Ballot measure · Alaska · November 3, 2026

Ballot Measure No. 2

Title as the state lists it: An Act Restoring Political Party Primaries, Ending Ranked-Choice General Elections, and Repealing Recent Campaign Finance Laws1,2,3,4,5

Research draftCitizen initiativeState law
How it got there
Citizen initiative
Kind of measure
State law
To pass
A majority of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would replace the one-ballot primary, where the top four advance, and the ranked-choice general election with party primaries and single-choice general elections won by the most votes, and would repeal campaign finance rules added in 2020, such as limits on donations to joint governor and lieutenant governor campaigns and some donor disclosure rules.1 pp. 104-106 (ballot language and Legislative Affairs Agency summary)

A no vote

A no vote would keep the one-ballot primary, where the top four advance, and the ranked-choice general election in which voters rank the candidates, and would keep the campaign finance rules added in 2020, such as limits on donations to joint governor and lieutenant governor campaigns and some donor disclosure rules.1 pp. 104-106 (ballot language and Legislative Affairs Agency summary)

More about it

The ballot title and summary were rewritten on August 28, 2026, after an Alaska Supreme Court order of August 27, 2026, in an appeal over the ballot language, and the revised wording is the one printed on the ballot.2,5 If approved, the act takes effect 90 days after the results are certified, and the candidate races on this November 3, 2026 ballot are counted by ranked-choice voting under current law.1,4 Notice of Proper Filing p. 2; OEP p. 4 (Ranked Choice Voting)

§2How it got on the ballot

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Citizen initiative. Voters proposed it by signing a petition.1,2,3,4,5

State law. It would change state law, not the constitution.1,2,3,4,5

This is a citizen initiative known by its petition number, 24ESEG, and it would change state law rather than the constitution.1,4 OEP p. 104

It is on Alaska's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,2,3 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Alaska's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

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A majority of the votes on it. The initiative becomes law if more voters vote yes than no on it, and it takes effect 90 days after the results are certified.4,6 Alaska Const. art. XI, § 6