I’ve been known to complain about ranked voting advocates who promote IRV for features it doesn’t have, but this form of strategic nomination is one thing IRV does defend against. I’d consider this a dirty trick if they did it here, but all Alaskans have to do is rank the Dans Sullivan consecutively on their ballots (in either order). Then Dan Sullivan can’t be eliminated until he gets re-eliminated after getting votes transferred from the first eliminated Dan Sullivan.
I’ve been known to complain about ranked voting advocates who promote IRV for features it doesn’t have, but this form of strategic nomination is one thing IRV does defend against. I’d consider this a dirty trick if they did it here, but all Alaskans have to do is rank the Dans Sullivan consecutively on their ballots (in either order). Then Dan Sullivan can’t be eliminated until he gets re-eliminated after getting votes transferred from the first eliminated Dan Sullivan.