Alaska Public Media: Election officials finished recounting the results of Ballot Measure 2 on Monday, and the outcome remains unchanged. Alaska will keep ranked choice voting and open primaries. The repeal effort failed by 743 votes, or about a… Continue reading

Interesting follow-up exit polling on Portland’s new system.  The city’s report is here.

NPR: Statewide efforts to adopt open and nonpartisan primaries, as well as ranked choice voting, failed in this year’s election, delivering a stinging setback to the election reform movement. The measures sought to reduce political polarization in U.S. politics. And… Continue reading

Politico: Voters in multiple states rejected structural changes to how they vote. More initiatives that could transform how voters vote were on ballots across the country than ever before. Many would have combined two proposals popular with reformers — an… Continue reading

Rob Richie for the National Civic League.

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NYT reports, but Rob Richie is not impressed.

WaPo editorial: There is no one trick to fix American democracy — but implementing ranked-choice voting in primary and general elections around the country could help. This reform is on the ballot in several states this year, as well as… Continue reading

Colorado Sun: Colorado voters are poised to approve a measure on the November ballot that would change most of the state’s primaries so candidates from all parties run against each other, with the top four vote-getters advancing to a ranked… Continue reading

ADN: An Anchorage Superior Court judge on Tuesday denied a request by the Alaska Democratic Party to have the name of a jailed non-resident removed from Alaska’s U.S. House ballot. Alaska Democratic Party Executive Director Lindsay Kavanaugh said Tuesday evening… Continue reading