In Alaska, a proposed ballot measure supported by VRTK has won a major victory, with the decision by a Superior Court judge that the measure should be allowed to move forward with signature gathering. The decision came in the wake of a decision by the Alaska state government to reject the campaign’s application to begin signature gathering on the premise that the proposed measure violates the state’s “single-subject rule.” In addition to requiring that all money spent in state elections be traceable to its original source, the measure would institute a system of ranked choice voting and open primaries in Alaska. The campaign filed a lawsuit contesting the state’s rejection of the measure, and with the decision by the Superior Court judge, it will now proceed with signature gathering to qualify the measure for the 2020 ballot.
“The reason we appealed the attorney general’s findings was, we thought that this … obviously would be good for Alaskans and good for our election reform up here in our state,” said [independent state lawmaker Jason] Grenn, who added: “We thought that this fell under the umbrella of the single-subject rule.”
Read additional coverage of the Court decision and the campaign to qualify the measure in the Associated Press and Anchorage Daily News.
