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Commentary: PFD Voter Registration is “two birds, one stone”

by KCAW News | Nov 3, 2016 | Election Coverage

PFD Automatic Voter Registration is a simple, elegant idea: when you register for the PFD, you get registered to vote. It’s two birds one stone — or more specifically, one form knocks out two bureaucratic paperwork processes! Read More

Sitka backs oil tax repeal

by Joe Viechnicki, KFSK and Rachel Waldholz, KCAW | Aug 20, 2014 | Election Coverage, Local News, Syndicated

Ballot Measure 1 may be failing statewide, but in Sitka and the rest of central Southeast Alaska, it was a clear winner on Tuesday. Seventy-five percent of Sitka voters backed the measure, with 1315 “yes” votes to just 448 “no” votes. Read More

Young voters

by Rachel Waldholz, KCAW | Aug 19, 2014 | Syndicated, The CorvidEYE

August 19th is primary day in Alaska, and several hard-fought races will come to a head. But in Sitka's Harrigan Centennial Hall, the election came down to this: neighbors chatting, ballots marked with blue ink, kids introduced to the polls for the first time. At not yet six weeks old, Theo Gallin (pictured with his mother, Maggie) took the prize for perhaps the youngest Sitkan to make it into a voting booth today. Read More

Primary to decide candidates, oil taxes

by Rachel Waldholz, KCAW | Aug 18, 2014 | Local News, Syndicated

Tuesday, August 19th, is primary day in Alaska. Sitka voters will be choosing candidates for Governor, Lt. Governor, U.S. House and Senate, and State Representative, and deciding the fate of the state's oil tax structure. Read More