Alaska
Nonpartisan open primaries let Alaskans choose values over party • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics
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Google-News-Wire
- April 9, 2024
- Alaska Division of Elections
- Bill Walker
- Congressman
- congressmen
- council
- democrats
- economy
- elections
- governor
- Les Gara
- Lisa Murkowski
- Mary Peltola
- mayor
- mike dunleavy
- nonpartisan primaries
- Open Primary
- partisan primaries
- politics
- president
- Ranked Choice Voting
- republican
- senator
- Sightline Institute
In 2022, Alaska voters for the first time used nonpartisan open primaries to choose candidates for the general election. Every voter, regardless of political registration, received the same ballot. And every ballot listed every candidate in every race. In this style of primary, voters could support a mix of Republicans, Democrats, independents and third-party candidates, […]
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