• Report used to justify reinstatement of Alaska Republican governor candidate appears flawed

    The Alaska Division of Elections director’s office in Downtown Juneau is seen on Aug. 26, 2026. (Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
    Rep. Andrew Gray of Anchorage is not a Swiss businessman. Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon is not selling fire sprinkler systems. Lieutenant governor candidate Zac Johnson isn’t running an equestrian fox-hunting club in Indiana.
    Days after the Alaska Department of Law said it found possible gaps in dozens of political candidates’ financial disclosure f
  • A lot of Alaskans are ‘bullet voters.’ Sometimes that’s not the best strategy.

    In 2022, voters practiced ranked choice voting with mock ballots like this one. (Mark Thiessen/AP)
    Alaska’s Nov. 3 election provides voters an option to rank candidates according to their preferences. It’s an opportunity many voters don’t take.
    Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin revealed the statistics on “bullet voting” in the Sept. 4 edition of her politics newsletter, Alaska at-Large.
    This transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity. 
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