Posted on 06/03/2022 4:09:17 AM PDT by cotton1706
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - Wednesday, June 1 marked the deadline in Alaska to file for candidacy in state and national races in order to be on the primary ballot this year, and a full list of the candidates running is now available on the Division of Elections website.
The primary will take place on August 16.
On the primary ballot, the whole state will vote for Governor, U.S. Representative and for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Lisa Murkowski.
From the Alaskan Interior, six seats in the state legislature will be on the ballot, as well as three state senate seats.
Under the new open primary system, voters will fill in only one candidate per race on this primary ballot.
The top four vote-getters will move on to the general election.
In all but one state legislature race for the Interior, four candidates or fewer are running for the seat, so all candidates in those races will advance to the general election.
The exception is state house seat 35, which has five candidates competing.
More information about the current election cycle can be found here.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
I found this interesting. So RCV doesn't apply at the primary level, only in the general.
So Murkowski will advance to the November ballot along with Tshibaka, the Democrat, and whoever is the fourth candidate.
BUT, Murkowski will be able to judge her level of support within the state from the primary results. If she comes in third, for example, behind Tshibaka and the Democrat, that could be embarrassing for a 20 year incumbent.
We'll see.
More here...
https://www.elections.alaska.gov/RCV.php
“New Election System
In the 2020 General Election, voters approved an initiative to establish a Nonpartisan Top Four Primary Election system and a Ranked Choice Voting General Election system. There will be many changes to how we vote and how elections look. As time goes on, this webpage will be updated to include additional educational tools to help prepare you for voting in both new election systems....”
Alaska is still screwed.
RCV = Ranked Choice Cheating
How it got there, why it got there, and who benefits from it (we already know the answer to that last one).
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