Sad Day for Alaska
Contributed by Sandra St John
It is a sad day in Alaska when DARK MONEY influences our elections. It has influenced it so dramatically in recent history that we not only vote in rank choice voting (RCV) due to the onslaught of ads paid for with said DARK MONEY (that is from outside Alaska) but we THEN DID NOT repeal it.
The repeal attempts this year was long and required getting enough signatures to get it placed on the ballot, DARK MONEY soon flooded into the state 100 – 1 to keep RCV. They were able to flood the ad airwaves for months with ads that stretched the truth to the breaking point while the repeal effort side could only put road signs up. Without the opposing voice on ads people voted based on what they heard.
I wish people would look at where the money comes from at the bottom of the ads, it truly does help people decide whether it is good for Alaska or not.
