Alaska’s Ranked-Choice Voting Could Sink Challenge to Senate Result: Analysts

Alaska’s ranked-choice voting could sink challenge to Senate result: analysts

It might take days before we know Alaska’s Senate race’s result. It won’t depend on either Sullivan Jr. or Heikes, experts say.

Alaska’s ranked-choice ballots are unlikely to be enough for Senate incumbent

An analysis shows Mary Peltola is likely to keep her lead in the Senate race in part because of ballots she’d accumulate in ranked-choice tabulation.

Mary Peltola On Track to Win Alaska’s Senate Race

“Senator Dan S. Sullivan is unlikely to make significant gains if the Alaska Senate race advances to ranked-choice tabulation, according to a New York Times analysis of the available ranked-choice data in the state,” the New York Times reports. “This holds true despite the fact that the reallocated ballots will come from voters who backed […]

Alaska Ranked-Choice Voting Could Sink Challenge to Senate Result: Analysts

Alaska’s voting system cancels out President Donald Trump’s continued calls for "decoy Dan" votes to be transferred to Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan, experts say. The state’s ranked-choice election structure already accounts for those votes and is designed to limit partisan gaming, politics…