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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 chooses to keep ranked choice voting, Begich defeats Peltola, unofficial results show
Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting system survived, while Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich defeated Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, according to the unofficial results released on Wednesday.
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 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,
Ballot measure to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting system is now failing by 192 votes
The ballot measure that would repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting system is now failing by the narrowest of margins, according to the latest results update from the Division of Elections on Monday.
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 50.1% to 49.9% to rebuff Measure 2, a ballot ...
Count tightens to 45-vote margin for repealing Alaska’s ranked choice system going into final day
A day after the votes for keeping Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting system overtook those to repeal it, the vote count tightened on Tuesday. The votes against the ballot measure to repeal the system are only 45 votes ahead of those in favor of repeal,
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.
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Alaska Republican Party hires a Trump lawyer to watch recount of ranked choice repeal measure
The measure to repeal ranked choice voting failed by 664 votes. Repeal opponent Scott Kendall is confident the outcome won't ...
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Alaska House Democrats Cliff Groh and CJ McCormick ousted after final ballot count
Groh’s loss leaves just 21 members in a Democrat-heavy bipartisan caucus that is seeking to take control of the Alaska House, ...
Final rural Alaska precinct reports Election Day results, but counting isn’t done
Nine days after Election Day, all of Alaska’s 403 polling stations have reported results. On Thursday, the Alaska Division of ...
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Ranked choice repeal trails for first time since Alaska ballot counting started
A ballot measure that would repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice election system is trailing for the first time ...
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Turnout, ballot splitting and a blue Anchorage: 3 takeaways from Alaska’s election results
Voters wait in line outside the Alaska Division of Elections Region II office on Gambell Street in Midtown Anchorage to cast ...
Trump-backed Republican Nick Begich beats Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola for Alaska’s only House seat
JUNEAU, Alaska — Republican Nick Begich has won Alaska’s U.S. House race, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to claim the ...
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For the first time, women will outnumber men in the Alaska House next year
There will be 21 women in the state House, according to unofficial election results. 43% of the Legislature will be women, a ...