King Crab Wins First Mock Ranked Choice Voting General Election July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 (JUNEAU, AK) – The results are in for the Division of Election’s (DOE) first mock Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) General Election. With 51% of the votes, King Crab has been named the Best Seafood in Alaska. In an RCV election, ballots are counted in rounds until a candidate reaches a majority (50% […]
Top Four Mock Primary Winners Announced and the Mock Ranked Choice Voting General Election begins today June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 (JUNEAU, AK) – The results are in for the Division of Election’s (DOE) first mock Top Four Primary Election; setting the stage for the mock Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) Election which begins today and ends Wednesday June 30, 2021 at 5pm. Voters can rank their choices in the mock General Election for […]
Ranked Choice Voting Education Campaign Launches With Mock Elections Today June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 (JUNEAU, AK) – The Division of Elections today launched the Ranked ChoiceVoting (RCV) Voter Education Campaign with an RCV mock election. The Division collaboratedwith RankedVote, an online ranked choice voting app, to develop an interactive, multilingualeducation tool that mimics Alaska’s new ballots and election system to help voters practice andunderstand how RCV […]
Division of Elections to begin Implementation of Top Four Primary and Ranked Choice Voting March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 (JUNEAU, AK) – The Better Elections Initiative goes into effect on February 28. Voters will cast their votes in a new nonpartisan Top Four Primary on August 16, 2022, and a Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) process for the November 8, 2022 General Election. Voters will soon begin seeing changes implemented by the […]
Division of Elections Statement on Supreme Court Decision October 12, 2020The Alaska Supreme Court today agreed with the lower court that in light of the pandemic, for the 2020 general election only, voters do not need to get their absentee ballots witnessed.
Recall Grounds Found Factually and Legally Insufficient Resulting in Denial of Certification November 4, 2019There were sufficient qualifying signatures and the technical requirements of the recall statutes were met, but the Department of Law concluded the statement of grounds for recall was both factually and legally insufficient to meet the statutory grounds for recall.