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Alaska’s ranked-choice voting means a felon and 2 candidates with the same name will be on November ballot

nglobix@gmail.com4 days ago03 mins

Washington — Alaska’s House and Senate contests are set for November’s general election, after the results in the state’s nonpartisan top-four primary put fringe candidates on the ballot, including one who shares the same name as the incumbent and a felon serving a 20-year prison sentence in New York. CBS News projected that GOP Sen….

Kalshi debuts a midterm election hub that relies on real-money bets to forecast race outcomes

nglobix@gmail.com2 months ago02 mins

Kalshi, one of the leading prediction markets, is starting a midterm election hub that offers real-time forecasts driven by wagers predicting race outcomes. The hub displays election outcome forecasts, polling, fundraising statistics and historical election data, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. Kalshi bills the hub as a “one-stop-shop for state and federal election…