Alaska Keeps Ranked Choice Voting by Razor-Thin Margin

Ranked choice voting and open primaries retained in Alaska after final ballot count
A final ballot count by Alaska’s election workers on Wednesday cemented the narrow lead for supporters of Alaska’s ranked choice voting and open primary system, who sought to defeat a ballot measure that would have done away with the state’s new voting process.
Alaska voters reject measure to repeal ranked-choice voting, open primaries
More than two weeks after the Nov. 5 election, final unofficial results show Ballot Measure 2 in Alaska, the repeal of ranked-choice voting and open primaries, has been rejected by
Alaska votes to keep ranked choice voting in place
Alaska retained ranked choice voting after residents defeated a ballot measure to repeal the reform system by a close margin, according to state elections officials. Unofficial results show Alaskans voted 50.
Ranked-Choice Voting Loses Everywhere Except Alaska
The narrow vote to keep RCV in Alaska is great news for Lisa Murkowski but didn’t save Mary Peltola. Meanwhile RCV lost in five other states.
Alaska Keeps Ranked Choice Voting by Razor-Thin Margin
By the narrowest of margins, Alaska will keep its ranked choice voting (RCV) system. In 2020, Alaskan voters passed Ballot Measure 2, which replaced the state's traditional voting system with RCV. The measure passed narrowly,
LIVE: Alaska election results to be finalized through ranked-choice tabulation
Alaska’s election results are expected to become finalized Wednesday evening when the state tabulates its ballots through the ranked-choice voting runoff process.
Alaska’s ranked choice repeal measure fails by 664 votes
Phil Izon, who led the campaign in support of the ballot measure, said he planned to submit a recount request once the election is certified.
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