State law allows for challenges to a candidate’s eligibility 10 days after the candidate filing deadline in June or after the election is completed through an election contest.
“Moderate Republican” is a relative term.
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It turns out the more Alaskans hear about a constitutional convention, the less likely they’ll be to support one.
And whoever wins on Tuesday (when the RCV votes are tabulated three weeks from then) will face the tall task of making Alaska into more than just “America’s natural resources warehouse.”
The ads, some labeled as satire, are targeted at many of the closest state House and Senate races.
After the result, there was some criticism of ranked choice voting, including a comment from Arkansas U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, who called it a “scam.”
“These comments raise the question: is RCV some kind of crazy scam to rig elections?” they asked in their paper. “The short answer is: No. (The long answer is: Nooooooo.),” they wrote.
Sheffield, a Democrat, served a single term from 1982 to 1986 before a near-impeachment and the 1980s oil crash foiled his re-election chances.
“UAA cutting funding and closing down departments, it’s just closing opportunities for people our age,” Mallari said, referring to the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Just days after signing a bill that the courts said would provide certainty for the state’s scholarship program, the Dunleavy administration is asking the fund be left in limbo.