Alaska still has many postal ballots to count, and as of the evening of November 12, the vote is virtually tied. See the results here. The postal ballots have been much more favorable to Measure Two than the other ballots.

The measure makes it likely that minor party candidates will never qualify for the November ballot for Governor, U.S. Senator, or U.S. House. But it makes it easier for members of unqualified parties to get on the ballot for the legislature, because generally in legislative races there are only two or three candidates who file in the primary. And no one will need a petition to get on the primary ballot.

The measure also institutes ranked choice voting in the general election, but not the primary. The ranked choice voting in the general election extends to the presidential race.

In the 2020 election there were 36 individuals who were on a ballot as a presidential candidate. Among those, the candidate who placed last is Zac Scalf, who was only on in Vermont and who received twenty-nine votes. Here is a Reason Magazine interview with Scalf.

Scalf claims to be surprised that anyone voted for him. The interviewer did not point out that he could not have got on the ballot without submitting the names of three Vermont residents who were his candidates for presidential elector. It is likely that the three individuals voted for Scalf, and probably some of the friends of the three elector candidates heard about Scalf and also voted for him.

Texas has already canvassed most of the write-in votes for presidential declared write-in candidates. See the state’s election returns here.

Texas write-ins for president, for the declared candidates, are generally bigger than such write-ins in other states. That is because the names of the write-in declared candidates are conspicuous at the polling places. Brian Carroll of the American Solidarity Party already has over 1,200.