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Vote count tightens for repealing Alaska’s ranked choice system
3 days ago · A day after the votes for keeping Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting system overtook those to repeal it, the vote count tightened on Tuesday.. The votes against the ballot measure to repeal the system are only 45 votes ahead of those in favor of repeal, after having a 192-vote lead on Monday. Until then, the votes to pass the measure had been ahead in the counting that began on ...
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3 days ago · BY: James Brooks - November 11, 2024. Alaska lawmakers expect bipartisan coalitions to control the state House and Senate when the Alaska Legislature convenes in January, but they don’t know who the state’s governor will be. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s second term isn’t over until December 2026, but in a series of interviews, legislators say ...
Alaska voters favor minimum wage hike, sick leave mandate, with …
Nov 6, 2024 · If approved by voters, the measure would phase in the minimum wage increase from the current rate of $11.73 an hour to $15 an hour in mid-2027. It would require employers to grant an hour of sick paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, with a cap of 40 hours for small companies and 56 for larger companies. And it would forbid employers from ...
Dire condition of Alaska’s seafood industry has many causes and …
2 days ago · In a panel discussion at last week’s Resource Development Council for Alaska annual conference in Anchorage, Bundrant pointed to the recently announced Russian decision to increase its allowable catch of pollock by 7% to 2.46 million metric tons. The Russian quota decision ran counter to advice from some scientists and pleas from some Russian fishing groups worried about low prices in a ...
Margins continue to tighten for Alaska ballot measure seeking to …
Nov 14, 2024 · Alaska elections officials added more than 8,500 ballots to the statewide count Wednesday afternoon, but the new ballots didn’t change the leaders of any races.. More significantly, the Alaska Division of Elections reported almost 5,000 more completed absentee ballots than it did on Tuesday morning.
Ranked choice repeal trails for first time since Alaska ballot …
4 days ago · A ballot measure that would repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice election system is trailing for the first time since unofficial election results were announced on Election Day. As of Monday afternoon’s update, there are 192 more votes opposing the measure than supporting it. If the remaining roughly 5,100 ballots follow trends in ...
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2024 Voter Guide - Alaska Beacon
The Alaska Beacon staff asked every Alaska U.S. House and legislative candidate their positions on 15 questions, drawing from input from Beacon readers. Most candidates responded to the questionnaire. Along with their answers, the guide includes information on their parties, whether they are incumbents and links to their campaign sites.
Early voting in Alaska is off to a fast start and is on pace for a ...
Oct 26, 2024 · On Monday, Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich urged supporters to vote early and lock in their votes.. He followed his own advice this week, joining his wife and 19,999 other Alaskans who voted at the state’s early voting locations through Thursday, according to figures published Friday by the Alaska Division of Elections.