Do we want to return to a system where the big political parties overwhelmingly controlledAlaskans’ election choices?
Updated: 16 minutes agoKerry Hennings exits a voting booth inside Anchorage's City Hall as early & absentee in-person voting began in Alaska for the general election on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022.
Open primaries were less a focus of the 2020 ballot measure that instituted RCV when it passed, but their benefit since has been obvious and substantial. Instead of selecting a slate of candidates for just one political party, voters now get to choose their favorite from among all those registered in each race, ensuring that the four who advance to the general election are the most popular choices.
Under the old system, Alaska paid for the closed partisan primaries with public money, but the political parties were the ones who benefited. Why would we want to return to that?
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