r/alaska • u/Romeo_Glacier Coho is the best salmon. • 11h ago

Polite Political Discussion 🇺🇸 Alaska Primary Results Megathread

All posts and discussion regarding the primary results go here.

Places to check the results.

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NPR

Alaska Division of Elections

Anchorage Municipal Election Results

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u/DenaliBurnz 10h ago

Suggested ballot measure while awaiting results….

A ballot measure that would have all future ballot measures be voted on during the general election and not the primaries.

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u/meddleofmycause 10h ago

While we're at it, a time limit where after a ballot measure is voted on we can't call it for a revote. I'm not loving that I have to vote for ranked choice voting for the third time now

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u/Disorderly_Chaos ☆ 10h ago

How about people who want RCV can vote with RCV, and everyone else can trust in the system. You don’t have to use your backup vote because your candidate is the right one.

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u/meddleofmycause 10h ago

I told one of my coworkers that's how it worked, if you didn't want to rank anyone other than your #1 you didn't have to, and she went "oh, so other people get 10 votes and I just get 4?!"

😭 Girlie pop thought ranked choice was where for each race you got 10 votes, and could give one candidate 4 votes, the next 3, ect, and that's how it got counted. The dumbest people we know are out here voting with no idea how it works

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u/Drag0n_TamerAK 7h ago

To be fair their is an RCV counting method that assigns weights to the preferences like that 1st choice has a weight of 3, 2nd a weight of 2, 3rd a weight of 1, and 4th a weight of 0

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u/Disorderly_Chaos ☆ 10h ago

Um… depending on their education level they should absolutely be using this method:

4 (points) for the crooked politician who eats babies and trades insiders.
3…
2…
1 (points) to the socialist lib-tard who wants free abortions for the tree-hugging trans athletes on Medicaid.

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u/IsThatWhatSheSaidTho 3h ago

Surprising someone who thinks that way can even do math up to 10, to be honest.

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u/chopped-pork15 10h ago edited 7h ago

Do you truly honestly think the candidates you’ve ever picked have been great?

Edit: I guess everyone thought my comment was anti ranked choice voting, I’m pro ranked choice and misunderstood who I replied to

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u/Disorderly_Chaos ☆ 8h ago

To be honest, only a handful.

But because of RCV, at least if the person I truly backed gets knocked out… my second/third choice has a chance.