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Audit of Alaskan Election Upholds Historic Election Reform Victory | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Campaigns. Audit of Alaskan Election Upholds Historic Election Reform Victory. December 14, 2020. ANCHORAGE, Alaska. - The historic victory in Alaska for Ballot Measure 2 for Better Elections was re-confirmed by the state’s Division of Elections…
Partisan Insiders Attempt to Rob Alaskans of Political Reforms They Voted For | Independent Voter Newsback to the voters, where it belongs,” said Kendall. Alaskans for Better Elections Inc. Executive Director Jason Grenn added. “Alaska voters across the political spectrum have spoken and our job is to ensure that their wishes are not undermined by the…
Alaska Better Elections Campaign: Partisan Primaries Have Failed Our State | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Campaigns. Alaska Better Elections Campaign: Partisan Primaries Have Failed Our State. August 27, 2020. The. Alaskans for Better Elections. “Yes on 2” campaign says the poor turnout in Alaska’s closed partisan primaries points to the biggest…
Alaska's 'Yes on 2' Campaign: Voters Have A Right to Know Who Is Trying to Influence Their Elections | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Campaigns. Alaska's 'Yes on 2' Campaign: Voters Have A Right to Know Who Is Trying to Influence Their Elections. September 15, 2020. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. - The comprehensive reform campaign, Yes on 2 for Better Elections, released its first general…
Alaska Becomes First In The Nation to Approve Top-4 Primary with Ranked Choice Voting | Independent Voter Newsan electoral system that lives up to Alaska’s independent streak by saying ‘to hell with politics let’s do what is right for Alaska’.” said Yes on 2 campaign manager Shea Siegert. Alaska is now required to use a nonpartisan primary system where all voters…
Alaskans Could Make History with Top-Four Primary with Ranked Choice Voting | Independent Voter Newsto improve the electoral process in Alaska and elsewhere. Alaska has a “red state” reputation, but campaign representatives say it has a significant independent streak. It has the largest percentage of registered independent voters in the nation who have…
Voters Have A Right to Choose The Election System They Want | Independent Voter Newswill of the people in Alaska, who approved a comprehensive reform amendment in November 2020 that: Shines a light on dark money in state politics. Implements a nonpartisan top-four primary. Makes Alaska the second state to adopt ranked choice voting…
Maine Voters Deserve More Freedom: Support Nonpartisan Open Primaries! | Independent Voter NewsVoters recommended a top-four open primary with ranked-choice voting, which the state league rejected. Nearly four years later, the Maine League. commended. the Alaska voter and Alaska League for. achieving. this first-in-the-nation goal. Alas, Maine…
Why California Should Learn from Maine and Not Alaska on Electoral Reform | Independent Voter Newspolitical perspectives in society wins representation in proportion to those views being held among voters. That’s why what just occurred in Alaska is so problematic. Maine vs. Alaska’s RCV. A few years ago, the state of Maine adopted ranked-choice voting…
"We're Throwing a Punch at the Bipartisan Establishment" | Independent Voter NewsPresident John Opdycke about the combined efforts to get nonpartisan primary reform passed with an alternative voting method in Alaska, Arkansas, North Dakota, St. Louis, and the campaign to bring nonpartisan primaries to one of the nation's biggest…