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The 2020 general election ballots in Alaska will not indicate a candidate's party affiliation, only how they were nominated, after a lawsuit seeking an injunction failed.
PALMER — A proposed Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly ordinance would allow local candidates to include their political party affiliation on the election ballot for the first time. Another ...
The nonpartisan blanket primary used in Alaska avoids these problems. Since the primary is nonpartisan, it is open for anybody to vote in, regardless of affiliation. This encourages independents and ...
Ranked-choice voting is an effort to reduce political polarization. Let's see if it works.
Alaska’s top-four system also seems to have improved representation and empowered voters to make nuanced decisions based on individual candidates, not just their party affiliation.
Under Alaska’s old election system, the elites of each political party would go into their proverbial smoke-filled rooms and hand-pick a nominee to replace Congressman Young.
The 2020 general election ballots in Alaska will not indicate a candidate's party affiliation, only how they were nominated, after a lawsuit seeking an injunction failed.