When you vote for a member of Congress, a state legislator, a sheriff, or a dogcatcher, it is “one person, one vote.” That is the gold standard of democracy, the popular vote—one person, one vote. But,
In December, prosecutors failed to convict Gabrielle LeDoux after a hung jury resulted in a mistrial for all 12 charges she faced.
The Alaska Department of Law is planning to retry an election misconduct case against former Anchorage Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux after a December mistrial.
Mary Peltola is still in office for one more week, though without the trappings. "Politics is about timing and luck," she says.
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The Anchorage Assembly is back to considering a new municipal sales tax to potentially put in front of voters later this year.
A former Anchorage lawmaker who is alleged to have violated election law by encouraging people who did not live in her district to vote for her in 2018 will be retried, according to state officials.
The proposals to fund police and city vehicle replacements through annual taxes rather than bonds is part of a shifting approach to municipal financing.
Opponents of Alaska’s ranked-choice system are renewing their efforts to overhaul the voting method ahead of 2026 after an effort to undo the system narrowly failed last month. Two groups submitted petitions this month that would get rid of ranked-choice voting and open primaries.
Mary Peltola is still in office for one more week, though without the trappings. "Politics is about timing and luck," she says.
At a meeting Tuesday, the Assembly passed a resolution calling for a potential special election later this year.
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to unleash more drilling, mining and other industrial activity across millions of acres of public lands in Alaska.