Alaskans are tired of the failed ranked-choice voting scheme. But with over $12 million in out-of-state funding from “progressive” donors, the road to repeal will be uphill all the way
By JAKE GRANDSTAFF | RESTORATION NEWS
New polling from Alaska Survey Research shows the future of ranked-choice voting (RCV) in the state hangs by a thread with momentum going toward the “Yes on 2” repeal campaign. This has created desperation among “dark money” liberals who have dumped over $12 million into the campaign to keep RCV, including $4.4 million from a single donor on October 1.
These “dark money” groups and Democratic activists understand that keeping the failed RCV system is Democrats’ only shot at keeping the state’s House seat currently held by Rep. Mary Peltola (D). In 2020—the first year Alaska implemented RCV—Peltola’s second-preference votes sent her to Congress, despite Democratic candidates receiving far fewer votes than the Republicans, who split their vote and lost.
“You can see that the ‘No on 2’ group trying to preserve RCV is very nervous, which is why they just took in another $4.4 million from an outside group that has no obvious connection to Alaska,” Suzanne Downing, founder of the conservative news website Must Read Alaska, told Restoration News.
As we’ve written, out-of-state “dark money” bought RCV in Alaska by outspending opponents 12–1 in 2020, yet barely won by fewer than 3,800 votes. Unhappy with the results, Alaskans placed RCV repeal on the ballot, once again setting off a tsunami of out-of-state “dark money” funding to drown out their voices—and keep Peltola in office.
Read the entire report at Restoration News at this link.
