Anti-Discrimination ordinance
Assembly certifies election, subject to recount in 15 precincts
The Anchorage Assembly voted 8 to 3 Thursday to finally certify the flawed April 3 city election, subject to the results of a recount of 15 precincts. The election was plagued by ballot shortages at precincts all around town.
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MUNICIPAL ELECTION
Anchorage Assembly postpones certification of election
The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday delayed certification of the election until at least April 24, and West Anchorage Assemblyman Ernie Hall, whose peers voted him the new Assembly chairman Tuesday, said the inquiry into the ballot shortage ought to wait too.
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MUNICIPAL ELECTION
Assembly won't certify city election tonight
The Anchorage Assembly had been expected to certify the troubled city election at tonight's meeting, but two members say that's not going to happen. The Assembly will wait until the Elections Commission makes recommendations for what to do next, they said.
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ANCHORAGE
Precincts run out of election ballots
An "unprecedented number of voters" turned out for Tuesday's municipal election and multiple precincts have run out of ballots in the final hour of voting, according to City Clerk Barbara Gruenstein.
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CITY ELECTION
City votes on mayor, School Board, Prop. 5
After watching an intense few weeks of campaigning unfold, Anchorage voters cast ballots today to decide on a gay-rights initiative, pick who should be mayor, choose three School Board members and say yes or no to $91 million in bonds.
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ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE
Proposition 5 campaign reaches into pews
As Tuesday's vote nears, campaigns for and against Proposition 5 are playing out in the pews and from the pulpits of Anchorage's churches. Both sides of the proposed Anchorage Equal Rights Ordinance have mobilized church leaders and their congregations.
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ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE
Proposition 5 backers raise more money than opponents
Campaign reports filed this week show supporters of Proposition 5, a ballot measure to extend anti-discrimination protections to gay, lesbian and transgender people in Anchorage, are raising far more campaign money than their opponents.
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ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE
Hey, No on 5: How about campaigning on the truth?
The more I follow the Prop. 5 debate, the more I’m convinced facts don’t matter. Opponents want to keep people ignorant and scared. They want to demonize gay people and create suspicions where there should be none.
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ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE
Supporters of Prop. 5 ask opponents to pull broadcast ads
Supporters of a proposed city ordinance to extend anti-discrimination legal protections to gay and transgender peopleare asking an opposition group to pull a campaign ad they call offensive and misleading.
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ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE
Legal experts predict challenges if voters pass Proposition 5
On April 3, Anchorage residents will vote on a proposed ordinance to add "sexual orientation or transgender identity" to the city's anti-discrimination code. Supporters say the ordinance, and the equal protection under law it would guarantee, is overdue. Opponents say Proposition 5 would interfere...
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ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE
Survey indicates sexual-orientation discrimination in Anchorage
Respondents to an advocacy group's new survey of the experiences of gay, lesbian and transgender people in Anchorage reported significant levels of verbal harassment, threats of physical violence and workplace and school harassment, with more than 70 percent saying they had hid their sexual ...
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