Elections

All elections stories. (These stories are also categorized as “politics”.)

Ketchikan Newspaper, Republican Leaders Unhappy With Johansen

Deanna Garrison, KRBD - Ketchikan The newspaper and some Republican leaders in Ketchikan are not at all happy that Representative Kyle Johansen left the majority...

Murkowski Maintains Lead Over Weekend

Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau The tabulation of write-in votes will continue in Juneau until Wednesday at the earliest – and Lisa Murkowski is maintaining...

State Challenges Miller’s Write-In Suit

Photo and Story by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage The thicket of litigation surrounding this year’s write in campaign just got a little thicker.   ...

Only 828 Ballots Rejected in Write-In Count So Far

Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau The latest results from the Division of Elections this afternoon show Lisa Murkowski is now getting – without any...

Miller Adviser Suggests Voter Fraud, Election Irregularities Present

Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau Miller volunteer adviser Floyd Brown just held another press conference at the write-in count site, where he made more...

Election Officials Continue Write-In Count

Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage Election officials today continued counting write-in ballots for the U.S. Senate race. The division hopes to finish more...

Write-In Ballot Count Begins

Photo and Story by Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau Wednesday, the Division of Elections today began counting the write-in votes cast in last week’s...

Judge Denies Request to Stop Write-In Ballot Count

Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Beistline has denied a request by Joe Miller to immediately stop the count of...

Muñoz Believes Johansen’s Decision to Leave House Majority Will Hurt Region

Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau Juneau Representative Cathy Muñoz says fellow Southeast Republican Kyle Johansen’s decision to leave the House majority will hurt the...

Absentee, Early Vote Counting Begins Today

Photo and Story by Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau The Division of Elections is counting the first round of absentee and early votes...

Election Officials Keeping Eye Out For Voter Fraud

Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage As division of elections officials oversee the count of absentee, early and questioned ballots over the next several days,...

Write-In Vote Count Programming Available Live on Gavel-to-Gavel

Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau Public Television will let you watch the count of the write-in votes in the race for the U.S....

Parnell Begins Accepting Resignations From Commissioners, Other High-Level Officials

Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau Governor Parnell will replace nearly half of the cabinet-level people that met him when Sarah Palin resigned last year.  ...

Johansen Loses Leadership Post; Thomas, Wilson Move Up

Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau One of the most powerful members of Alaska’s House of Representatives has left the Republican-led majority caucus. Ketchikan’s Kyle Johansen...

Johansen Loses Leadership Post; Thomas, Wilson Move Up

Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau Now the State House has two minorities.  Kyle Johansen of Ketchikan and Charisse Millett of Anchorage are out.  But Ed...

Absentee Ballot Validation Remains Point of Contention Between Miller Campaign, DOE

Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC and Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage The Division of Elections says Joe Miller’s campaign did not follow the ...

Alaska Republicans Consolidate General Election Gains

Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage Republicans have organized the Alaska House, consolidating gains made for the party in the general election. Mike Chenault of Nikiski will...

Early, Absentee Ballots Will Be Counted Tuesday; Write-In Count Begins Wednesday

Libby Casey, APRN - Washington DC The battle to get votes in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race may be over, but the two main candidates are...

Division of Elections Gearing Up for Write-In Count

Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau The Division of Elections is setting up what it needs to count the write-in ballots that were cast in...

Murkowski Digging in for Fight to Keep Seat

Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage Senator Lisa Murkowski is positioning for a fight to keep her lead in this year’s Senate race.  The...