City Election

Anchorage city clerk resigns in wake of troubled election

After nine years of overseeing Anchorage elections and serving as the Assembly's right hand in city government, City Clerk Barbara Gruenstein had just announced her resignation Wednesday. Everyone wanted to talk. She had little to say.

Hand recount results in no changes to election results

A hand recount of ballots cast at 15 precincts in the sloppy April 3 city election is complete, resulting in no change to the outcome of the election, the city clerk says.

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.

Retired judge will investigate troubled Anchorage election

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.

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.

Ballot shortage at some polls prompts review of city election

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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

Commission recommends no further inquiry into election

The Anchorage Election Commission said Wednesday it was recommending against hiring an outside investigator to look into the city's chaotic April 3 election even as it found that more precincts had run out of ballots than previously announced.

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More than half of precincts ran short of election ballots

Though a review by the Anchorage Election Commission found that more than half of city precincts ran short on ballots in the April 3 elections, the commission is not recommending a third-party investigation into the election or a new election.

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.

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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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.

Clerk calls for independent review of Anchorage election

Anchorage Assembly members spent two hours Friday grilling the city clerk who oversees local elections, her lieutenant and other city officials in hopes of learning how the April 3 election went so awry.

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Unscanned ballots counted as city investigates shortage

When some Anchorage precincts ran out of ballots on Election Day, frustrated voters were asked to cast substitute ballots. On Thursday, 1,800 of those makeshift ballots were being counted at City Hall even as election officials and city leaders work to untangle just what went wrong April 3.

Photos: Municipal election vote count

And the vote counting continues

Deputy clerk Jacqueline Duke assists election workers during the count of unscanned ballots from the April 3 municipal election at City Hall on Thursday. These are ballots where the voter used a ballot that could not be scanned for counting on election night.

Latest vote count begins in election

Ballot shortfall investigated in 1989 city election (10/5/89)

This article was published in the Anchorage Daily News on Oct. 5, 1989

City clerk: 53 precincts ran out of ballots

More than 40 percent of Anchorage polling places faced ballot shortages at some point during Tuesday's chaotic municipal election, the city clerk's office said Friday.

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ACLU calls for special counsel to investigate city election

ACLU calls for special counsel to investigate city election

As an internal city review of what went wrong in Tuesday's Anchorage election moves forward, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska is calling for a special counsel to investigate the matter.

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Sullivan easily wins re-election; 4 bond measures pass

Mayor Dan Sullivan easily won re-election to a second three-year-term in Tuesday's city election, outpolling Paul Honeman with about 59 percent of the vote.

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Voters reject sexual orientation initiative

Anchorage voters rejected a proposed ordinance to add legal protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people in a chaotic municipal election fraught with ballot shortages and high voter turnout in many precincts.

Sullivan easily wins re-election; 4 bond measures pass

Precincts run out of election ballots

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Unofficial election results

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Sullivan leading; gay rights initiative losing

With most of the results reported in Tuesday's Anchorage city election, the gay rights initiative was losing and Mayor Dan Sullivan was winning by a wide margin. But a cloud hangs over the election results after multiple precincts ran out of ballots in the final couple hours of voting.

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Precincts run out of election ballots

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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.

City votes on mayor, School Board, Prop. 5

School Board candidates focus on achievement, funding

Mayoral candidates differ on vision for city

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