Monthly Archives: October 2012

The Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) has refused to allow itself to be drawn into a tightly contested Senate race this year. Continue reading →

I voted in person this week and noticed that the ballot given to me for my Juneau district was partially printed on the back.  I am sure that other districts will have two pages to go through, too.  I almost left the booth without catching the second page.

The back page was the place to vote on the retention of local judges.  Continue reading →

Two issues on the ballot need your attention. Continue reading →

A lot of us – I put myself at the top of the list – are ready for this election season to end, go away, disappear, die, fade, collapse … no, it already did that.   I hope to take the step tonight that will remove me from the list of possible voters.  The Absentee Early and In-person balloting begins today. Continue reading →

There is really only one question  that makes the November general election interesting at all to me:  Will the Senate be run by a bi-partisan coalition again?   Everything else fades — the individual races, the ballot questions, the egos. Continue reading →