If only there were some kind of a system that could prevent the city’s repetitive and costly runoff elections.
Ballot envelopes being sorted at the MOA Election Center during the vote-by-mail regular municipal election on Monday, April 3, 2023.
If only there were some kind of a system that could prevent these repetitive and costly runoff elections. It would be better yet if such a system could eliminate the tendency of voters to settle on the most “electable” candidates rather than the ones they most support, because they want to ensure a palatable option advances to the runoff. And better still if the system were familiar to Alaskans, so that the learning curve for voters wouldn’t prove daunting.
Given that municipal elections are nonpartisan, there are no primary elections beforehand and thus no need to implement open primaries, the other positive change at the statewide level — in fact, the crowded mayoral race shows that there aren’t substantial barriers to hopefuls seeking the Municipality’s top job.
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