| Shawn Griffiths | IVN |
ANCHORAGE — As the remaining votes in Alaska continue to be counted. IVN’s projection that Ballot Measure 2 will fail holds. Not only that, but the vote to keep nonpartisan primaries, ranked choice voting, and campaign finance transparency rules will win by its widest margin.
”Mandate from Alaska voters is clear
The ‘No’ vote started at 51.2% to 48.8% with 27% of votes outstanding. As of this writing, the margin has widened, 52.6% to 47.4% with 13% of the vote outstanding. The mandate from Alaska voters is clear at this point: They want to keep their reforms.
They want to keep ranked choice voting, which gives them the option to rank the top four candidates on the general election ballot in order of preference. If no candidate wins an outright first-choice majority, RCV runoffs determine a majority winner.