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Ballot Measure 1 holds its lead as deadline arrives

Ballot Measure 1 was retaining its lead as the deadline approached for counting overseas primary ballots.

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ALASKA-ELECTIONS

Judge's ruling, $5,000 payment to Miller end costly lawsuit

A Superior Court judge has issued a final judgment in the Joe Miller lawsuit stemming from the 2010 U.S. Senate campaign in Alaska, bringing an end to the case.
ALASKA-ELECTIONS

Updated election results show Measure 1 with slim victory

Updated results from last week's Alaska primary election show a ballot measure concerning property taxes passing by a slim margin. Just 284 votes separated the two sides in voting for Ballot Measure 1.
ALASKA-ELECTIONS

Alaska election focus shifts to November

With the primary in the books, and at least two incumbent state senators defeated, the election focus shifted Wednesday to November and the fight for control of the Alaska Senate.
ALASKA-ELECTIONS

Primary election sends Alaskans to the polls

Alaska voters go to the polls today to decide on two ballot propositions and nominate legislative and U.S. House candidates for the November general election. Most of the debate has centered on a ballot measure that would change how projects along Alaska's coastline are regulated.
ALASKA-ELECTIONS

'Vote No on 2' ads fixed after complaint to APOC

The Alaska Public Offices Commission has refused to consider a complaint over campaign ads against the group "Vote No on 2" on an expedited basis.
POLITICS

'Running' discussions airing Monday on KSKA

"Running," a program featuring Southcentral candidates running for the Legislature in the Alaska Primary Election on Aug. 28, will air Monday on KAKM Channel 7 and KSKA FM 91.1.
ALASKA-ELECTIONS

Ballot set for Alaska primary election in August

Wednesday marked the deadline for political party candidates to have their names removed from the Aug. 28 ballot. Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai says there were no withdrawals on deadline day.
ALASKA-ELECTIONS

Fundraising for coastal zone ballot initiative is slow so far

A leader of the coastal management initiative says fundraising so far has been slow
ALASKA-ELECTIONS

Borough asserts its records on Miller weren't confidential

The Fairbanks North Star Borough is denying that its employees released confidential information from former U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller's personnel file.
ALASKA-ELECTIONS

Number of Alaska independent voters up since 2010

The number of registered independent and undeclared voters in Alaska has increased by more than 8,700 in the past two years, the most of any political grouping