Election reform is on the agenda this legislative session, with Gov. Mike Dunleavy, the Senate Majority Caucus and legislators proposing multiple provisions.
An Anchorage judge has ruled that Alaskans don't have a constitutional right to correct errors they make on absentee ballots. Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, the Native American Rights Fund and the firm Perkins Coie sued the state in 2022,
Alaska’s campaign ethics commission has fined the embattled backers of an anti-ranked choice voting ballot initiative nearly $157,000 on the heels of previous fines totaling around $90,000.
Their total bill is now approaching a quarter-million dollars after a failed effort during the 2024 campaign season.
Ado Machida, a Tokyo-based businessman who served on Trump's transition team after his 2016 election victory, said an offer by Japan to buy more LNG and support the Alaska LNG pipeline would be "probably the easiest" way to win over Trump.
The Alaska Senate essentially rejected giving themselves and other state leaders automatic pay raises linked to inflation with the unanimous passage of a bill Friday that rejects a commission’s recommendation to implement such raises.
The Alaska Legislature will take up election reform proposals this session, with Gov. Mike Dunleavy introducing a bill through the House, and the Senate majority caucus planning to introduce its
The Anchorage municipal election is April 1 and there are a total of 20 candidates on the ballot, vying for seats on the Anchorage Assembly and the Anchorage School Board.
A nonpartisan election integrity group has released its annual report warning of critical changes that need to be made in order to ensure free and fair elections.