Stop RCV

📣Alaskans Speak about why they want to STOP🛑 ranked-choice voting! Vote YES to end the MESS--vote YES on 2!

Ranked-choice voting makes election auditing nearly impossible.

Ranked-choice voting makes election auditing nearly impossible.

A Satirical Takedown of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) Using an Ice Cream Truck Analogy This short animated video mocks Ranked Choice Voting by comparing it to a ridiculous, overly complicated ice cream ordering process that delivers unwanted results, delays everything, and leaves everyone unhappy. It’s clearly designed to portray RCV as confusing, inefficient, undemocratic, and harmful to voter engagement, especially in the context of Alaska. Key Scenes & Message: An ice cream vendor cheerfully asks a group of kids (including one holding a cat) for their flavor preferences. They straightforwardly request chocolate, blueberry, strawberry, and rocky road. The vendor then smugly explains the “new system” for selecting ice cream: it “tabulates your state’s choices” in a “very simple system” that takes weeks longer to count. He notes that even though Alaska has a tiny population, it was last in the country for results. Outcome? Everyone gets pistachio, a flavor no one asked for. The kids immediately burst into tears. The vendor concludes: “Rank choice voting is anything but simple.” He adds that in 2022 (Alaska’s first year using RCV), the state had the lowest voter turnout in its history. The animation reinforces the absurdity with a ticking clock (symbolizing delays), shifting weather (from sunny to stormy), and the vendor’s cheerful sales-pitch tone while delivering terrible “results.” Core Negative Arguments Against RCV: Unwanted Outcomes: Just like getting pistachio when no one ordered it, RCV can produce winners voters didn’t actually want as their top choice. Complexity & Confusion: The “simple” system is portrayed as anything but, slow, opaque, and bureaucratic. Delays: Results take far longer (“weeks longer”), even in a low-population state like Alaska. Lower Participation: RCV allegedly depressed turnout in its debut election. False Simplicity: The vendor’s smiling insistence that the complex new system is “great with no flaws” is obvious sarcasm. Overall, the video is a blunt, humorous anti-RCV piece aimed at Alaskans (and others considering it). It uses the relatable frustration of “you didn’t get what you ordered” to argue that Ranked Choice Voting complicates elections, slows results, frustrates voters, and fails to deliver the straightforward democracy it promises. The crying kids serve as the punchline: this system makes people miserable.

Let's make Alaska voting normal again. ✅ YES on 2.