
Scott Kendall
40:39 - 41:13
“one of the, the more severe parts of Ballot Measure 2 is that it actually empowers the political parties to make it illegal for undeclared and nonpartisan voters to vote in primary elections at all. Um, so you would be basically having a public election at which two-thirds of Alaskans, the 64% of us that aren't in either party, would be banned from participating in. And then finally, of course, it also gets rid of Alaska's enhanced campaign disclosure regime, which includes a ban on dark money.”
- Speaker
- Scott Kendall
- Timestamp
- 40:39 – 41:13
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Fairbanks
- Captured at
- October 8, 2026
From the transcript
Not only does it repeal ranked choice voting, it also gets rid of open primary elections. So if you are a person, whether you're an undeclared or nonpartisan or not, but if you're a person who enjoys being able to vote for a Democrat or a Republican or an independent in the primary election, if Ballot Measure 2 passes, that goes away and you'd only be able to vote in party primaries. And actually, one of the, the more severe parts of Ballot Measure 2 is that it actually empowers the political parties to make it illegal for undeclared and nonpartisan voters to vote in primary elections at all. Um, so you would be basically having a public election at which two-thirds of Alaskans, the 64% of us that aren't in either party, would be banned from participating in. And then finally, of course, it also gets rid of Alaska's enhanced campaign disclosure regime, which includes a ban on dark money.