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The Alaskan’s defeat is about more than a voting system. It shows how intraparty savagery is hurting the GOP.

It’s not the fault of ranked-choice voting that a majority of Alaskans didn’t want Sarah Palin to represent them in Congress.

With Nevada’s voters soon to weigh in on the idea of ranked-choice voting, Alaska’s recent experimentation with the method offers some real-world lessons for political parties.

For three years, Rank My Vote Florida has led a grassroots initiative to bring ranked choice voting to Florida.

Missouri organizers, who tried and failed to get a ranked-choice system on the ballot this year, should keep trying.

Consensus-building localities like Fredericksburg, Stafford, and Spotsylvania seeking more independent, Democrat, or Republican participation should use ranked choice voting.

If approved, Nevada Question 3 would change two fundamental ways how elections are conducted in Nevada.

Mary Peltola won by appealing to Alaskan interests and the electorate’s independent streak. But Alaska’s new voting system played a big role, too.

Republicans are fuming about ranked choice and “jungle” primary voting systems after Democrat Mary Peltola won a special House election in Alaska over former Gov. Sarah Palin (R) and Republican Nick Begich.

Better Ballot Iowa, a non-partisan group looking at election reform, is now focusing primarily on ranked choice voting.