Ballot Measure 2, repeal of Alaska’s election system, trails with many votes uncounted

By: James Brooks, Corinne Smith, Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 515

Last Updated: 5 days, 12 hours ago

This article was last updated at 3 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4.

A ballot measure seeking to repeal Alaska’s open-primary and ranked-choice election system is trailing in early vote counting, according to preliminary results posted Tuesday evening by the Alaska Division of Elections.

With 393 of 400 precincts reporting results Tuesday night, “no” on repeal led “yes” by 51.9% to 48.2%.

In 2024, a similar repeal measure

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