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ALASKA VOTERS PASS RANKED CHOICE VOTING BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY INJURE BALLOT ACCESS
On November 3, Alaska voters passed Measure Two with 50.55% of the vote. It converts elections for partisan office, including president, to ranked choice voting. Unfortunately it also vastly stiffens the definition of a qualified party . And it restricts the November ballot for congress and partisan state office to only the top four vote-getters in the primary. Past election returns indicate that for elections for Governor and Congress, this will mean only Republicans and Democrats qualify for the November ballot.
Political Party Definition
The old Alaska law lets a group become a qualified party, or keep its party status, two ways. ....

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