Media

Updates from the campaign

Newsletter 9/17

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News Coverage

Could Ballot Measure 2 lead to closed primaries in Alaska? Maybe.

Anchorage Daily News, October 2, 2024

Letter: Vote to keep RCV, open primaries

Anchorage Daily News, September 27, 2024

OPINION: Open primaries and RCV provide stability for Alaska’s oil and gas industry

Anchorage Daily News, September 7, 2024

Ballot Measure 2 is all about the Open Primary

Alaska Current, September 6, 2024

Native Leaders Organize to Defend Alaska’s Ranked Choice Voting System

Bolts Mag, September 11, 2024

Alaska proves ranked choice is bad? Why did it produce the state’s most popular official?

MSN, August 26, 2024

Takeaways from Alaska’s open primary: 357K independents had the right to vote; more general election competition

Unite America, August 21, 2024

Jesse Sumner: Open primary and ranked-choice voting is good for conservatives, Wasilla, and Alaska

Must Read Alaska, August 17, 2024

Open primaries, offer advantages to Alaskans

Fairbanks News-Miner, August 7, 2024

Early voting opens for Aug. 20 primary; mailed absentee application window closes this week

Alaska Beacon, August 5, 2024

OPINION: Open primary reflects the voting preferences of Alaska Native communities

Anchorage Daily News, July 29, 2024

Opinion: The case for keeping the parties from controlling our elections

Juneau Empire, July 12, 2024

Judge upholds fines levied against ranked choice opponents for campaign finance violations

Anchorage Daily News, 6/22/24

Voter Participation Jumped when Alaska Opened its Primaries

Sightline Institute, Jeannette Lee and Jay Lee, 06/03/2024

How open primaries and ranked-choice voting can help break partisan gridlock

PBS News Hour, Judy Woodruff, Connor Seitchik and Christine Romo, 05/29/2024

Alaska’s Open Primary flipped the campaign script

Sightline Institute, May 20, 2024

AZ veterans support open primaries initiative

Public News Service, May 15, 2024

Majority of Alaskans voted across party lines in ’22 primary, study says

Alaska Public Media, Casey Grove, 04/11/2024

Nonpartisan open primaries let Alaskans choose values over party

Alaska Beacon, April 3, 2024

OPEN PRIMARIES: Veterans group supports initiative

Coeur d’Alene Press, February 9, 2024

More confirmation of need to end partisan primaries

Election Law Blog, February 7, 2024

Democracy reformers rank open primaries as top priority in 2024

Fulcrum, January 24, 2024

A new voting system in Alaska brought more choice, representation and civility, experts say.

Racine County Eye, January 11, 2024

Alaska Campaign Finance Watchdog Hits Election Reform Foes with Nearly $95K in Fines

Alaska Public Media, January 4, 2024

Is Alaska the Secret to Saving American Democracy?

Center for American Progress, December 12, 2023

OPINION: More choice and better elections with open primaries

Coeur d’Alene Press, November 8, 2023

AFN passes resolution opposing repeal of open primaries

Alaska Current, October 23, 2023

The U.S. has a ‘primary problem,’ say advocates who call for new election systems

NPR, September 18, 2023

The format used in Iowa encourages the selection of radical candidates; fully open primaries are better

Des Moines Register, January 15, 2023

Alaska Supreme Court explains ruling that says open primaries are constitutional

Anchorage Daily News, October 21, 2022

Open primary elections are the best way to stop Arizona extremists

Arizona Republic, September 22, 2022

Steelers star and other veterans highlighting impact of closed primaries on those who served

Penn Capital-Star, August 26, 2022

Opinion: Colorado’s semi-open primary is a success. A fully open primary would be better

Colorado Sun, July 25, 2022

Opinion: The opportunity of Alaska’s open primary

Juneau Empire, January 28, 2022

3 Reasons Open Primaries Would Transform American Politics

RepresentUs, July 2, 2021

Opinion: Open primaries would reflect Alaskans’ true independence

Juneau Empire, August 20, 2020

Reducing Legislative Polarization: Top-Two and Open Primaries Are Associated with More Moderate Legislators

USC Schwarzenegger Center, June 2020

Community perspective: Restore Alaska’s open primary elections

Fairbanks News-Miner, January 16, 2020

Open Primaries Are the Answer to Extreme Partisanshi

US News & World Report, November 24, 2017

Americans tend to favor an open primary system

YouGov, July 25, 2014

Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor

OPINION: I’m a conservative, and I’m voting to keep ranked choice voting

Anchorage Daily News, Randy Hoffbeck, 8/29/24

OPINION: Ranked choice voting and open primaries diminish political party control. That’s great for Alaska

Anchorage Daily News,
Chris Bye, 9/20/24

OPINION: Open primaries and RCV provide stability for Alaska’s oil and gas industry

Anchorage Daily News, Lesil McGuire, 9/7/24

Ranked choice voting works. Let’s keep it.

Daily News-Miner, Paul Matter, 9/9/24

Make your voice matter in the primary election

Fairbanks News-Miner, 8/20/24

Ranked Choice Voting: Preference not selection

Frontiersman, Christian Hartley, 8/28/24

Letter: Keep RCV

Anchorage Daily News, Leonard Revet, 8/12/24

Open primaries, ranked choice voting offer advantages to Alaskans

Alaska Beacon, Art Petersen, 8/7/24

The rest of the country should learn from Alaska’s successful ranked-choice voting experiment

The Seattle Times, Matt Claman and Cathy Giessel, 7/12/24

Letter: RCV gives us a voice

Anchorage Daily News, Jen Huvar, 7/10/24

OPINION: Open primary reflects the voting preferences of Alaska Native communities

Anchorage Daily News, Michelle Sparck, 7/29/24

I had a dream

Fairbanks News-Miner, Don Callahan, 8/18/24

Presidential candidates and ranked-choice voting

Fairbanks News-Miner, Tom Baring, 6/30/24