By Johan Soto A voting trend to uproot the electoral process is sweeping the country and has made it all the way to Alaska: ranked-choice voting (RCV). While the current electoral process of […]
Ranked-Choice Voting Disenfranchises Voters
Press Release: New Study Exposes Alarming Ramifications to Ranked-Choice Voting
Click here to open a PDF of the press release in a new tab. For Immediate Release: October 8, 2020 Contact: Melodie Wilterdink at (410) 725-9079 or Melodie@AlaskaPolicyForum.org NEW STUDY EXPOSES […]
Report: The Failed Experiment of Ranked-Choice Voting
A Case Study of Maine and Analysis of 96 Other Jurisdictions Click here to open a PDF of the report in a new tab. The PDF includes the Appendix. Introduction A movement […]
Video: Ranked Choice Voting, Explained
Ranked choice voting (RCV) is an electoral scheme that adds more confusion to the voting system while threatening our democracy and failing to ensure that every vote counts. Watch the video to learn […]
Press Release: Exposing Flaws in Ranked Choice Voting
For Immediate Release, July 24, 2020 Contact Melodie Wilterdink, Melodie@AlaskaPolicyForum.org, (410) 725-9079 Protect My Ballot: New Campaign Exposes Flaws in Ranked Choice Voting Coalition of state think tanks, led by Alaska Policy […]
Press Release: Signatures in Question for “Better Elections” Ballot Initiative
Click here to view the press release as a PDF in a new tab. For Immediate Release April 15, 2020 Contact Melodie Wilterdink (410) 725-9079 Melodie@AlaskaPolicyForum.org SIGNATURES IN QUESTION FOR “BETTER ELECTIONS” […]
Request of Formal Investigation into “Better Elections” Ballot Initiative Signature Gathering Process
On April 15, 2020, Alaska Policy Forum sent the following letter to the Alaska Attorney General, requesting a formal investigation into the signature gathering process for ballot initiative 19AKBE, “An Act Replacing the […]
Ranked-Choice Voting Fails to Deliver on Its Promises
By Jacob Posik This op-ed was originally published in the Anchorage Daily News on February 9, 2020. In 2016, Maine voters approved a ballot initiative that established the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV) in state […]