Alaska uses ranked choice voting.
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Badlands MediaOct 15, 2026
Alaska uses ranked choice voting. The Alaska Division of Elections, AP, and PolitiFact all report that the state has used RCV in general elections since 2022, following a 2020 voter initiative. The claim matches the post's reference to Alaska, and the post's negative framing is opinion rather than part of the factual claim.
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What was said
… I don't give a damn, but what a rigged election that was. What a rigged election that was. And it's a shame. It's a shame that they can allow that to happen. Well, I just left Alaska, where we have a real bad thing. They have the ranked choice voting, where you go into, I guess, some kind of a test tube or something, and they pick whoever the hell they want, and that's another disgrace. We have a very good guy, Dan Sullivan. He's a very, very good, very very good senator. And what they do is, they have a Democrat, but they also found somebody in Alaska named Dan Sullivan. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The Alaska Division of Elections states that in accordance with Alaska law, all general elections are conducted by Ranked Choice Voting, which was approved by voters in a 2020 initiative.[3]
Supports. AP reports that Alaska's election system, with open primaries and ranked voting, was first used in 2022, and that Alaska uses ranked voting for state and federal general election contests.[1]
Supports. PolitiFact describes Alaska's system, first used in 2022, as including open primaries and ranked-choice voting, and notes a repeal measure may appear on the ballot.[2]
Supports. Alaska Public Media's 2026 explainer says Alaskans will use ranked choice voting in the 2026 governor, U.S. House, and U.S. Senate general elections.[4]
Context. A pending ballot measure would repeal the system, but it had not taken effect as of the claim date, so the current use of RCV is unaffected.[2][5]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Ranked-choice voting has challenged the status quo. Its ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Alaska voters gave themselves the power to rank ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 3Election Information - Alaska Division of Electionselections.alaska.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4What to know about Alaska's general electionalaskapublic.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Ranked choice voting explained as voters in 2 states ... - ABC Newsabcnews.com · not rated · cited for: context
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