Aside from (obviously) the presidential contest, one of the big issues in the 2024 elections was ranked-choice voting (RCV.) It failed almost everywhere it was tried. But here in the Great Land, RCV was put in place by ballot in 2020, and while a repeal made it onto the 2024 ballot, that measure narrowly failed by a little over 700 votes. Tons of dark money flowed into the state from Outside to keep this system on the books, and now, with the recount concluded, it looks as though the repeal has failed. For now.
Election officials finished recounting the results of Ballot Measure 2 on Monday, and the outcome remains unchanged.
Alaska will keep ranked choice voting and open primaries.
The repeal effort failed by 743 votes, or about a quarter of one percentage point, according to the Division of Elections. That’s almost exactly the margin reflected in official…
