Vote count tightens for repealing Alaska’s ranked choice system
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,
Democratic coalition flips Alaska state House
A mostly Democratic coalition majority will lead Alaska’s state House following the 2024 general election. Last week, members of the new coalition announced they had secured more than 21 votes, which is the minimum needed to elect the speaker of the House and control the lower chamber.
Effort to repeal ranked choice voting and open primaries in Alaska on track to narrowly fail after latest ballot count
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.
US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Alaska campaign finance law
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge based on constitutional free speech protections to a voter-approved measure in Alaska that requires greater public disclosure of certain political donations,
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Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Alaska campaign finance laws
For the second week in a row, the Supreme Court did not add any new cases to its docket for the 2024-25 term. In a list of orders released on Monday morning, the justices turned down several dozen petitions for review that they had considered at their private conference on Friday,
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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.
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Ranked choice voting repeal now trailing by 45 votes ahead of final Alaska ballot count and tabulation Wednesday
After Tuesday’s count, Republican Nick Begich III was leading 49% to 46% against U.S. Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola for Alaska’s sole congressional seat. Begich widened his lead and was ahead of Peltola by over 7,500 votes. He declared victory over the weekend.
Supreme Court leaves in place Alaska campaign disclosure rules voters approved in 2020
The Supreme Court has left in place disclosure rules for campaign contributions that Alaska voters approved in a 2020 ballot measure
Begich declares victory in Alaska's U.S. House race as ballot counting continues
Republican Nick Begich III declared victory Saturday in the race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat over incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola. In the latest count of ballots posted Saturday, he maintained his lead over Peltola by more than two percentage points,
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Ranked choice repeal trails for first time since Alaska ballot counting started
As of Monday afternoon’s update, there are 192 more votes opposing the measure to repeal ranked choice voting than supporting it.
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U.S. Supreme Court leaves in place Alaska campaign disclosure rules voters approved in 2020
The justices did not comment Monday in rejecting arguments from donors who challenged as unconstitutional the disclaimers that are required for ads and the reporting required for contributions greater than $2,
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Two weeks after Election Day, Alaska is still counting ballots. This isn’t new.
Alaska law allows by-mail ballots to be counted as long as they are received up to two weeks after Election Day.