is investigating a handful of anti-ranked choice voting organizations after the office accepted a complaint filed by Alaskans For Better Elections., filed July 5 and accepted by the commission’s office on July 11, lists Alaskans for Honest Elections, Alaskans for Honest Government, Wellspring Ministries, Ranked Choice Education Association, Art Mathias, and Phillip Izon as respondents.
Article V of the incorporation document outlined the purpose and mission of the Ranked Choice Education Association as a religious entity as “to promote Christian doctrines”, “establish and oversee places of worship”, and “to evangelize worldwide”. Mathias did not return requests for comment on the acceptance of the complaint by the commission, and Izon declined to speak on the matter.
“APOC has requested information from several of the entities and we have received several responses in response to the questions that we asked,” Lucas said. “Basically, staff has 30 days to investigate the complaint and write up a staff recommendation to the committee.”