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Alaska overhauls elections


Alaska overhauls elections
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May 6, 2021
Turnout in Alaska Native villages such as Togiak, shown here, surged in 2014 thanks to improved voting access. (Photo by Stephanie Woodard)
‘It’s going to be a great test’
Joaqlin Estus
In November, Alaskans voted by a narrow margin to overhaul their election process.
How might it help or hamper the state’s senior senator, Republican Lisa Murkowski, who is up for reelection in 2022?
Greg Razo, Yup’ik, was a sponsor of the voter initiative that brought the changes. He supported Ballot Measure 2 for several reasons.
“First of all, it opened up the books so that we can see who is donating money to political campaigns so that there s no dark money coming in. Everybody has a fair playing field when we know who s paying for their candidacy,” Razo said. ....

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Alaska has a new election system. Could it protect Murkowski from pro-Trump backlash?


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Of the seven Republicans who voted to convict former President Donald Trump, only Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is up for reelection in 2022. But a new Alaska election system with an open primary and ranked-choice voting may protect the incumbent.
Murkowski voted to convict the former president on Feb. 13 for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Murkowski told reporters after her vote that she stands by her decision regardless of its possible detrimental effects on her 2022 chances. 
“This was consequential on many levels, but I cannot allow the significance of my vote to be devalued by whether or not I feel that this is helpful for my political ambitions,” Murkowski said. ....

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