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Ballot Measure 2 Offers a Better Path for Rural Alaska

By Abel Hopson-Suvlu, House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, Mayor Mamie Pardue, Reid Magdanz, Rep. John Lincoln, Sen. Albert Kookesh, Sen. Georgianna Lincoln, Sen. Lyman Hoffman on Oct 22, 2020   Op/Ed and the Editor  

Ballot Measure 2 Offers a Better Path for Rural Alaska

  This November 3rd, we urge rural Alaskans to vote YES on Ballot Measure 2. Our current election system of closed primaries and uncompetitive general elections does a disservice to rural Alaskans. Ballot Measure 2 offers a better path forward. First, we’ve seen increased polarization and gridlock in Juneau in recent years, driven in part […]

Dear Friends and Alaska Neighbors

By Les Gara on Oct 18, 2020   Op/Ed and the Editor  

Dear Friends and Alaska Neighbors

  Dear Friends and Alaska Neighbors:   We don’t have to accept Governor Dunleavy’s decision to oppose needed revenue to run our state. He has been clear that he wants to keep cutting schools and the things that matter to our future. We can take that decision away from him on the November ballot. Here’s […]

OP/ED: Ballot Measure Two

By Defend Alaska Elections on Oct 7, 2020   Op/Ed and the Editor  

OP/ED: Ballot Measure Two

  This election season, we are strongly urging our fellow Alaskans to VOTE NO ON BALLOT MEASURE 2. This initiative would get rid of our simple one person, one vote system and replace it with a 25-page mess written and funded by billionaires in the Lower-48.  Ballot Measure 2 did not come from folks in […]

Court Rules Alaska Witness Signature Requirement for Absentee Ballots is Unconstitutional During COVID-19 Pandemic

By Megan Edge | Alaska ACLU on Oct 5, 2020   Featured, State  

Court Rules Alaska Witness Signature Requirement for Absentee Ballots is Unconstitutional During COVID-19 Pandemic

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska court has ruled that the witness requirement for absentee ballots is unconstitutional during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parties in this case are working now to determine how the Election Division can alert voters about any subsequent changes. The lawsuit was filed by the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), American Civil […]

Southeast Alaskans Are Showing Support for Ballot Measure 2

By Melissa Blair | Alaskans for Better Elections on Sep 11, 2020   Featured, Politics, Southeast Alaska, State  

Southeast Alaskans Are Showing Support for Ballot Measure 2

  ANCHORAGE – Alaskans from Skagway to Ketchikan met online Thursday with Yes on 2 for Better Elections campaign staff and regional leaders to discuss how Ballot Measure 2 will improve Alaska’s election process and create less partisan divide among elected officials.  More than 40 people participated in the Southeast Meet & Greet event to address the increasing […]

Ballot Measure 1 Scores Another Victory as Supreme Court Rejects Signature Lawsuit

By Robin Brena | Vote Yes on Sep 2, 2020   Featured, Politics, State  

Ballot Measure 1 Scores Another Victory as Supreme Court Rejects Signature Lawsuit

  Monday backers of Ballot Measure 1, Alaska’s Fair Share Act, scored their second courtroom victory in a week as the Alaska Supreme Court affirmed an earlier Superior Court ruling upholding the fundamental constitutional rights of Alaskans to vote on Ballot Measure 1 this November.   An industry group funded by the international oil producers […]

Supreme Court Upholds Ruling to Correct Ballot Measure 1 Summary

By Alaska's Fair Share on Aug 27, 2020   Featured, North Slope/Northwest Alaska, State  

Supreme Court Upholds Ruling to Correct Ballot Measure 1 Summary

  Wednesday the Alaska Supreme Court upheld Superior Court Judge William F. Morse’s ruling ordering Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer (R-Anchorage) to correct the ballot summary for Ballot Measure 1, Alaska’s Fair Share Act, as requested by initiative sponsors. In a two page order, the court rejected Meyer’s appeal. The court will issue a longer decision […]

‘This Is a Flashing Red Light’: Trump Triggers Alarm With Another Baseless Attack on Mail-In Voting

By Jessica Corbett | Common Dreams on Jul 21, 2020   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

‘This Is a Flashing Red Light’: Trump Triggers Alarm With Another Baseless Attack on Mail-In Voting

  “It is #VoterSuppression during the #Covid19 pandemic.” Voting rights advocates, political commentators, and elected officials expressed alarm Tuesday after President Donald Trump used Twitter to continue his monthslong baseless attack on the security of mail-in voting with just over a hundred days before the November general election, when he is expected to face off against presumptive […]

Alaska Supreme Court Rules Better Elections Initiative is Constitutional

By Alaskans for Better Elections on Jun 13, 2020   Featured, Politics, State  

Alaska Supreme Court Rules Better Elections Initiative is Constitutional

  Ballot Measure 2 will appear before voters in November ANCHORAGE (Friday, June 12, 2020) – Ballot Measure 2 has been cleared to appear on the November ballot after the Alaska Supreme Court today ruled unanimously that the initiative meets all constitutional requirements. The initiative would give more voice, choice, and power to Alaska voters […]

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