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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSarah Palin came all the way to CPAC to campaign against the election system that cost her Alaska's
House seatNATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland Among the far-right conservative influencers, politicians, and personalities at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this year was former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the one-time Republican vice-presidential candidate who recently lost a House race to Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola.
Palin, despite her lasting impact on American politics, did not have a formal speaking slot at the conference.
But she could be seen wandering the halls on Thursday, pausing for selfies and taking time to speak at media booths set up along the sides of the main conference hall.
As it turned out, Palin had traveled all the way to the conference to help promote a nascent effort in Alaska to repeal the state's ranked-choice voting system, which was first used for federal elections last year.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sarah-palin-came-all-the-way-to-cpac-to-campaign-against-the-election-system-that-cost-her-alaska-s-house-seat/ar-AA18caZp
You're lobbying in the wrong place Sarah. Idiot!
Cha
(297,877 posts)Was it only the Rank Choice that made Palin another Loser?
OAITW r.2.0
(24,694 posts)With RCV, they lose.
riversedge
(70,370 posts)Looks like she has some support in Congress [per the article]
..........Conservatives in Washington have begun mobilizing against ranked-choice voting as well, with Republicans in Congress criticizing the system.
As recently as January, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy trashed the system during a podcast appearance with Donald Trump Jr.
"Someone could get the most votes, and not win!" said McCarthy. "So if you come in 3rd, you win. What? 'I got a lot of second votes, I got a lot of 3rd vote what does that mean?'"
At CPAC, just steps away from Alaskans for Honest Elections' booth, another group opposed to ranked-choice voting, "StopRCV.com" had set up its own table complete with sunglasses, stickers, stress balls, and literature to hand out to curious CPAC attendees.
Backed by Heritage Action and Save our States a group dedicated to defending the legitimacy of the Electoral College StopRCV is an effort to educate conservatives about the "dangers" of ranked-choice voting.