Editor’s Note: This story was corrected on 11/25/25 to reflect the fact that Juneau residents showed substantial support for RCV when the Repeal RCV initiative was on the ballot in 2024.
At the City and Borough of Juneau’s most recent Regular Assembly Meeting, assembly members rejected only one ordinance under consideration: the implementation of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) for local elections.
The ordinance, proposed by Assemblymember Ella Adkison, asked for RCV to be applied to single-member races beginning with the October 6, 2026 municipal election. The ordinance went through several checkpoints over the past seven months before the final Assembly vote on November 17. Citing bad timing due to budget cuts and layoffs, Adkison motioned to table the ordinance indefinitely.
Although Alaskans have split opinions regarding RCV (evidenced by the rejection of the 2024 Repeal RCV initiative by a slim margin of 743 voters), Juneau residents show keen interest in implementing the voting system. Although the ordinance is dead for now, a new Assembly may put it back on the table.
The Assembly considered 3 other ordinances and 1 resolution at the November 17 meeting. All of these were passed by the Assembly. Please see the Notice of Adoption below to learn about CBJ Assembly’s most recently passed legislation.
