Alaskan's are considering some election tinkering:
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Voters get to decide this week whether Alaska will become the first state with instant runoff elections, something supporters say would give third-party candidates a fighting chance.I think this would be great for Palm Beach County! Can you image all the confusion, whining, and general comedy?
The initiative, appearing on Tuesday's gubernatorial primary ballots, would replace Alaska's majority-vote election with preferential voting similar to the method used in San Francisco city elections and to elect Lord Mayor of London and members of the Australian House.
Voters would pick their choices for an office in descending order from most favored to least favored.
If no candidate received more than 50 percent of the first-choice vote, then the lowest vote getter would be defeated. Election officials then would count the second choice votes of voters who picked the losing candidate and add those numbers to the totals for the remaining candidates.
The process would continue until one candidate received more than 50 percent.
