Here we are again Alaska.

We still lead the country in proving how voting could work—and our ranked-choice voting system gives independent politics a real fighting chance. A two-party, winner-take-all system ensures that each side has every reason to demonize the other. 

With ranked-choice voting, parties are incentivized to work with each other and cross lines to court independent-thinking and swing voters, not just the base. This matters. In 2022, more than half of Alaskan…