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Alaska’s pre-primary election turnout is down from extraordinary 2022 and 2020 primaries

Elections James Brooks, Alaska Beacon - August 14, 2024

Voter turnout for Alaska's Aug. 20 primary is lower than the past two elections but higher than in 2018 and 2016, the last primaries without extraordinary factors.

Republicans are trying out some weird things in Alaska’s primary election

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton - August 13, 2024

Alaska Republicans are attempting to bypass open primaries and regain influence by installing "fake Democrat" candidates while pressuring Republican candidates to sign withdrawal pledges.

Closed voting centers are just the latest barrier for voters in rural Alaska

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton - August 8, 2024

Voters in rural Alaska have faced longstanding issues around voting, including higher rates of by-mail absentee ballot rejections.

Federal judge orders Mat-Su schools return challenged books to shelves before the start of the school year

Education Matt Acuña Buxton - August 7, 2024

A federal judge has ordered the Mat-Su Borough School District to return all but seven of the 56 books the district removed from shelves last year.

Early and absentee voting is now open for Alaska’s primary election

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton - August 6, 2024

Absentee and early voting started Monday for Alaska’s Aug. 20 primary election.

Murkowski says Trump’s lies about Harris’ Black identity are the latest sign of a troubled campaign

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton - August 1, 2024

On Wednesday, Trump had a spectacular meltdown on the stage of the National Association of Black Journalists.

Progressive challengers lead in key Anchorage-area legislative races

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton - July 31, 2024

Progressive candidates hold big fundraising leads in several key legislative races on this year’s ballot, including several rematches of races narrowly lost to Republicans in 2022.

Effort to repeal Alaska’s open primaries and ranked-choice voting headed to state Supreme Court

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton - July 31, 2024

The controversy-marked effort to repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked-choice voting system is headed to the Alaska Supreme Court.

Murkowski says Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comments are ‘offensive’

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton - July 30, 2024

Other Republican legislators have tried to brush past the comments, and Trump has tried to downplay them as a sign of Vance's strong support for families.

Judicial emergency in Alaska, while Murkowski and Sullivan stick to secrecy

News Dermot Cole - July 30, 2024

A judicial emergency is assumed to exist in “any court with more than one authorized judgeship and only one active judge.”

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Legislators call on Alaska election officials to reverse voter purge that hit new citizens

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