Voters deserve transparency 

ANCHORAGE— Alaskans took action today to ensure that the ballot question seeking to repeal Alaska’s election system is impartial and accurately describes what Alaskans are voting on. Plaintiffs, Cathy Giessel, Joelle Hall, and Waahlaal Gidaag Blake, filed a complaint today in Superior Court to require that the ballot language be truthful and free from partisan persuasion. 

“Voters deserve transparency in elections. The language explaining what they’re voting on must be simple, complete, and impartial,” said Cathy Giessel.  “Alaska has uniquely strong dark money disclosure laws that ensure voters know who is spending money on political campaigns, and yet the current ballot language fails even to mention it would repeal these laws, along with open primaries and ranked choice voting.