Ranked-Choice Voting News Roundup - October 2026
by Staff
Welcome to our weekly news roundup, where we highlight the top stories surrounding ranked-choice voting—both opposing and supporting—throughout the nation.
Week of October 25
Ranked-Choice Voting Is a Failed Experiment. Alaska Can End It This November.
Townhall | October 30, 2026
Phil Izon argues that ranked-choice voting (RCV) is a failed, confusing system in Alaska that lowers turnout, exhausts ballots, delays results, and shifts politics leftward. He urges Alaskans to vote Yes on Ballot Measure 2 this November to repeal RCV.
Democrats’ ‘Decoy Dan’ should spell the end of ranked choice voting
Washington Examiner | October 30, 2026
The Washington Examiner editorial argues that Democrats’ alleged recruitment of a decoy candidate named Dan Sullivan to siphon votes from incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska’s Senate race under ranked-choice voting exposes the system’s flaws and hypocrisy.
Map Shows Where Each State Stands on Ranked Choice Voting as Senate in Play
Newsweek | October 29, 2026
Newsweek released a map of ranked-choice voting status across U.S. states, amid midterm attention on Alaska’s competitive Senate race.
‘YES’ on Measure 2 would end the rise of Alaska’s decoy/felon candidates
Alaska Watchman | October 29, 2026
The article urges a “yes” on Alaska’s Measure 2 to end ranked-choice voting and jungle primaries, which it says enable confusing decoy candidates and felons to reach general elections, restoring traditional party primaries and simple majority voting.
Supporters of Alaska’s election system are far outspending a group seeking to repeal it
Anchorage Daily News | October 28, 2026
With a week left before Election Day, the campaign seeking to repeal Alaska’s open primaries, ranked choice voting, and campaign finance disclosure rules via Ballot Measure 2 has raised $2.5 million—less than a quarter of the $10.4 million raised by the opposing “No on 2” effort to keep the system.