2024 Ballot Measure 2: Repealing Ranked Choice Voting

On the November 5 2024 Ballot, Measure 2 was titled “An Act Restoring Political Party Primaries and Single-Choice General Elections” and would have repealed Alaska’s ranked choice voting system adopted by voters in 2022. As part of ACG’s long-standing tradition of public forums around ballot initiatives, we held a discussion on the measure, with panelists making their case for “Yes: Repeal Ranked Choice Voting” and “No: Keep Ranked Choice Voting.”

The ranked choice system created an open nonpartisan primary where all candidates appear on one ballot. The four candidates with the most votes in the primary election then have their names placed on the general election ballot. It also established ranked choice voting for the general election. Voters have the option to “rank” up to four candidates in order of choice. If the initiative passes and ranked choice voting is repealed, Alaska will return to the closed primary and single-choice general election system it used prior to the change in 2022.

Information about the bill, including the language that was on the ballot, can be found here.

Voters ultimately rejected the initiative, keeping ranked choice voting intact.