Republicans Attack Ranked Choice Voting After Palin S Loss In Alaska

Republicans are attacking ranked-choice voting after former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lost a special election race Wednesday to Democrat Mary Peltola. The attacks come as Palin, an outspoken and controversial politician, is set to face Peltola and Republican Nick Begich III in a rematch in November under the same voting system she lost. Peltola will currently serve out the remainder of the late Don Young’s term and will run for a full term in November. However, Palin is not backing down and will continue her bid to represent Alaska in November, facing Peltola for a second time. “While we are disappointed with this outcome, the people of Alaska know that I am the last person who will ever back down,” Palin said in a statement posted on Twitter. “Instead, I’ll reload.” Palin has previously railed against ranked-choice voting, calling it a “crap system” that “needs to be changed,” according to the Anchorage Daily News. After her defeat on Wednesday, she said “the task before me is to explain why ranked-choice voting is not in the public interest.” Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton also chimed in, tweeting that “ranked-ranked voting is a rigged election scam.” “60% of Alaska’s voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a complicated process and ballot exhaustion — which disenfranchises voters — a Democrat ‘won,’” Cotton wrote. Palin tweeted in her statement: “Rank-ranked voting was sold as a way to make elections better reflect the will of the people. As Alaska — and America — is now seeing, the exact opposite is true.” —Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) September 1, 2022 He continued: “Alaskans do not want the destructive agenda of the Democrats to rule our land and our lives, but this is what came out of someone’s experiment with this new, crazy, confusing, confusing ranked-choice voting system.” The special election, which was held after the sudden death of Young, the former speaker of the House and the GOP’s longest-serving member of Congress, was the first in the state to use the ranked-choice voting system. Alaska voters first approved the system in the 2020 general election. Palin’s loss puts added pressure on the GOP to pick up other congressional seats in November’s general election if it wants to regain its majority in the House. Seats like those in Alaska, a red state, could prove critical for the Republican party to gain control of both the House and Senate. “This was a bad loss and a bad sign for the Rs, and it can’t be read any other way. But Alaska’s new ranked-choice voting system, the ferocity with which the Rs went after each other, an excellent D candidate and the quirky nature of alaska they do it’s risky to generalize TOO much,” David Axelrod, CNN senior political commentator, tweeted. Palin, who has not run for office since leaving the governor’s office in 2009, was endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Trump easily won Alaska in the 2020 election, garnering 53% of the vote compared to Biden’s 43%. “Sarah shocked a lot of people when she endorsed me very early in 2016 and we won a lot,” Trump said in a statement in April. “Now it’s my turn!” Peltola won in the first round of the special ranked election, garnering about 40% of voters as their first choice, well ahead of her two Republican rivals. Begić received the fewest first-choice votes among the three candidates in the first round, and under the way ranked-choice voting works, he was disqualified and his votes were then split among the candidates who placed second on their ballots. . Half of Begich’s votes went to Palin, but 29% of those also went to Peltola, with 21% “running out” or being thrown away because the voter did not select a candidate as a second choice. With the votes split in the final round, Peltola eventually squeaked by Palin, receiving 51 percent of the final vote compared to Palin’s 49 percent. Peltola’s special election victory was announced just a week after Democrat Pat Ryan won a special election in New York’s 19th Congressional District. Ryan ran on a platform that, in part, focused on access to abortion, which has become a focus for Democrats this election cycle after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. Similar to Ryan, Peltola ran a campaign focused on abortion rights with an additional focus on restoring infrastructure in the state and protecting fisheries. “Seeing that I’m concerned with the Dobbs decision and the other issues that this other radical Supreme Court — a radical conservative Supreme Court — has highlighted, the other personal rights that they’re talking about infringing on I’m very concerned,” Peltola told CNN on Wednesday . However, Palin supported the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the constitutional right to abortion. He believes abortion laws should be left up to the states. “Faceless bureaucrats in some bubble far away — are they going to make decisions for us as individuals and as a state when it comes to such an important issue as abortion? No, it should be a state issue,” Palin said at an Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Forum in July according to Alaska Public Media. Palin’s office did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.

title: “Republicans Attack Ranked Choice Voting After Palin S Loss In Alaska Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-18” author: “Timothy William”

Republicans are attacking ranked-choice voting after former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lost a special election race Wednesday to Democrat Mary Peltola. The attacks come as Palin, an outspoken and controversial politician, is set to face Peltola and Republican Nick Begich III in a rematch in November under the same voting system she lost. Peltola will currently serve out the remainder of the late Don Young’s term and will run for a full term in November. However, Palin is not backing down and will continue her bid to represent Alaska in November, facing Peltola for a second time. “While we are disappointed with this outcome, the people of Alaska know that I am the last person who will ever back down,” Palin said in a statement posted on Twitter. “Instead, I’ll reload.” Palin has previously railed against ranked-choice voting, calling it a “crap system” that “needs to be changed,” according to the Anchorage Daily News. After her defeat on Wednesday, she said “the task before me is to explain why ranked-choice voting is not in the public interest.” Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton also chimed in, tweeting that “ranked-ranked voting is a rigged election scam.” “60% of Alaska’s voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a complicated process and ballot exhaustion — which disenfranchises voters — a Democrat ‘won,’” Cotton wrote. Palin tweeted in her statement: “Rank-ranked voting was sold as a way to make elections better reflect the will of the people. As Alaska — and America — is now seeing, the exact opposite is true.” —Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) September 1, 2022 He continued: “Alaskans do not want the destructive agenda of the Democrats to rule our land and our lives, but this is what came out of someone’s experiment with this new, crazy, confusing, confusing ranked-choice voting system.” The special election, which was held after the sudden death of Young, the former speaker of the House and the GOP’s longest-serving member of Congress, was the first in the state to use the ranked-choice voting system. Alaska voters first approved the system in the 2020 general election. Palin’s loss puts added pressure on the GOP to pick up other congressional seats in November’s general election if it wants to regain its majority in the House. Seats like those in Alaska, a red state, could prove critical for the Republican party to gain control of both the House and Senate. “This was a bad loss and a bad sign for the Rs, and it can’t be read any other way. But Alaska’s new ranked-choice voting system, the ferocity with which the Rs went after each other, an excellent D candidate and the quirky nature of alaska they do it’s risky to generalize TOO much,” David Axelrod, CNN senior political commentator, tweeted. Palin, who has not run for office since leaving the governor’s office in 2009, was endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Trump easily won Alaska in the 2020 election, garnering 53% of the vote compared to Biden’s 43%. “Sarah shocked a lot of people when she endorsed me very early in 2016 and we won a lot,” Trump said in a statement in April. “Now it’s my turn!” Peltola won in the first round of the special ranked election, garnering about 40% of voters as their first choice, well ahead of her two Republican rivals. Begić received the fewest first-choice votes among the three candidates in the first round, and under the way ranked-choice voting works, he was disqualified and his votes were then split among the candidates who placed second on their ballots. . Half of Begich’s votes went to Palin, but 29% of those also went to Peltola, with 21% “running out” or being thrown away because the voter did not select a candidate as a second choice. With the votes split in the final round, Peltola eventually squeaked by Palin, receiving 51 percent of the final vote compared to Palin’s 49 percent. Peltola’s special election victory was announced just a week after Democrat Pat Ryan won a special election in New York’s 19th Congressional District. Ryan ran on a platform that, in part, focused on access to abortion, which has become a focus for Democrats this election cycle after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. Similar to Ryan, Peltola ran a campaign focused on abortion rights with an additional focus on restoring infrastructure in the state and protecting fisheries. “Seeing that I’m concerned with the Dobbs decision and the other issues that this other radical Supreme Court — a radical conservative Supreme Court — has highlighted, the other personal rights that they’re talking about infringing on I’m very concerned,” Peltola told CNN on Wednesday . However, Palin supported the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the constitutional right to abortion. He believes abortion laws should be left up to the states. “Faceless bureaucrats in some bubble far away — are they going to make decisions for us as individuals and as a state when it comes to such an important issue as abortion? No, it should be a state issue,” Palin said at an Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Forum in July according to Alaska Public Media. Palin’s office did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.

title: “Republicans Attack Ranked Choice Voting After Palin S Loss In Alaska Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-19” author: “Louise Farinas”

Republicans are attacking ranked-choice voting after former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lost a special election race Wednesday to Democrat Mary Peltola. The attacks come as Palin, an outspoken and controversial politician, is set to face Peltola and Republican Nick Begich III in a rematch in November under the same voting system she lost. Peltola will currently serve out the remainder of the late Don Young’s term and will run for a full term in November. However, Palin is not backing down and will continue her bid to represent Alaska in November, facing Peltola for a second time. “While we are disappointed with this outcome, the people of Alaska know that I am the last person who will ever back down,” Palin said in a statement posted on Twitter. “Instead, I’ll reload.” Palin has previously railed against ranked-choice voting, calling it a “crap system” that “needs to be changed,” according to the Anchorage Daily News. After her defeat on Wednesday, she said “the task before me is to explain why ranked-choice voting is not in the public interest.” Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton also chimed in, tweeting that “ranked-ranked voting is a rigged election scam.” “60% of Alaska’s voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a complicated process and ballot exhaustion — which disenfranchises voters — a Democrat ‘won,’” Cotton wrote. Palin tweeted in her statement: “Rank-ranked voting was sold as a way to make elections better reflect the will of the people. As Alaska — and America — is now seeing, the exact opposite is true.” —Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) September 1, 2022 He continued: “Alaskans do not want the destructive agenda of the Democrats to rule our land and our lives, but this is what came out of someone’s experiment with this new, crazy, confusing, confusing ranked-choice voting system.” The special election, which was held after the sudden death of Young, the former speaker of the House and the GOP’s longest-serving member of Congress, was the first in the state to use the ranked-choice voting system. Alaska voters first approved the system in the 2020 general election. Palin’s loss puts added pressure on the GOP to pick up other congressional seats in November’s general election if it wants to regain its majority in the House. Seats like those in Alaska, a red state, could prove critical for the Republican party to gain control of both the House and Senate. “This was a bad loss and a bad sign for the Rs, and it can’t be read any other way. But Alaska’s new ranked-choice voting system, the ferocity with which the Rs went after each other, an excellent D candidate and the quirky nature of alaska they do it’s risky to generalize TOO much,” David Axelrod, CNN senior political commentator, tweeted. Palin, who has not run for office since leaving the governor’s office in 2009, was endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Trump easily won Alaska in the 2020 election, garnering 53% of the vote compared to Biden’s 43%. “Sarah shocked a lot of people when she endorsed me very early in 2016 and we won a lot,” Trump said in a statement in April. “Now it’s my turn!” Peltola won in the first round of the special ranked election, garnering about 40% of voters as their first choice, well ahead of her two Republican rivals. Begić received the fewest first-choice votes among the three candidates in the first round, and under the way ranked-choice voting works, he was disqualified and his votes were then split among the candidates who placed second on their ballots. . Half of Begich’s votes went to Palin, but 29% of those also went to Peltola, with 21% “running out” or being thrown away because the voter did not select a candidate as a second choice. With the votes split in the final round, Peltola eventually squeaked by Palin, receiving 51 percent of the final vote compared to Palin’s 49 percent. Peltola’s special election victory was announced just a week after Democrat Pat Ryan won a special election in New York’s 19th Congressional District. Ryan ran on a platform that, in part, focused on access to abortion, which has become a focus for Democrats this election cycle after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. Similar to Ryan, Peltola ran a campaign focused on abortion rights with an additional focus on restoring infrastructure in the state and protecting fisheries. “Seeing that I’m concerned with the Dobbs decision and the other issues that this other radical Supreme Court — a radical conservative Supreme Court — has highlighted, the other personal rights that they’re talking about infringing on I’m very concerned,” Peltola told CNN on Wednesday . However, Palin supported the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the constitutional right to abortion. He believes abortion laws should be left up to the states. “Faceless bureaucrats in some bubble far away — are they going to make decisions for us as individuals and as a state when it comes to such an important issue as abortion? No, it should be a state issue,” Palin said at an Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Forum in July according to Alaska Public Media. Palin’s office did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.

title: “Republicans Attack Ranked Choice Voting After Palin S Loss In Alaska Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-29” author: “Tina Cotta”

Republicans are attacking ranked-choice voting after former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lost a special election race Wednesday to Democrat Mary Peltola. The attacks come as Palin, an outspoken and controversial politician, is set to face Peltola and Republican Nick Begich III in a rematch in November under the same voting system she lost. Peltola will currently serve out the remainder of the late Don Young’s term and will run for a full term in November. However, Palin is not backing down and will continue her bid to represent Alaska in November, facing Peltola for a second time. “While we are disappointed with this outcome, the people of Alaska know that I am the last person who will ever back down,” Palin said in a statement posted on Twitter. “Instead, I’ll reload.” Palin has previously railed against ranked-choice voting, calling it a “crap system” that “needs to be changed,” according to the Anchorage Daily News. After her defeat on Wednesday, she said “the task before me is to explain why ranked-choice voting is not in the public interest.” Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton also chimed in, tweeting that “ranked-ranked voting is a rigged election scam.” “60% of Alaska’s voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a complicated process and ballot exhaustion — which disenfranchises voters — a Democrat ‘won,’” Cotton wrote. Palin tweeted in her statement: “Rank-ranked voting was sold as a way to make elections better reflect the will of the people. As Alaska — and America — is now seeing, the exact opposite is true.” —Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) September 1, 2022 He continued: “Alaskans do not want the destructive agenda of the Democrats to rule our land and our lives, but this is what came out of someone’s experiment with this new, crazy, confusing, confusing ranked-choice voting system.” The special election, which was held after the sudden death of Young, the former speaker of the House and the GOP’s longest-serving member of Congress, was the first in the state to use the ranked-choice voting system. Alaska voters first approved the system in the 2020 general election. Palin’s loss puts added pressure on the GOP to pick up other congressional seats in November’s general election if it wants to regain its majority in the House. Seats like those in Alaska, a red state, could prove critical for the Republican party to gain control of both the House and Senate. “This was a bad loss and a bad sign for the Rs, and it can’t be read any other way. But Alaska’s new ranked-choice voting system, the ferocity with which the Rs went after each other, an excellent D candidate and the quirky nature of alaska they do it’s risky to generalize TOO much,” David Axelrod, CNN senior political commentator, tweeted. Palin, who has not run for office since leaving the governor’s office in 2009, was endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Trump easily won Alaska in the 2020 election, garnering 53% of the vote compared to Biden’s 43%. “Sarah shocked a lot of people when she endorsed me very early in 2016 and we won a lot,” Trump said in a statement in April. “Now it’s my turn!” Peltola won in the first round of the special ranked election, garnering about 40% of voters as their first choice, well ahead of her two Republican rivals. Begić received the fewest first-choice votes among the three candidates in the first round, and under the way ranked-choice voting works, he was disqualified and his votes were then split among the candidates who placed second on their ballots. . Half of Begich’s votes went to Palin, but 29% of those also went to Peltola, with 21% “running out” or being thrown away because the voter did not select a candidate as a second choice. With the votes split in the final round, Peltola eventually squeaked by Palin, receiving 51 percent of the final vote compared to Palin’s 49 percent. Peltola’s special election victory was announced just a week after Democrat Pat Ryan won a special election in New York’s 19th Congressional District. Ryan ran on a platform that, in part, focused on access to abortion, which has become a focus for Democrats this election cycle after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. Similar to Ryan, Peltola ran a campaign focused on abortion rights with an additional focus on restoring infrastructure in the state and protecting fisheries. “Seeing that I’m concerned with the Dobbs decision and the other issues that this other radical Supreme Court — a radical conservative Supreme Court — has highlighted, the other personal rights that they’re talking about infringing on I’m very concerned,” Peltola told CNN on Wednesday . However, Palin supported the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the constitutional right to abortion. He believes abortion laws should be left up to the states. “Faceless bureaucrats in some bubble far away — are they going to make decisions for us as individuals and as a state when it comes to such an important issue as abortion? No, it should be a state issue,” Palin said at an Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Forum in July according to Alaska Public Media. Palin’s office did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.