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Anchorage Municipal Elections

You can help stop the impending ANC-pocolypse, here's how

You can help stop the impending ANC-pocolypse, here's how

You don't want the four horse people of the ANC-pocalypse to descend on our city and turn it into a right-wing bastion of hate where elected officials regularly espouse conspiracy theories as truth do you? If not, (and I hope it's not) the Municipal Clerk'

Low voter turnout could mean the ANC-pocalypse is upon us

Low voter turnout could mean the ANC-pocalypse is upon us

According to data-cruncher and AK Political Blog writer Robert Hockema, only 7% of registered voters have returned their ballots ahead of the upcoming April 5 election. "What we know from those ballots is that GOP super voters are showing up. It's all hands on deck right now,

Art of the Dodge: Assembly Candidates Dismissive of Jan 6 Events

Art of the Dodge: Assembly Candidates Dismissive of Jan 6 Events

Some Bronson-backed candidates running for the Anchorage Assembly have done a good job locking down their social media accounts and scrubbing away scary-looking memes and/or radical comments. But thanks to the Anchorage Daily News (ADN), Anchorage voters can now gain insight into the far-right views held by candidates Stephanie

Here we go again: 'It's fraud if we lose in April'

Here we go again: 'It's fraud if we lose in April'

Ahead of last year's mayoral election, elements associated with the far-right began a concerted disinformation campaign. The narrative alleged that should East Anchorage Assemblyman Forrest Dunbar win the mayoral runoff; it would only be because fraud had been perpetrated against the residents of Anchorage. Seemingly in tandem, spurious

Ballots for the April 5 regular municipal election are on their way!

Ballots for the April 5 regular municipal election are on their way!

The Anchorage Municipal Clerk's Office announced today that roughly 210,000 ballot packages are being mailed today to qualified registered voters and that voters can expect to receive their ballot package in the mail by Monday, March 21, 2022.

Zaletel's signature (and delicious) π campaign event returns next week

Zaletel's signature (and delicious) π campaign event returns next week

It was one of the most delectable and satisfying of all Anchorage campaign events when Assembly member Meg Zaletel ran for election in 2019. Now, the District 4 representative is bringing back what she tells me is her signature campaign event. Zaletel's campaign will hold its second Pi

On the radar: Militia monitoring group weighs in on local "militia-type" member

On the radar: Militia monitoring group weighs in on local "militia-type" member

Militia Watch, an online venture which began as a Medium publication in 2016 following several years of independent research into the world of U.S. militias, has responded to a piece I published yesterday about "Forgotten Freedoms" podcast host Dustin Sherman. Save Anchorage, and Mayor Bronson are backing