Elon Musk is directing significant financial resources toward an Alaska ballot measure that would repeal the state's ranked-choice voting system, according to the Anchorage Daily News.

Musk has contributed $1.5 million in support of Alaska's Ballot Measure 2, which will appear on the state's November ballot. The measure seeks to repeal ranked-choice voting, open primaries, and certain campaign finance disclosure laws — all of which were approved by Alaska voters in 2020. If passed, the initiative would revert the state to a closed partisan primary system and a traditional pick-one general election. Alaska is one of only a handful of states — alongside Maine — to have adopted ranked-choice voting statewide, and its 2020 initiative narrowly passed with roughly 50.5% of the vote.

Musk has previously stated his intention to spend $100 million across midterm states this year, a plan that has drawn criticism from election reform advocates. His involvement in Alaska comes amid a broader national debate over ranked-choice voting: while several cities including New York and San Francisco have adopted versions of the system, a number of states including Florida, Tennessee, and Montana have enacted legislation to prohibit it.

According to a state report reviewed by the Anchorage Daily News, Musk's donation was directed to the Aurora Action Network, a Wisconsin-based political action committee working to overturn the voting laws enacted by Alaska voters in 2020. The Aurora Action Network has also received contributions from prominent conservative megadonors including Dick Uihlein, Jeff Yass, Timothy Mellon, and Jeffery Hildebrand.

"It's hard to even put into words the gratitude that we feel that these titans of industry would show interest in our small state," said Judy Eledge, chair of the group leading the repeal campaign, in a statement.

The Anchorage Daily News reported that Musk's $1.5 million contribution represents a "sizable" share of the repeal effort's fundraising to date and "could prove pivotal for the future of Alaska's elections." However, the group opposing the ballot measure currently holds the cash advantage.

Among the provisions targeted by Ballot Measure 2 are campaign finance laws that require disclosure when large donors contribute to state-level campaigns — the same transparency rules that made Musk's donation visible to the public.

Alaska's current election system was first used in 2022. In that cycle, Democrat Mary Peltola won the state's at-large House seat — the first Democrat to do so in nearly five decades — and Sen. Lisa Murkowski was reelected under the open-primary and ranked-choice format. Some Republican strategists have argued that the system disadvantage conservative candidates by allowing moderates and Democrats to consolidate votes in later ranking rounds.

Alaska is expected to be a competitive battleground in the upcoming midterms. Democrats are targeting Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in an effort to flip his Senate seat. Meanwhile, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska's senior Republican senator, has a history of breaking ranks with the GOP and opposing former President Donald Trump.