House State Affairs hears expert testimony on vote-by-mail procedures JUNEAU – The House State Affairs Committee held a hearing earlier this week on vote-by-mail elections in response to a provision included in Senate Bill 241 – an Alaska COVID-19 Emergency Relief Bill – that allows the lieutenant governor to conduct elections by mail during […]
“We’ve pleaded with the White House to help. Donald Trump personally directed his staff not to do so.” The U.S. Postal Service warned Congress this week that it will completely “run out of cash” in the next several months without immediate action from the White House and Congress, but—with as many as 630,000 jobs at risk—President […]
President Donald Trump Tuesday evening attacked voting by mail—a solution many rights advocates argue is particularly necessary amid the ongoing public health crisis—as a “terrible thing” even after admitting that he cast a mail-in ballot in the 2020 Republican presidential primary in Florida (presumably for himself) just last month. “Mail-in voting is horrible. It’s corrupt,” Trump said […]
An off-duty Soldotna-based trooper uncovered a massive mail theft operation by two Anchorage individuals last Thursday after observing two Anchorage persons tampering with mailboxes in the Soldotna area AST reported on Sunday. The off-duty officer made contact with 33-year-old Earnest Linton and 29-year-old Shannon Calvo, both of Anchorage, in their vehicle at 2:44 am […]