An update on the Alaska ballot initiative from the Anchorage Daily News. The total ballot count in the end was 340,510. The repeal effort appears to have failed by 664 votes.

“A coalition of left-leaning and moderate legislators in the Alaska House has announced its plans to form a majority in the coming legislative session.

Members of the coalition — which is slated to include mostly Democrats and independents alongside two GOP lawmakers — have indicated they hope that additional Republicans will join. But those Republicans have not committed to joining such a coalition as they await the fate of Alaska’s open primary system.”