'Love it or hate it, this is what we have to deal with,' one Republican strategist says about ranked choice voting.
Mixed in with the claims and grievances Donald Trump aired at his Saturday rally in Anchorage, the former president took aim at Alaska’s new election system, which he called “ranked choice crap voting.”
But communications strategist Sarah Erkmann Ward is working to convince Republicans that, no matter how much they dislike the system, they should rank the candidates. She’s pushing a message of “rank the red.” “Love it or hate it, this is what we have to deal with,” Ward said. “So if we’re going to elect Republican or conservative leaders, we’re going to have to learn how to use the rank choice voting system, at least for now.”Many Democrats and progressives are also reluctant to rank candidates, especially in the special general election for U.S. House on Aug. 16, which will be Alaska’s first opportunity to rank a ballot.
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