2012 Municipal Election

Municipal Election

Potentially uncounted ballots from municipal election found

As if there weren't enough problems already with the April municipal election, city officials said Friday they discovered a cache of 141 "potentially" uncounted ballots.

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MUNICIPAL ELECTION

Report blames city ballot woes on inexperience and neglect

The Anchorage city clerk's office relied on an inexperienced election manager to run the April 3 election, didn't send enough ballots to polling places and failed to realize the problem when inevitable shortages began, a new report says.
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Mayor Sullivan sworn in for 2nd term by video from Hawaii

A vacationing Mayor Dan Sullivan took the oath of office Monday in Hawaii via live video link between Anchorage City Hall and a lawyer's office in Honolulu.
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City clerk resigns in election aftermath

Anchorage City Clerk Barbara Gruenstein, who oversaw the troubled April 3 election, has resigned effective at the end of June, Assembly Chairman Ernie Hall announcement today.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION

Deputy city clerk fired in Anchorage election aftermath

Anchorage Assembly chairman Ernie Hall fired a key planner in the troubled April 3 election Wednesday, though the city clerk responsible for overseeing the election remains on the job.
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Retired judge will investigate troubled Anchorage election

The Anchorage Assembly voted Tuesday to pay former Superior Court Judge Daniel Hensley up to $35,000 to conduct a monthlong investigation into the sloppy April 3 city election.
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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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Assembly chair hires law firm to look into election woes

Assembly chairman Ernie Hall has hired an Anchorage law firm to provide legal advice about certifying the troubled April 3 election, the city clerk said
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Voters, poll workers detail spring election problems

From long waits due to ballot shortages to broken seals on voting machines, frustrated voters and poll workers Saturday detailed the problems they witnessed in the snarled spring election.
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City finishes counting ballots; outcomes remain the same

The city completed a tally of votes in the April 3 city election Friday with absentee and questioned ballots added in, and the results showed a higher than normal turnout -- 36 percent, compared to 30 percent in the last mayor's race in 2009.
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Assembly chairman calls for hiring of election investigator

Anchorage Assembly Chairman Ernie Hall said Thursday he will hire a retired judge to conduct a special investigation into what went wrong with the municipal election April 3, when about 40 percent of precincts ran short of ballots.