Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - After years of contending against asbestos, natural disasters, and a global pandemic, local indigenous artist Crystal Worl, is raising a mural of the Alaskan civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich on the Downtown library next week.
Experts offer advice as Alaska prepares for first ranked-choice election next year
Posted by Eric Stone | Mar 3, 2021
State election officials shared their first prototype of a ranked-choice ballot Monday, a portion of which is shown here. The full sample ballots for the top-four primary and ranked-choice general election are available online. (Alaska Division of Elections)
Alaska is preparing for its first elections under a new system green-lit by voters last year, and experts who have experience with the system Alaska is implementing have some advice for election administrators: educate and test.
The passage of Ballot Measure 2 made two big changes to the way Alaskans cast ballots in state and federal elections: first, it did away with party primary elections and replaced them with a single multi-party primary. The top four vote-getters in what somearecalling the “tundra primary” will advance to the general election in November.