A handful of Republicans are decrying the system of ranked-choice voting after Democrat Mary Peltola eked out a victory over two GOP candidates to win the special election for Alaska’s at-large House seat, securing a historic win for Democrats.
Several members of the GOP have denounced the voting system as rigged, arguing that the majority of the state wanted a Republican representative but had their vote split between two candidates — handing Peltola the win. Peltola’s victory is a significant pickup for the party, marking the first time Democrats have won an Alaska House race in 50 years.“Ranked-choice voting is a scam to rig elections,” Sen. Tom Cotton said in a tweet.
If no candidate surpasses the 50%-threshold after the first round of tabulating, election officials eliminate the candidate with the least number of first-preference votes and begin counting second-preference votes. The process continues until a candidate receives the majority vote. As a result, Peltola, the lone Democrat, was able to defeat her Republican challengers, including Trump-backed Sarah Palin, who called the system “crazy, convoluted, confusing.”
Other conservatives criticized the system as a way for Democrats to rig the elections in their favor.
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