Alaska ranked choice voting repeal effort outraised a hundredfold, campaign finance filings show
A group opposing the ranked choice voting repeal initiative, No on 2, has raised more than $12 million, according to its latest financial disclosure with the Alaska Public Offices Commission.
Phillip Izon II, whose campaign to repeal the state’s open primary and ranked voice voting system raised only $120,000, said he is still confident that Ballot Measure 2 will prevail on Election Day. He spoke with the Alaska Beacon from Hawaii, where he is taking a monthslong break after signature gathering and fighting the lawsuits that have dogged him since he organized to roll back the state’s new voting system.
“It’s a David and Goliath story,” he said by phone on Tuesday, referring to the biblical tale wherein a young shepherd takes on a Philistine giant and prevails.
He may be outraised by 100-to-1, but Izon said the repeal effort has excitement on its side. He pointed to huge turnouts at events he promoted through radio ads and social media and the signature gathering effort that he said was led by more than 400 volunteers.
https://alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alaska-ranked-choice-voting-repeal-effort-outraised-a-hundredfold-campaign-finance-filings-show/
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