In the 2002 primary election, an alternative voting initiative will appear on the ballot that really should be called the "Election Mishmash System...
This editorial appeared in Friday's (Kenai) Peninsula Clarion:
...Tuesday, but even before polls opened the state had responded to 4,000 more requests for absentee ballots than in the 2002 primary and 6,200 more than in 2000. Garrison said many who turned out Tuesday were unhappy with the split ballot. "We've...
...payback" for past legislative actions on rural school funding. Sen. Dave Donley will not face Sen. Loren Leman in the 2002 primary even though the plan puts them in the same Anchorage district. Leman is giving up his Senate seat to run for lieutenant...
...apoc/index.htm --- Information from: Anchorage Daily News, http://www.adn.com In the months before the 2002 primary elections, Murkowski spent $468,000. Both Dittman and Murkowski campaign manager Mike Scott said there were no...
The Alaska Supreme Court decided Friday to uphold the right of political parties to conduct joint primaries.
...out 13,057 absentee ballots requested by mail. That's nearly 4,000 more than the 9,093 requested by mail in the 2002 primary and more than 6,200 more than requested in the last primary with a presidential election year, 6,777 in 2000...
...It's official: State releases primary results JUNEAU - The state Division of Elections released official results of the 2002 primaries Wednesday. Cathy Muñoz, a Republican running for the state Senate representing Juneau, received 2,914 votes...
The Alaska Supreme Court on Tuesday shot down a legal bid to force the state to use a blanket primary this year. So, on Aug. 22, there will be a ballot for Republican candidates and another for every other candidate as ordered under emergency regulations from Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer.
But for now therea¹s a change in format at the polls. And Ulmer is trying to warn voters they will have to make a choice between two ballots in Tuesdaya¹s election for state House seats and the congressional race.
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