1,087 ballots (1.5%) rejected in Anchorage’s April 2 mail-in election, amid declining voter turnout
In 2018, Anchorage moved to a mail-in voting system, claiming it would improve voter turnout. Since then, voter participation in the past three mayoral elections has been 32.8%, only one-tenth of one percentage point higher than the 32.67% from the seven
Public comment welcome as Anchorage Election Commission reviews challenged ballots
Public comment welcome as Anchorage Election Commission reviews challenged
Anchorage election official says nearly 20,000 undeliverable ballots have returned, so far
As of April 2, it appears that nearly 10% of all ballots that were sent out to Anchorage voters for the April 2 citywide election have been returned to election headquarters as “undeliverable ballots.” This number will likely increase over the next few
Election fraud investigator’s 2nd trip to Alaska aims to equip voters to ‘take back’ elections
Following a multi-city swing through Alaska this past December, Dr. Douglas Frank has returned to the 49th state with the goal of equipping Alaskans with the tools needed to restore faith and security in local and statewide
Opinion: Biden, Newsom, Obama… oh, my.
I am not good at making political, sports or personal predictions, but I’ll stick my neck out on this one: Joe Biden will not be running for president this fall. The Left has been ganging up on him. He is a warmed-over cadaver, something conservatives knew
UPDATE: Effort to repeal Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system in limbo until March
The political action group behind the effort to repeal Alaska’s controversial and confusing ranked-choice voting system says it doesn’t expect to know until March whether voters will get a chance to ditch RCV at the upcoming November general
Mat-Su eliminates off-year, low turnout elections, extends mayor and assembly to 4-year terms
An ordinance sponsored by Mat-Su Borough assembly members Rob Yundt and Dee McKee was approved on Jan. 16, eliminating off-year elections and extending the terms served from three to four years, for both borough mayor and all assembly members. This will allow
Nearly 43,000 petition signatures turned in to overturn ranked choice voting
A grassroots movement led by more than 700 Alaskan volunteers has successfully gathered nearly 43,000 signatures, significantly exceeding the required 26,000, to propose the removal of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in
Tshibaka cleared of election violation allegations by pro-ranked choice voting group in Alaska
The Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) ruled in favor of former U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka in allegations made by the pro-ranked choice voting group, Alaskans for Better Elections (ABE), against both her and an organization she leads, Preserve
OPINION: The tale of battling Alaska’s Ranked-Choice Voting Dragon
This is the story of how over 700 Alaskan volunteers, driven by a shared purpose, embarked on a quest to challenge the mighty Ranked Choice Voting
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