Alaska's Own Ballot Data Shows 60% Never Ranked A Second Choice
Liz Ruskin ran Alaska's raw 2024 cast vote records through an AI analysis that outside researchers confirmed but the state's agency never did.
- Liz Ruskin, an Alaska Public Media reporter, ran the CVR export through an AI-assisted analysis.
- Her count: about 60% of 2024 voters marked only one candidate, ranking no one else.
- Alaska's own tabulation report counts just 7,595 of about 336,000 ballots, 2.3%, as "exhausted."
Why it matters: An agency that reports 2.3% while three in five ballots never ranked a choice is measuring the wrong thing.
Alaska Division of Elections, 2024 General Election Cast Vote Record export ↗ · Sep 12, 20269/12/26