Carmela Warfield, chair of the Alaska Republican Party, said the party’s state central committee unanimously approved a motion to oppose ranked choice voting in September. Warfield said she signed McCarty’s repeal application in a personal capacity, and believed it would be successful.

He said Alaska Republicans saw success in 2024 because they had “party discipline” — unlike in 2022, when support was split between Begich and former Gov. Sarah Palin. Begich acknowledged the potential of gaining seats in Congress under ranked choice voting, but “that’s true only if there’s not more than one Republican in the general election.”

The recount showed a slightly wider margin than did results certified by the Division of Elections on Nov. 30.

Similar scenes took place across the country Tuesday as 535 other electors voted for their state’s chosen candidate.

A recount of last month’s election concluded Wednesday without finding any change to the defeat of a ballot measure that aimed to repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting system. In addition,

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Election officials finished recounting the results of Ballot Measure 2 on Monday, and the outcome remains unchanged.

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The Alaska senator raised some eyebrows when she said she felt “more comfortable” with no party label than with “an identity as a Republican.”

Alaska will keep ranked-choice voting and open primaries after state election officials finished recounting Ballot Measure results on Monday.