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Elon Musk is Putting up BIG Money to Try to End Alaska’s ‘Ranked Choice’ Voting System

Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:12 am
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
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Member since Nov 2011
39656 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:12 am
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk has given $1.5 million to a group supporting the repeal of Alaska’s voting system, according to a report filed with the state Friday.

Ballot Measure 2, which will appear on the November ballot, seeks to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting method, along with open primaries and campaign finance laws that were themselves adopted by ballot measure in 2020.

Musk gave $1.5 million last month to the Aurora Action Network, a Wisconsin-based political action committee that has already collected contributions from numerous billionaire megadonors, including Dick Uihlein, Jeff Yass, Timothy Mellon and Hilcorp owner Jeffery Hildebrand. Aurora Action Network then gave the repeal campaign $1 million in late July.

Musk’s contribution, which make up a sizable share of the repeal campaign’s fundraising, could prove pivotal for the future of Alaska’s elections.
Posted by Django Unchained
Member since Sep 2025
1120 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:13 am to
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Elon Musk is Putting up BIG Money to Try to End Alaska’s ‘Rigged’ Voting System


FIFY!
This post was edited on 8/9/26 at 9:15 am
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
17468 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:24 am to
1.5M isn't big money, let alone BIG money. Dora the Explorer spent 3.5M to win Harris county Judge in 2022 in Houston.
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
Location: Classified
Member since Nov 2011
39656 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:27 am to
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1.5M isn't big money, let alone BIG money.


Why don't you match Elon's 1.5M donation?
Posted by DeBoar
Member since Jan 2024
3898 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:28 am to
Posted by Gaspergou202
Metairie, LA
Member since Jun 2016
14452 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:32 am to
Would do my black heart good to replace Murkowski with a reliable republican.
Posted by tjv305
Member since May 2015
13021 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:34 am to
If MAGA want to end rank choice voting system then they need to put the rhinos last . Stop giving Murkowski the higher choice over the democrat. They would have a better chance of overturning Rank Vhoise voting if they sent a message in the election before it .
Posted by CastleBravo
Rapid City, SD
Member since Sep 2013
2149 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:35 am to
Yeah ranked choice is a marxist tool for subversion of democracy.
Posted by HagaDaga
Member since Oct 2020
8660 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:39 am to
This is needed to fight against soros, who has been advocating for RC in many places. Especially in local voting.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
17468 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:43 am to
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Why don't you match Elon's 1.5M donation?

Soros will simply dump $4M into the race. It's chump change for both of them, was my point.
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
170756 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:51 am to
Turtle cut off money to Lake and Mastriano to enable voting for Murkowski until she won.
This post was edited on 8/9/26 at 10:08 am
Posted by FutureMikeVIII
Houston
Member since Sep 2011
1830 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 9:53 am to
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Why don't you match Elon's 1.5M donation?


I wouldn’t match a $10,000 donation. That doesn’t mean it’s BIG money.
Posted by cubsfan5150
NWA
Member since Nov 2007
18886 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 10:04 am to
Why would one want to end ranked choice?
Posted by Wolfwireless
Member since Aug 2024
5243 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 10:41 am to
I hope it goes well for them. And the other states fighting to repeal or block RCV from their borders.
RCV is a blight on the voting system.
Missouri outlawed it the same year we elected 47.
ballotpedia
Posted by Wolfwireless
Member since Aug 2024
5243 posts
Posted on 8/9/26 at 10:48 am to
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Why would one want to end ranked choice?

RCV varies from state to state. But one of the common factors is that in RCV you have to put a vote in for every candidate in the list. Rating them from highest to lowest of which ones you want.
And many voters don't realize that if they don't do that, and only vote for the candidate they want then their vote doesn't count!
It's a system that is intended to convolute, skew, and confuse the voting process.
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