Alaska Supreme Court affirms state’s election ballot measure language, with one change

By: Corinne Smith

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: August 28, 2026

Words: 1,087

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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The Alaska Supreme Court issued a fast-tracked ruling on Thursday, affirming a lower court’s decision that the Alaska Division of Elections’ language for an elections overhaul ballot measure is “true and impartial,” but ordered the division to make one additional change.

The Court issued the ruling days after hearing oral arguments from two groups of plaintiffs on opposing sides of the current ranked-choice voting system. The …

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