Liz Ruskin

If they make it harder to vote by mail, that could really have an impact in a place like Alaska.

Oh, no, not at all.

About half of voters vote in person.

The others either vote by mail or they vote early in person or some other method.

But this Supreme Court case is about whether you can count ballots that arrive after Election Day.

And Alaska allows 10 days for ballots to arrive after Election Day.

So if the Supreme Court says that, no, you can't do that, all ballots have to be in by Election Day, that is not only going to affect mailed ballots in Alaska, but there are villages in Alaska where you vote and they put the ballots in the mail and they arrive hopefully within 10 days.

I have not heard him address voting by mail.

But yeah, he has not alleged that there's anything wrong with it.

Oh, can I?

I have spent years explaining this.

In 2020, Alaska voters decided to change their election system.

We now have an open, nonpartisan primary.

That's where all the candidates appear on the same ballot.

And the top four of any party or no party advance to the general election.

The primary is pick one.

The general election gives you a chance to rank them.

And as a rule of thumb, everything that people think they love or hate about ranked choice voting in Alaska is actually about the open primary.

The open primary makes a huge difference.

And ranked choice voting, there are very few instances where a come-from-behind candidate has been put in the number one spot through ranked choices.