Imagine you’re at a potluck in the bush and it’s time for the good stuff.
The options are:
Candied Salmon 🍣
King Crab 🦀
Moose Poo 💩
Blueberry Pie 🫐
Everyone votes.
49 people go hard for Candied Salmon (Hell yeah!)
24 lock in on King Crab (Solid!)
17 somehow pick Moose Poo… (What the actual hell?)
10 people actually want Blueberry Pie (Really?)
Blueberry Pie gets the fewest votes, so it’s gone.
But those 10 pie fans all ranked Moose Poo as their second choice.
New tally:
Candied Salmon: 49
Moose Poo: 27
King Crab: 24
King Crab is eliminated next.
And every single King Crab voter? They ranked Moose Poo as their next pick.
Final score:
Moose Poo: 51
Candied Salmon: 49
Wait… WHAT IN THE ACTUAL TUNDRA?!
The thing almost nobody wanted just beat the clear favorite.
The people who were craving Candied Salmon (and would rather starve than touch Moose Poo) never even got their second choice counted.
The least popular option wins simply because it hung around long enough while everyone else’s votes got secretly redistributed in the back room.
That’s Ranked Choice Voting.
Your first-choice vote can be thrown in the burn barrel.
Someone’s third or fourth pick can decide the winner.
It’s not “majority rule.” It’s last-man-standing by mathematical sleight of hand — like winning the Iditarod by being the only musher who didn’t freeze to death.
And who shoved this mess on Alaska?
Outside dark-money networks — including the Arabella Advisors machine and its billionaire-funded web of NGOs — poured millions into forcing Ranked Choice Voting down our throats in 2020.
They spent a fortune to make our elections more complicated, more confusing, and easier for the Moose Poo candidate to sneak through.
Alaskans never asked for this.
We don’t need it.
We don’t want it.
This November we finally get to take out the trash.
Vote YES on Ballot Measure 2
to REMOVE and REPEAL Ranked Choice Voting from Alaska once and for all.
Let’s get back to simple, honest elections where the candidate with the most votes actually wins.
YES to ENDING DARK MONEY
YES to ENDING ARABELLA ADVISORS
YES to ENDING RANKED CHOICE VOTING
YES to ENDING SOROS IN ALASKA
YES on 2.
You are never required to rank anyone you dislike; leave those blank. But if you mark only a single 1st choice and leave the rest empty, you are choosing to risk exhaustion.
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2022 U.S. House Special Election- The Backstory: A 48-Way Primary Race
This special election was triggered by the death of Rep. Don Young. A unique 'Top-Four' primary was held with 48 candidates.
The winners were Sarah Palin (R), Nick Begich III (R), Al Gross (I), and Mary Peltola (D).
After the primary, Al Gross withdrew and endorsed Peltola, leaving the three candidates you see here to compete in the ranked-choice general election.Lost Opportunity for Palin:The exhausted ballots came from Begich voters, who shared Palin’s Republican affiliation. In a non-RCV election, many might have consolidated behind Palin to prevent a Democratic win.
If even a portion of these 11,243 votes had transferred to Palin, the outcome could have shifted:To tie Peltola’s 91,313, Palin needed 91,313 - 86,026 = 5,287 additional votes.
If all 11,243 exhausted ballots had ranked Palin 2nd:Palin: 86,026 + 11,243 = 97,269
Peltola: 91,313 (unchanged, as none of these ballots ranked Peltola)
Total active votes: 177,339 + 11,243 = 188,582
Majority threshold: ~94,292
Palin would win with 97,269 (~51.58%) vs. Peltola’s 91,313 (~48.42%).
Even if only ~5,287 of the 11,243 (~47%) had gone to Palin, she would tie or narrowly win, showing how pivotal these ballots were.
Why Ballots Exhausted:
Approximately 20.89% of Begich voters didn’t rank either remaining candidate. Reasons could include:Dislike of Palin: Some Republican voters may have opposed Palin due to her polarizing reputation, preferring to abstain rather than support her.
Lack of Voter Education: RCV was new in Alaska, and some voters may not have understood the importance of ranking multiple candidates.
Protest Voting: Some ranked only Begich or a write-in, intentionally not supporting Palin or Peltola.
Additionally, 15,514 Begich voters (28.83%) chose Peltola, indicating significant crossover appeal, possibly due to Peltola’s moderate stance or local ties as an Alaska Native.
Hypothetical Scenario: All Begich Voters Rank Palin Second
The user asks what happens if all Begich voters (53,810) ranked Palin second, eliminating both exhausted ballots and crossovers to Peltola. This assumes perfect Republican consolidation:
All 53,810 Begich votes transfer to Palin (instead of 27,053 to Palin, 15,514 to Peltola, and 11,243 exhausted).
Revised tallies:Palin: 58,973 + 53,810 = 112,783
Peltola: 75,799 + 0 = 75,799
Total active votes: 188,582 (no exhausted ballots)
Majority threshold: ~94,292
Palin wins overwhelmingly with 112,783 (~59.81%) vs. Peltola’s 75,799 (~40.19%).
Margin: 112,783 - 75,799 = 36,984 votes.
This scenario shows that if Begich voters had universally ranked Palin second, the Republican vote would not have split, and Palin would have easily secured the majority. The 11,243 exhausted ballots and 15,514 crossovers to Peltola were decisive in preventing this consolidation.
2022 U.S. House Special Election- The Backstory: A 48-Way Primary Race This special election was triggered by the death of Rep. Don Young. A unique 'Top-Four' primary was held with 48 candidates. The winners were Sarah Palin (R), Nick Begich III (R), Al Gross (I), and Mary Peltola (D). After the primary, Al Gross withdrew and endorsed Peltola, leaving the three candidates you see here to compete in the ranked-choice general election.Lost Opportunity for Palin:The exhausted ballots came from Begich voters, who shared Palin’s Republican affiliation. In a non-RCV election, many might have consolidated behind Palin to prevent a Democratic win.