The order mandates ballots to be received by Election Day and requires proof of citizenship for registering to vote in federal elections.
Initial returns in Anchorage’s municipal elections show the Assembly’s majority will remain in place. Two incumbents on the Anchorage School Board are ahead of challengers. And most of this year’s bonds and tax levies are on track to pass, if early results hold.
Four new faces are set to join the Anchorage Assembly according to initial election results Tuesday night. With 39,142 ballots counted, Yarrow Silvers, Erin Baldwin Day and Keith McCormick are the leading candidates to represent East, Midtown and South Anchorage respectively, while Jared Goecker is poised to represent Eagle River/Chugiak.
Currently, Alaska election rules allow unlimited campaign contributions from any individual during all state/federal elections. Alaska House Bill 16 proposes to limit any individual contribution ...
An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday to change the way elections are administered clashes with several of Alaska's voting laws. Trump's order, which is likely to face legal challenges,
Alaska’s elections may see a drastic shakeup under an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday requiring all federal election ballots to be received by Election Day ...
Too many of the weather buoys floating in the waters off Alaska are out of service and the federal government should devote more resources to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the interest of marine safety,
Arthur Heckman Sr. was sentenced in Bethel Superior Court to five years of probation for violations of state election laws in 2022 and 2023, while an outcome is expected soon for city clerk Ruthie Borromeo for her role.
The residents of Sitka in Alaska are set to vote on imposing a limit on the daily number of cruise passengers arriving in the town. According to a report by KTOO, enough signatures were collected to put a cruise limit ballot in a special election set for this spring.
In a rebuke of President Donald Trump, the Alaska House on Monday adopted a resolution opposing the imposition of tariffs on Canada. Supporters of the resolution — which has no binding powers — say it will signal Alaska's commitment to its relationship with Canada,
The move seemed directly targeted at mail-in heavy states from California to Alaska. Across the country, states have wide latitude to administer elections differently — but none allow votes to ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An executive order signed by President Donald Trump this week to change the way elections are administered clashes with several of Alaska’s voting laws. Trump’s order ...