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Alaska ballot · Nov. 3, 2026Checked Oct. 20, 2026

2 statewide measures on the ballot.

Two statewide measures are on Alaska's Nov. 3, 2026 general election ballot, both citizen initiatives that would change state law (Alaska's initiative can propose statutes only, not constitutional amendments): Ballot Measure No. 2 (petition 24ESEG), which would repeal the open top-four primary and ranked-choice general elections and several 2020 campaign finance rules, and Ballot Measure No. 3 (petition 25USCV), on voter qualification. Each is placed on the Nov. 3 ballot by the Lieutenant Governor's notices of the required public hearings (Alaska Online Public Notices), which also carry the ballot titles and summaries, the measures' text and the statements of costs used here. No legislatively referred constitutional amendment and no constitutional convention question appears in any record found (the constitution asks the convention question at ten-year intervals, art. XIII sec. 3). A third initiative, Ballot Measure No. 1 (petition 23RCF2, campaign contribution limits), was on the Aug. 18, 2026 primary ballot, not the general; the official primary results (read, not saved) show 117,962 yes and 45,418 no. The Division of Elections' own ballot-measure page and its Official Election Pamphlet could not be read from the workspace (certificate error to curl; the pamphlet PDFs are closed to automated reading), so the official text comes from the documents the Lieutenant Governor's office posted. The summaries labeled 'ours' are SignalData's own words.

Ballot Measure No. 2 · Citizen initiative (statute), petition 24ESEG

An Act Restoring Political Party Primaries, Ending Ranked-Choice General Elections, and Repealing Recent Campaign Finance Laws

The measure would end Alaska's single open primary and ranked-choice general election and bring back party primaries, with the most votes winning in a general election where each voter marks one choice. It would also repeal campaign finance rules added by the 2020 ballot measure, including limits on donations to joint governor and lieutenant governor campaigns and the disclosure of the true original source of large political contributions. Note on the official summary below: it is the state's proposed wording of Mar. 11, 2026, before the Alaska Supreme Court's Aug. 27 order; the updated wording the Department of Law sent on Aug. 28 adds one sentence saying that candidates for governor and lieutenant governor would run separately in party primaries and together in the general election.

Passes with: a majority of the votes cast on the proposition (Alaska Const. art. XI, sec. 6).

Official ballot summary (the state’s text)

This act would get rid of open primary elections, where all candidates appear on one ballot. It would also get rid of ranked-choice general elections. It would bring back political party primaries and single-choice general elections. It would also repeal certain campaign finance rules that were added by a 2020 ballot measure. Elections would occur as they did before open primaries and ranked choice voting. In the primary election, voters would choose a party’s ballot, unless prohibited by the party’s bylaws. They would only vote for candidates on that ballot. The winning candidate from each primary would be the party’s nominee. In the general election, voters would vote for only one candidate in each race. The candidate with the most votes would win. Party petitions, special runoff elections, and other processes would return. This act would also repeal campaign finance rules that were passed in 2020. It would remove the limits on donations to joint campaigns for governor and lieutenant governor. It would remove limits and disclosure rules under current law, including for digital ads, out-of-state donations, undisclosed donations, and the true source of donations. It would change the meaning of a campaign expenditure and remove some fines. Should this initiative become law?

Committees for and against

  • Support: Repeal Now · raised $2,278,355.62 through Oct. 2, 2026 (state filings)
  • Support: Real Repeal · raised $743.35 through Oct. 2, 2026 (state filings)
  • Oppose: No on 2 · raised $8,548,701.03 through Oct. 2, 2026 (state filings)

Court challenges

  • Catherine Giessel et al. v. State of Alaska and Repeal Now, No. S-19922 (consolidated with Repeal Now v. State of Alaska, et al., No. S-19931), Alaska Supreme Court, on appeal from Anchorage Superior Court Nos. 3AN-26-04988CI and 3AN-26-05702CI (Judge Laura Hartz, judgment June 15, 2026): Both sides challenged the wording of the ballot summary. Oral argument Aug. 25, 2026; the court issued an order affirming in part and reversing in part on Aug. 27, 2026, and as reported it required one addition to the summary (that governor and lieutenant governor candidates would run separately in the primary). The Department of Law's updated language of Aug. 28, 2026 adds one sentence to that effect. The docket lists the case as 'Ripe for Decision' with no opinion yet, and an order on a motion for attorney's fees on Sept. 24, 2026. The order's text was not opened. Alaska Appellate Courts Case Management System, S19922 Catherine Giessel et al. v. State of Alaska and Repeal Now: case summary and docket

Sources: Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Alaska Online Public Notices: '2026 General Election - Ballot Measure No. 2 - 24ESEG - Initiative Hearings' (published July 16, 2026), with attachments '24ESEG - the bill', '24ESEG - Ballot Title - notice to update 2026.03.11' and '24ESEG - AGO No. 2025200007 - 2026.03.11'; Full text.

Ballot Measure No. 3 · Citizen initiative (statute), petition 25USCV ('United States Citizens Voter Act' in the hearing notice)

An Act Addressing Voter Qualification

The measure would reword Alaska's law on who may vote so that it says only U.S. citizens who meet the other requirements may vote. The state's official summary says it would not change the requirements to vote, since citizenship is already one of them.

Passes with: a majority of the votes cast on the proposition (Alaska Const. art. XI, sec. 6).

Official ballot summary (the state’s text)

Alaska law requires that someone must be a United States citizen and meet other requirements to vote. This act would specify that only those who are United States citizens and meet the other requirements may vote. This act would not change the requirements to vote. Should this initiative become law?

Official fiscal summary

25USCV - Statement of Costs. Agency Cost Summary: Office of the Lieutenant Governor $15,000; Office of the Lieutenant Governor – Division of Elections $99,050; TOTAL $114,050.

Committees for and against

Sources: Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Alaska Online Public Notices: '2026 General Election - Ballot Measure No. 3 - 25USCV - Initiative Hearings' (published July 16, 2026), with attachments '25USCV - The Bill', '25USCV - Ballot Title & Summary', '25USCV - Statement-of-Costs' and '25USCV - Ballot Measure Application Review'; Full text.

What is not here yet

  • The Division of Elections' ballot-measure page, Official Election Pamphlet and sample ballots could not be read: elections.alaska.gov refuses curl from the workspace (its server sends the wrong intermediate certificate) and its PDFs are closed to WebFetch by robots rules. The Division's petitions page, read with WebFetch, still showed the petitions' earlier status and no 2026 general-election measures.
  • Ballot Measure No. 2: the final ballot summary is not reproduced. The official text shown is the Department of Law's Mar. 11, 2026 proposal, made before the Supreme Court's Aug. 27, 2026 order, and is labeled as such. The Department of Law's Aug. 28, 2026 letter with the updated language (https://www.elections.alaska.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AGO-No.-2025200007-24ESEG-updated-language-8.28.pdf) was read online by the verifier but could not be saved; it says one sentence was added (223 words in all) and places it after 'Party petitions, special runoff elections, and other processes would return.', but the full sentence could not be read word for word. The Division's Aug. 28 notice (24ESEG-Ballot-Language-Notice-to-Update-2026.08.28_Redacted.pdf) is a scanned image, and the Official Election Pamphlet and sample ballots are closed to automated reading. Not yet checked against the printed ballot.
  • The Supreme Court's Aug. 27, 2026 order in S-19922 was not opened (the court's docket lists it; the copy linked by the Alaska Beacon on DocumentCloud refused the workspace). Its effect is described from the docket entry and credited reporting.
  • The bills ('24ESEG - the bill', '25USCV - The Bill_') and the 24ESEG Attorney General opinion are scanned images without a text layer; they are saved and linked but their text was not extracted. The 24ESEG statement of costs attachment returned HTTP 403 and was not saved.
  • Committees: APOC's group registration list does not show the measure a group supports or opposes, so groups were found by reading the registration forms of ballot-proposition and initiative groups whose names suggested these measures; a group with an unrelated name could be missed. Independent expenditure groups and entities spending on the measures were not reviewed. No APOC committee ID is shown on the listing; apoc_form_id is the registration form number. Money raised and spent is Layer 3 and is not here.
  • Court challenges: only the appellate court's list of most-requested cases and news searches were checked; no challenge to Ballot Measure No. 3 was found (not exhaustively checked). Trial-court records (CourtView) were not opened.

Gaps in the ballot records as of the date checked.