FAIRBANKS RESULTS: Voters limit borough tax powers, but …
Oct 2, 2024 · All qualified absentee and questioned ballots will be counted on October 8, which could also impact several other races. Conservative Borough Assembly Candidate Tammie Wilson was narrowly ahead of Garret Armstrong – 50.7% to 49%, while left-leaning Assembly candidate Kristan Kelly was slightly ahead of conservative Jimi Cash – 50.5% to 49.1%.
More death, fewer babies and out-migration expected to erode …
Dec 2, 2024 · Alaska can look forward to far fewer babies and many more older people over the next quarter century. According to a new report by Alaska’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the agency is predicting its first-ever long-term statewide population decline.. Alaska’s long-term population projections show the state declining from about 737,000 people in 2023 to 723,000 by 2050, a 2 ...
EDITORIAL: Alaska’s one chance to end ranked-choice and avoid a …
Nov 4, 2024 · When Alaskans narrowly approved this controversial voting scheme in 2020, few voters knew exactly how it would play out. In addition to injecting a complicated ranking system into the balloting process, ranked-choice voting eliminated our time-honored party primaries, thereby stripping Alaskans of the right to vet candidates who claim to …
UPDATE: Ranked Choice repeal remains on track to pass
Nov 12, 2024 · You’re confusing two seperate reforms that were put together. Ranked Choice Voting is not the same thing as open primaries. Ranked Choice Voting is simply a form a of instant run-off voting which fixes the spoiler problem so that the final candidate will have a majority of the votes when their are multiple candidates spliting the votes.
Reporting delays fuel frustration over fate of Alaska’s ranked …
Nov 8, 2024 · Three days after the General Election, Alaskans remain in the dark about whether voters successfully repealed the state’s controversial ranked-choice voting system, and whether Nick Begich has defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola.
Fate of Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system hangs in the balance
After counting 246,171 votes, the fate of Alaska’s controversial ranked-choice voting system is still very uncertain. According to the latest update from the Alaska Division of Elections, 50.87% of Alaskans have voted to do away with ranked-choice, while 49.13% voted to keep the new system.
Both Dems and GOP see Begich v. Peltola race as major key to …
Oct 30, 2024 · With all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives up for election this year, the race between Alaska’s Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola and Republican Nick Begich is seen as a key to controlling the People’s House for the next two years.
Alaska Watchman advice on voting for or against 8 Alaska judges
Nov 2, 2024 · On Nov. 5, Alaskans will vote to either retain or remove 19 judges from across the state. Thanks to current state law, these periodic retention elections are the only time residents have any say over who sits on the bench.
‘My faith is not a disorder’ - AK Principal of the Year who was …
Jan 2, 2025 · Good for her! Start with the family and the Judge. No psycho evaluation before that took place. The injection issue is a product of poor decision making on the part of Anchorage Assembly and the idiots who were elected after the assembly allowed that detainment treatment without regard to the rights of any individual or problem set.
RESULTS: Trump wins Alaska, Begich leads Peltola
Nov 6, 2024 · The following results are the unofficial tabulations updated by Alaska’s Division of Elections at 3:13 a.m. on Nov. 6. While most precincts have reported their votes, the numbers will change slighly over the next few days as absentee, questioned and …