Alaska Supreme Court approves election-reform ballot measure
The proposal for ranked-choice voting, nonpartisan primary elections and campaign finance disclosure will appear on November’s ballot.
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Alaska House candidate wore blackface to Halloween party in 2012
Mike Cronk is one of several people running to represent House District 6.
Alaska Democrats preparing for new primary voting system say Iowa’s problems won’t be repeated
The party is discarding electronic voting for presidential candidates in favor of by-mail ballots transported by hand.
Former Alaska Right to Life director will run for Mat-Su legislative seat
Christopher Kurka seeks to replace Colleen Sullivan-Leonard in Wasilla.
Anchorage judge orders election-reform ballot measure to proceed, but state will appeal
The measure seeks to impose ranked-choice voting in statewide elections and restrict campaign contributions.
Bethel voters ban most alcohol while accepting marijuana
Elsewhere in Tuesday’s statewide municipal elections, a proposed tax on sugary drinks failed in Utqiagvik, and plastic-bag bans were leading in Homer and Houston.
Alaska Lt. Gov. Meyer approves signature-gathering for education ballot measure
The proposal would provide guidelines for state education policy.
In support of Trump, Alaska Republicans cancel presidential primary
Party officials said a primary “would serve no useful purpose” when an incumbent Republican president, like Trump, is running for the nomination.
Judge says signature-gathering can begin for ranked-choice ballot measure
The judge’s action does not reverse a decision by Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer, which has been appealed, that the measure violates the Alaska Constitution.
Trump and Pence record robocalls in support of Dunleavy, campaign says
The calls started going out to Alaska voters Monday and will continue on Election Day, according to Dunleavy's campaign.
Here’s what candidates for Alaska governor are doing in the final push to Election Day
Democrat Mark Begich visited several churches on Sunday and Republican Mike Dunleavy attended a rally.
‘It’s really popular’: Early voting numbers are up in Alaska compared to previous elections for governor
The number of early voting locations in Alaska has increased in recent years.
Gov. Walker says he voted for Begich
Alaska's governor, emphasizing that he's no longer running for re-election, wouldn't say his choices on the rest of the ballot, other than voting "no" on Ballot Measure 1.
Begich was mayor of Anchorage for 6 years. Here’s what happened with crime.
Plus: Both candidates say Alaska has the worst crime in the nation based on FBI numbers. The FBI says such rankings are misleading.
$333 per second? Those last-minute political ads are gonna cost you.
Independent expenditure groups are spending 15 to 20 times as much as candidates are for 30-second commercials in some time slots.
Election workers can’t discuss candidates at the polls. That includes telling voters Walker dropped out.
That's because of the Alaska Division of Elections' rules about campaigning near a voting area.
AP fact check: Dunleavy says he’d cut from budget a rail study that’s not in the budget
Republican Mike Dunleavy, a former state senator, has campaigned on reducing state spending and limiting the growth of government.
Begich and Dunleavy face off Thursday in their final debate before Election Day. Here’s how to watch.
The one-hour debate starts at 6 p.m. It will be broadcast on both KTVA and KTVA.com.
Democrats are attacking Dunleavy’s voting record on the PFD. How’d he actually vote?
Procedural? Meaningful? Democrats and Republicans paint the votes in different ways.
Dunleavy says he’d ‘look at eliminating climatologists’ from the Alaska budget. A spokesman says he misspoke.
The Republican candidate for governor has mentioned climatologists in multiple debates.