On March 11, Alaska Representative Ivy Spohnholz (D-Anchorage) introduced HB 90. It eases the number of registrations needed for a group to be a qualified political party, to exactly 5,000. Currently the registration test is 3% of the last vote cast, which is now 8,358. The only qualified parties in Alaska currently are Republican, Democratic, and Alaskan Independence. Although the Alaskan Independence Party has many registered members, it did not have any nominees in 2018.
If HB 90 is signed into law, the Libertarian Party would regain its qualified status, and it would be easier for the Green Party to also regain its status, and for the Constitution Party to become qualified for the first time in Alaska.
If Alaska enacted Top 2, they could do away with party qualification and all its attendant shenanigans.
NO primaries.
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PR and AppV – pending Condorcet
Yes, Top Two would shut out alternative parties from the general election more effectively than party qualification rules do.