Five states—Alaska, Idaho, Missouri, Nevada, and Oregon—have certified ballot measures for Nov. 5 related to adopting, repealing, or pre-empting ranked-choice voting. This is the most RCV-related statewide ballot measure being featured in any year. There is one potential citizen initiative pending signature verification in Colorado that could bring the total number this year to six. There are also two ballot initiatives, one in Arizona and one in Montana, that could lead to the adoption of RCV in these states, depending on how the legislatures choose to implement the proposals if approved.
Alaska Ballot Measure 2: This citizen initiative would repeal open top-four primaries and RCV general elections and return the state to partisan primaries and plurality voting at general elections, where the candidate who receives the highest number of votes wins. In 2020, Alaskans approved an initiative to adopt the top-four RCV electoral system by a margin of 50.55% to 49.45%.
