On July 29, an Alaska state trial court upheld the top-four initiative passed by the voters in 2020. Kohlhaas v State, 3AN-20-9532. The 20-page decision did not even mention the strongest precedent against the system, Green Party of Alaska v State. In the Green Party case, the State Supreme Court ruled that the Alaska constitution gives more protection for freedom of association for political parties than the U.S. Constitution does. The Green Party decision said that if the Green Party and the Republican Moderate Party wanted to jointly participate in a blanket primary, they may do that, even though the legislature had abolished the blanket primary.
In the top-four case, the Alaskan Independence Party had said that it doesn’t want to participate in the top-four system, but the judge ruled that it must.
Alaska took the top-two primary system, and actually found a way to make it worse. It’s entirely possible that all four nominees could be from the two major parties only.
PUBLIC ELECTORS / OFFICES / NOMINATIONS / ELECTIONS.
PARTY GANGS AIN’T INDEPENDENT EMPIRES.
NOOOO primaries.
———
PR
APPV
TOTSOP
Are they going to appeal?
See the 2D / 2R in various gerrymander areas via CA top 2 primary ROT.
>>> more voters NOT voting [about 5-10 pct] — NOOO lesser of 2 evils.
—-
NOOO primaries.
PR
APPV
TOTSOP
The Alaska voting system is no good, the ranked choice voting in single-winner election districts being an uncompetitive one-party voting system.
The only perfect way is the Hagenbach-Bishoff Method, the Sainte-Lague parliament seat distribution system, Droop and Hare Quotas.
For decision-items the new 1Ogle Method is the best.
Nominations for “World Prez and Vice Prez” are going on now.
Paper ballots only (signature required).
Two Senators from every state and country, at-large using Droop Quota, and all seats get elected simultaneously!
Electing the 2nd Los Angeles County Mini-state on August 5th.
http://Www.usparliament.org/ss11-9.php
I like the Alaska system.
There is no constitutional requirement that segregated partisan nominating primaries be held, or that political organizations be given the privilege of having their nominees be placed on the ballot.
The Alaska Green Party decision was after Alaska had dropped the blanket primary.
Jim Riley, good point.
SEE OLDE W-H-I-T-E PRIMARY – IN MANY EX-SLAVE DONKEY STATES
I’m for it.
See the SCOTUS opins —
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_primary
Top four FTW!
“There is no constitutional requirement that segregated partisan nominating primaries be held…”
That is true. No state or party is required to have a primary
“…or that political organizations be given the privilege of having their nominees be placed on the ballot.”
That is NOT true. The Supreme Court has ruled that parties are private associations entitled to nominating their own candidates in their own way, and placing them on the ballot if they qualify for ballot status.
No government printed ballot,no primaries except if a party pays for and administers their own,no problem.