Ripe for manipulation: Alaska’s ‘jungle primary’ is a chaotic mess
Alaska’s current primary voting system creates political mayhem. Mail-in and early voting is already underway for the Aug. 20 primary, but in the end, nearly every candidate vying for state office will make it onto the general ballot no matter how few
Voter fraud: Mat-Su Democrat convicted of perjury, voter misconduct in 2022 election
A Wasilla man, who visited multiple polling locations to get ballots in the 2022 Mat-Su Borough elections, has been convicted of perjury and voter misconduct in the first
Alaska’s ranked-choice primaries are a mostly pointless waste of time and money
In November, Alaska have a chance to do away with the state’s controversial and often pointless ranked-choice voting system, which was narrowly approved by voters back in 2020. In addition to discarding the traditional voting system, in which each voter
TONIGHT: Fairbanks call to action – Assembly wants to implement Vote-By-Mail
This Thursday, July 25, at 6 p.m. the Fairbanks Borough Assembly is set to vote on a resolution that directs the clerk’s office to explore implementing vote by mail elections across the borough. Assemblywoman Savannah Fletcher introduced this resolution,
Ruling expected soon to decide whether Alaskans can vote to repeal ranked-choice voting
Earlier this month a Superior Court trial wrapped up in a key case that may well decide whether Alaskans get a shot at repealing the state’s highly controversial ranked choice voting
Rep. Peltola goes fishing, skips vote to prohibit illegals from voting
While the House of Representatives was busy passing a bill to ensure that only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections, Rep. Mary Peltola was thousands of miles away, fishing with friends and family in
Alaska Ranked-choice foes win 1st round in case seeking to block repeal question from Nov. ballot
Alaska Superior Court Judge Christina Rankin rejected claims that Alaska’s Division of Elections violated statues and regulations in certifying a ballot measure that seeks to repeal the state’s controversiial ranked-choice voting system, which did away
AK lawmakers to vote on Lt. Gov. successor, 81 appointees to key boards, commissions
Among the dozens of appointees, those tapped to serve on the State Board of Education have drawn heightened interest, due to the fact that this body would be responsible for developing regulations to govern the state’s homeschool allotment program for the
Alaska ballot petitions in the works to mandate hand counting, in-person voting
Phil Izon, who spearheaded a grassroots effort of volunteers in successfully gathering enough signatures to ensure that Alaskans have an opportunity to repeal ranked choice voting this coming November, has written two other petitions that would drastically
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