In ranked-choice voting, a candidate needs more than 50 percent of the vote to be declared the winner outright. If the front-runner doesn’t have that percentage of the vote, the candidate with the fewest votes that round drops off the ballot, and those who ranked that candidate first will have their votes go to their second choice. The process continues until a candidate has more than 50 percent of the vote.
The state’s special House race election will be the only race with ranked-choice voting on Tuesday, but it will provide a preview of how other candidates running in races such as the state’s Senate election will do in November.
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I live in Alaska. Voted last night . I read if you vote only for one candidate your vote was not counted . Some article, somewhere. On the site link below it states this: What happens if I only vote for one candidate? Your vote is counted in round one and your vote stays with your candidate throughout tabulation. So that’s how I voted. Odd thing, I read (somewhere) felt tip pens should be prohibited. When I voted they said I must use the felt tip pens/black provided “must be used” The voting in Alaska is corrupt. In my opinion. That’s from living here for 45 years. This voting system is. Corrupt!
https://www.elections.alaska.gov/RCV.php
https://alaskansforbetterelections.com/2022-statewide-elections-information/