Alaska elections will be held for the first time this year under a system that scraps party primaries and uses ranked choice voting in general elections. No other state conducts its elections with this combination.
Ballot envelopes being removed from a ballot drop box outside the Region II Elections Office on Gambell Street after the polls closed on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.
Under the new system, there will be one ballot, available to all registered voters, with each candidate in a given race. The top four vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, head to the general election. Voters in the general election then can rank candidates by order of preference.Another change: Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor will team up at the outset.
Some have seen the system as potentially helping Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who has a reputation as a moderate and has at times been at odds with Alaska party leaders, including in her criticism of former President Donald Trump. Murkowski, in announcing her reelection bid in November, said the strength she offers is that “for me, it has always been about reaching out to all Alaskans,” not just Republicans. She said she hopes one outcome of the system is that candidates might be more civil toward one another.Scott Kendall, an attorney who helped write the Alaska ballot initiative, said the new system gives voters choices. The reason for ranked voting is to avoid “distorted” outcomes, he said.
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