The ballot measure to repeal ranked choice voting and open primaries was on track to fail by 664 votes.

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Ranked Choice Voting Survives in Alaska

“A ballot measure seeking to repeal open primaries and ranked choice voting in Alaska is narrowly on track to lose, after the state Division of Elections counted almost 4,000 absentee ballots on Monday,” the Anchorage Daily News reports.

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Alaska's Final Vote Tally Is Done: Ranked-Choice Repeal Failed, But There Was Some Good News

More than two weeks after polls closed, it's official: 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, with just 50.6 percent voting in favor. Under RCV, instead of choosing one candidate per position, voters rank all candidates in order of preference. If one candidate g…

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Alaska keeps ranked choice voting by razor-thin margin

The GOP backed the ballot measure to repeal ranked choice voting in the state.

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Ranked choice voting repeal fails in Alaska by narrow 192 vote margin

A 2024 ballot initiative seeking to repeal Alaska's ranked-choice voting system was narrowly defeated by 664 votes.

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Boosted By Out-Of-State Dark Money, Alaska’s Ranked-Choice Voting System Is Here To Stay

Supporters for and against Ballot Measure 2 waive signs in Anchorage on the lead up to election night, Nov. 5, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) A ballot measure that would repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting and open primary system has very narrowly failed, according to final unofficial results released Wednesday by the Division of Elections. The final margin, pending certification, is 664 out of 340,110 votes, with “No” outpacing “Yes”…

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Alaska’s ranked choice repeal measure fails by 664 votes

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Ranked choice voting and open primaries retained in Alaska after final ballot count

Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting system survived, while Republican U.S. House... The post Alaska chooses to keep ranked choice voting, Begich defeats Peltola, unofficial results show appeared first on Conservative Angle | Conservative Angle - Conservative News Clearing House

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Alaska chooses to keep ranked choice voting, Begich defeats Peltola, unofficial results show - Conservative Angle

Alaska Division of Elections program manager Brian Jackson answers questions from reporters shortly after completing the state's ranked choice voting tabulation. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/Alaska Beacon)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.  The Alaska Division of Elections…

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Alaska chooses to keep ranked choice voting, Begich defeats Peltola, unofficial results show • Alaska Beacon

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.  The Alaska Division of Elections completed the ranked choice tabulations for all nine races in which no candidate received more than 50% of first-preference ballots.  The division is targeting Nov. 30 as the date by which it will certif…

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Alaska chooses to keep ranked choice voting, Begich defeats Peltola, unofficial results show - Chilkat Valley News

Alaska Narrowly Votes to Retain Ranked-Choice Voting System

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