Oak Grove, Minnesota, has petitioned the state Supreme Court to settle a dispute with Anoka County over which of the two jurisdictions can designate the use of electronic voter rosters — as opposed to paper rosters — in county, state and federal elections held at Oak Grove’s polling places. Anoka County has mandated all precincts in […]

Primary voters have not removed any of the Alaska Legislature’s incumbent lawmakers, according to preliminary, incomplete vote tallies published late Tuesday by the Alaska Division of Elections. Of the 40 state House and 10 state Senate races on ballots across the state, only five had more than four candidates.  That matters because the top four […]

This article is developing and will be updated. Early tallies from Tuesday’s statewide primary election showed overwhelming support for a ballot measure that will restrict the amount of money that political candidates can accept from groups and individuals. With 242 of 403 precincts reporting by 10 p.m. Tuesday night, Ballot Measure 1 had the support […]

This article is developing and will be updated.  Democratic governor candidates Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Tom Begich, and Republican candidates Bernadette Wilson and Dave Bronson led in early vote counting for Alaska’s Tuesday primary election for governor. Seventeen candidates, including two Democrats, 12 Republicans and three independents, are seeking to replace Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who is […]

The national Democratic Party voted this weekend against a proposal that could have restricted the use of ranked choice voting in presidential primaries. In a voice vote at the Democratic National Committee’s full meeting in Austin, Texas, members voted against adding language to the rules governing the delegate selection process that would have only considered […]