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Alaska's new system of ranked choice voting goes up for potential repeal on the November

ballot, as the state's U.S. House race becomes another argument that this

voting reform is not working as its advocates intended. Plus the

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigns jockey over the mute button at their debate scheduled in two weeks.

And will Trump's hedging on abortion give pause to Republicans who call themselves pro-life?

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Kim Strassal, and editorial board member

Manay Uquay Berua.

Alaskans adopted a top four rank choice voting system in a

2020 referendum but it's been used in two US House races so far including

last week's primary.

And, Kim, I wonder if either of these results

is what reformers intended or imagined would happen.

And as a reminder, here's the way the system is supposed to work. There is an open primary with all the

candidates who want to run for this house seat on the ballot. Voters get to choose one.

And then the top four finishers in that go on to the general election with a ranked choice voting ballot.

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