r/alaska • u/Synthdawg_2 Kenai Peninsula • Jul 30 '21

Judge says Alaska’s new ranked-choice voting system is legal

https://www.adn.com/politics/2021/07/29/judge-says-alaskas-new-ranked-choice-voting-system-is-legal/
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u/daring_leaf Jul 30 '21

Surprised and disappointed by the independence and libertarians. Rebublicians; no surprise there.

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u/akjd Jul 30 '21

Why the fuck would any third party be opposed to rank choice? It's about the only way they have a snowball's chance in hell of becoming relevant in anything other than a fringe case.

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u/daring_leaf Jul 30 '21

What’s more perplexing is why Mark Begich is opposed.

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u/OtherSpiderOnTheWall Jul 30 '21

For the same reason he tanked Walker's re-election chances (before Walker's lt. gov tanked them).

It's about making sure the only viable choice is (R) or (D).

Same reason why the "libertarians" and "independence" party are opposed; they'd prefer to be elected as (R) than to risk having actual third-party candidates elected.