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6 days ago · OPINION: Alaska’s floundering political identity was on full display Nov. 5 November 7, 2024. Education in Alaska. Conservatives sweep Mat-Su Borough elections, voters pass charter school bond November 6, 2024. Alaska Watchman advice on voting for or against 8 Alaska judges November 1, 2024. Hard-left Alaska teachers’ union endorses liberal ...
ANALYSIS: Alaska’s post-election review - what does it mean?
2 days ago · It is time to review the actual election results and see where I was right and where I got it wrong. 1 – I predicted Donald Trump would win Alaska’s three electoral college votes and it wouldn’t be close. I was right. Based on the most recent unofficial results with 401 of 403 precincts reporting, Trump won by 55.5% to 40.43%.
BOB BIRD: It’s time for Alaska to revive the ’90/10’ promise
2 days ago · Bob Bird. Bob Bird ran for U.S. Senate in 1990 and 2008. He is a past president of Alaska Right to Life, a 47-year Alaska resident and a retired public school teacher. He has a passion for studying and teaching Alaska and U.S. constitutional history. He lives on the Kenai Peninsula and is currently a daily radio talk-show host for The Talk of ...
With just 2 Alaska precincts left to count, Ranked Choice repeal is …
2 days ago · The monumental effort to repeal Alaska’s highly controversial and confusing ranked-choice voting system appears to have succeeded by the narrowest of margins. According to the most recent update from the Alaska Division of Elections, Ballot Measure 2 is passing by 4,137 votes. As of Nov. 12 ...
Fate of Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system hangs in the balance
After counting 246,171 votes, the fate of Alaska’s controversial ranked-choice voting system is still very uncertain. According to the latest update from the Alaska Division of Elections, 50.87% of Alaskans have voted to do away with ranked-choice, while 49.13% voted to keep the new system. That’s with 96.77% of political precincts reporting.
FAIRBANKS RESULTS: Voters limit borough tax powers, but …
Oct 2, 2024 · All qualified absentee and questioned ballots will be counted on October 8, which could also impact several other races. Conservative Borough Assembly Candidate Tammie Wilson was narrowly ahead of Garret Armstrong – 50.7% to 49%, while left-leaning Assembly candidate Kristan Kelly was slightly ahead of conservative Jimi Cash – 50.5% to 49.1%.
Alaska Watchman advice on voting for or against 8 Alaska judges
Nov 2, 2024 · The notoriously liberal Alaska Judicial Council recommends Alaskans vote to keep all 19 judges. Their voter guide, however, focuses on generic qualities such as temperament, fairness and knowledge of the law, while failing to give voters details about judges affiliations and past rulings. In an effort to assist Alaskans in casting their votes ...
Year: 2024 - Alaska Watchman
Featured November 11, 2024. Florida, with a population of 20 million, called it a night just four hours after polls closed, while Alaska, a state that could fit its entire voter base into a Tampa Bay neighborhood, is still counting. Seriously, how is it that the state with fewer people.
Year: 2021 - Alaska Watchman
The past year has entailed profound challenges – sickness, death, oppressive mandates, forced firings, destructive ideologies that undermine human sexuality and identity, fresh attacks on traditional American values and parental rights, old and emerging
Category: Topics of Interest - Alaska Watchman
Oct 1, 2024 · FORUM: Two Fairbanks School Board candidates back radical LGBTQ agenda, explicit sex-ed. Education September 27, 2024.