Ranked choice voting and open primaries were voted down in several states. Alaska’s effort to repeal the system is still too close to call.
A ranked choice voting instruction sheet is posted at the voting location at Filipino Bible Church on Nov. 5.
Leaders of the repeal effort said the voting system was too complex, and bemoaned the fact that it appeared to disadvantage conservative GOP candidates. Leaders of the Alaska Republican Party, which advocated in favor of the repeal, said they sought to reinstate a partisan primary system that would be more favorable to candidates who closely adhered to the party platform, rather than candidates willing to work across the aisle.
“I think it was a user experience thing. You can spend a lot of money on marketing, but if your product is subpar, then you’re not going to be able to sell it to people,” Izon said Monday. “If they were in a Democratic state, major Democrats and Democratic interests came out against them. If they were in a red state, the same thing on the other side,” said Kendall.
“Changing the status quo is never easy. Entrenched interests — including several state parties and an increasingly well-organized national opposition — pushed back hard on this year’s statewide ballot measures,” Meredith Sumpter, chief executive of FairVote, said in a written statement Wednesday.
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