2002 PRIMARY VOTER GUIDE
Ballot Measure - Initiative Petition
Initiative Implementing Alternative Voting Electoral System
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AGENCY SUMMARY
This measure changes the election process for the Alaska
Legislature, U.S. President and Vice-President, and U.S.
Representatives and Senators from Alaska. It requires that
ballots allow the voter to vote for candidates in order of
preference. It allows a voter to mark no more than five
choices for each office. It prohibits a voter from assigning
the same ranking to more than one candidate. It allows a
voter to rank one write-in candidate for the office. It
requires the first choice of each voter for each race be
counted first. If, after all ballots are counted, a candidate
has a majority of the first choice votes, that candidate
is declared the winner. It provides a process for election
when no candidate obtains a majority of first choice votes.
It establishes a process for eliminating last-place
candidates and giving the votes cast for them to the next
choice on the ballot until a winner is declared. It provides a
system for counting ranked ballots. It provides for
procedures in the event of a tie vote. It allows a
municipality or school district to use preferential voting for
municipal or school board elections. This measure does
not change the election process for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor.