirements for reporting campaign contributions targeting what the

With modest push Tshibaka could win Senate without ranked choice run-off rounds

FeaturedMarch 29, 2022

A new poll shows that U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka would defeat Sen. Lisa Murkowski if the election were held today. The survey, conducted by Cygnal for the Tshibaka campaign, uses Alaska’s ranked choice voting system and reveals that Tshibaka would

Alaska Supreme Court rejects challenges to ranked-choice voting

FeaturedJanuary 19, 2022

In a brief, two-page order, the Alaska Supreme Court on Jan. 19 rejected a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ranked-choice voting. On Jan. 18, the court heard one hour of oral arguments on the merits of the new voting system. Plaintiffs Scott

Fate of Alaska’s voting system now lies in the hands of five justices

FeaturedJanuary 19, 2022

Does ranked-choice voting prevent Alaskan political parties from exercising their freedom of association? Or is it merely a novel, if unwieldy, method of selecting candidates to political office? These were the arguments presented to the Alaska Supreme Court

Do you trust Alaska politics anymore?

FeaturedJanuary 11, 2022

If there is no trust, we cannot function as a society. Do you trust your doctor’s mainstream medicine advice anymore? Do you trust the mainstream educational agenda? Do you trust the mainstream military leadership? Do you trust your mainstream religious

Bill Walker’s attempted political resurrection looks like a ranked choice voting ploy by Dems

FeaturedAugust 18, 2021

Why is former Gov. Bill Walker running for governor again? His one-term administration fell apart in 2018 when he was one of America’s least popular governors. Three weeks before the 2018 election, he finally just bowed out – hoping his supporters

Fairbanks to debate ranked choice voting scheme for municipal elections

FeaturedApril 16, 2021

The Fairbanks North Star Borough will consider an ordinance at its April 22 meeting, which looks to approve the controversial ranked choice voting system, similar to what the State of Alaska will use for the first time in the next statewide primary election

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