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‘A little crazy is good’: Two women ready to swim portion of Cook Inlet
How Alaska’s election rules have affected the contested primaries
Welcome to the Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:. A closer look at Alaska’s two contested top-four state legislative primaries in 2024. Three current Missouri officeholders face off in the Republican gubernatorial primary. Upcoming voter participation deadlines.
‘We got a bonus tour’: cruise passengers stranded in Canada by rockslide rejoin their ships in Haines
At 4 a.m. Wednesday, just as the sun was starting to cast long blue shadows over downtown Haines – four massive Holland America tour buses motored into the parking lot of the Port Chilkoot Cruise Ship Dock. Some 150 people climbed down the stairs and slowly made their way...
Measure aimed at repealing Alaska's ranked voting system still qualifies for ballot, officials say
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An initiative aimed at repealing Alaska’s ranked choice voting system still has sufficient signatures to qualify for the November ballot, attorneys for the state said in court filings Tuesday, days after a judge disqualified some of the booklets used to gather signatures. Superior Court Judge Christina Rankin in a ruling last Friday found instances in which the signature-gathering process was not properly carried out and disqualified those booklets. She ordered elections officials to remove the disqualified signatures and booklets and to determine if the measure still had sufficient signatures. Alaska Department of Law attorneys in court documents Tuesday said the Division of Elections had completed that work and found the measure “remains qualified” for the ballot. This comes as part of a lawsuit brought by three voters challenging the repeal measure. Rankin last month ruled the division acted within its authority when it allowed sponsors of the repeal measure to fix errors with petition booklets after they were turned in and found the agency had complied with deadlines. Her ruling Friday focused on challenges to the initiative sponsors’ signature-collecting methods that were the subject of a recent trial.
Shannon Titzel, Jordan Iverson first women on record to swim across Cook Inlet
Shannon Titzel and Jordan Iverson, wearing only swimsuits, swam about 6 miles on Wednesday night – from Point Mackenzie to Anchorage – to become the first women on record to swim across the inlet.