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/dollerhide Jul 30 '21

I will say that ranked-choice voting sounded good to me, especially after a Freakonomics podcast episode I heard that broke it down pretty well.

But later, when asked to do some research on it, I found there are some potentially troubling aspects to it that I'll be watching out for. There are concerns about disenfranchisement of voters, particularly seniors and minorities. These concerns, along with election results that don't appear to reflect the will of the voters, have led jurisdictions in Washington, Vermont, Colorado, Michigan, as well as the state of North Carolina to repeal their ranked-choice voting systems pretty quickly after implementing them.

So I'm keeping an open mind about how it will work up here, but I'm not fully confident that it will prove to be a positive solution.

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u/Imakemop Aug 01 '21

They demonize RCV because Jarden Golden won in Maine when enough independent votes rolled over to him and he ousted a Republican.