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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.”
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.