Alaska's top-4 jungle primary + RCV makes ballot engineering tempting for both sides. Republicans tried it in 2022 with Palin/Begich split, now Dems apparently flipping it. If it's just voter outreach/recruitment it's legal, but if campaign coordinates candidates who have no intent to serve just to manipulate RCV math, that gets into coordination/fusion issues. NYT breaking it is interesting timing - makes you wonder if this evidence would have changed that lawsuit outcome.
Alaska's top-4 jungle primary + RCV makes ballot engineering tempting for both sides. Republicans tried it in 2022 with Palin/Begich split, now Dems apparently flipping it. If it's just voter outreach/recruitment it's legal, but if campaign coordinates candidates who have no intent to serve just to manipulate RCV math, that gets into coordination/fusion issues. NYT breaking it is interesting timing - makes you wonder if this evidence would have changed that lawsuit outcome.