September 15, 2022This story was produced as part of the Democracy Day journalism collaborative, a nationwide effort to shine a light on the threats and opportunities facing American democracy. Read more atMost people who used ranked choice voting for the first time this August thought the process was simple according to acommissioned by Alaskans for Better Elections.
Most had learned about the process through extensive outreach efforts across the state like mailings from the Division of Elections, social media campaigns, and family and friends. Despite understanding how it works, many voters we spoke with still had questions about why we have ranked choice voting in the first place. Here’s some background on RCV in Alaska and beyond.Alaskans passed Ballot Measure 2 in 2020, which shifted the state to the new voting system.
It's not an intuitive system and neither are its results.