Additionally, the candidate is required to file campaign disclosure reports to disclose all campaign financial activity throughout the course of the election. Mar. The Municipality will also pledge its full faith and credit for payment of the bonds. By the end of Friday, election officials had tallied 62,695 ballots, about 26.5% of all registered voters. Candidate names will appear in a random, non-sequential order on the ballot, set by conducting a chance selection in accordance with AMC 28.40.010C. With the incumbents retained, the Assemblys majority will have enough votes to override the mayors vetoes. Our plan was for this bond to pass; unfortunately, it appears that it will not, the Anchorage School District said in a statement Wednesday. 2022 GENERAL ELECTION. C. Kennedy did not run for reelection. Shall the South Goldenview RRSA boundaries be amended by annexing Spruce Terraces Subdivision parcels T11N R3W SEC 2 E2NW4NE4, (020-043-02-000), and T11N R3W SEC 2 W2NW4NE4, (020-043-03-000) to the South Goldenview RRSA and amending Anchorage Municipal Code section27.30.700, effective retroactive to January 1, 2023? 100, Door D Anchorage, AK 99501, There are very specific steps you must take in order to appear on the Regular Municipal Election ballot as a candidate for office. As of Friday evening, the results for Anchorage Assembly and Anchorage School Board races as well as municipal bond propositions had mostly remained unchanged. (b) Accountability Board of Child Care and Early Education; Composition and Purpose.There is established an accountability board of child care and early education appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the assembly. However, if at any time, the membership is reduced to less [fewer] than a quorum, the remaining members, within seven days, shall appoint a number of qualified persons sufficient to constitute a quorum. The municipality had received more than 61,500 returned ballot envelopes by the end of Wednesday. Residents had until 8 p.m. Tuesday to vote in person or drop their ballot envelopes in one of several secure drop boxes throughout the municipality. The MOA Trust Fund Board shall advise both the assembly and administration. This form is due no later than Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. Kevin Cross is winning outgoing Eagle River/Chugiak Assembly member Crystal Kennedys seat with 62% of the vote. All rights reserved. A third candidate in the District 3 race, Nial Sherwood Williams, had 383 votes. After that, elections staff plan to post updated preliminary results by 5 p.m. this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. (AO 2022-108), Yes [ ] No [ ], AREAWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRANSITCAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BONDS. The April, 2022 Anchorage Municipal ballot could be a barn-burner. And for a Midtown Anchorage Assembly seat, incumbent Meg Zaletel has a lead with 54% of the vote over Kathy Henslees 46%. You have until 8 p.m. to cast your vote. But we can say we did all we possibly could with what we had. People vote in the regular municipal election at the Anchorage Vote Center in the Assembly Chambers at the Loussac Library on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. The affected road is Paine Road (0.17 mile) within Grandeur Subdivision Addition 2. In other assembly races, Meg Zaletel appears to be holding her Midtown Anchorage seat by a margin of 474 votes against challenger Kathy Henslee. Kevin Cross is winning outgoing Eagle River/Chugiak Assembly member Crystal Kennedys seat with 62% of the vote. The assembly shall establish a tax rate at a level sufficient for the approved budget and in accordance with Charter 14.06. The board shall prepare a proposed budget and submit it to the mayor and a copy to the assembly at least 120 days before the end of the municipal fiscal year. Grants and fund expenditures shall be used for nonsectarian purposes and may be issued to any public, private, or religious organization otherwise eligible to receive municipal grants and contracts. Vote centers and drop boxes will close at 8 p.m. for Anchorage's municipal election. The Anchorage Assembly is set to take up the certification of the vote results on April 26, according to the elections calendar. Anchorage Assembly Unites to End Parking Mandates Progressives and conservatives find common ground on easing regulations on housing and business development. The existing mill rate in the Rabbit Creek View and Rabbit Creek Heights LRSA is 2.50 mills. Not time to lose any sleep over it, he said. The second round of early results for Anchorages municipal election shows that Anchorage Assembly incumbent John Weddleton is still trailing in the race for his District 6 seat, while the vote for a $111 million bond proposition for the Anchorage School District has flipped. Officialelection results are published after election certification by the Anchorage Assembly. Shall the Chugach State Park Access Service Area be created as described above? Reach him at wearly@alaskapublic.org. Prop 1, a $111 million bond for capital improvements for the Anchorage School District, is failing by 932 votes. Wehmhoff, who described herself as centrist ahead of the election, thanked the many volunteers who contributed to her campaign. 2022 Anchorage Daily News. All other incumbents on the assembly and the Anchorage School Board are leading their respective races, the early results show. 2022 Anchorage elections Election dates Filing deadline: January 28, 2022 (municipal election) May 10, 2022 (special election) August 1, 2022 (judicial retention) General election: April 5, 2022 (municipal election) June 21, 2022 (special election) November 8, 2022 (judicial retention) Election stats (AO 2022-114), Yes [ ] No [ ], APPROVING DE-ANNEXATION OF CROMWELL HEIGHTS BLOCK 1, LOTS 1 AND 2 FROM THE LAKEHILL LIMITED ROAD SERVICE AREA (LRSA) AND AMENDING THE LAKEHILL LRSA BOUNDARIES IN ANCHORAGE MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 27.30.700, EFFECTIVE RETROACTIVE TO JANUARY 1, 2023. A messageto Service Area Board of Supervisors candidates, including write-ins: A person who has not filed a declaration of candidacy, for a seat on a service area board of supervisors, declarations of candidacy shall be filed with the municipal clerk no earlier than 67 days and, at least seven days before a regular election, , and no earlier than 42 days and at least seven days before a special election.. Register to voteor update your registration byMarch 5 to vote in the upcoming Regular Municipal Election. The proposition would amend Anchorage Municipal Charter Sections 7.02 and 14.03(b) as follows (underline and bolded words are proposed new words; [strikeouts in bold] are proposed deletions, unchanged current text of the Charter omitted indicated by ***): Section 7.02. (3)The MOA Trust Fund Board shall advise both the assembly and administration. By Monday, 69,771 ballots had been counted in the municipal election, representing about 30% of registered voters. Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - An Anchorage official says thick, heavy ice had accumulated on the roof of a gym that collapsed . My Community Council friends! The District 4 assembly members represent Midtown Anchorage, and assembly member Meg Zaletels seat is up for reelection. Kameron Perez-Verdia of West Anchorage holds 53.57% of the vote counted so far compared to challenger Liz Vazquez. (AO 2022-113, As Amended), Yes [ ] No [ ], APPROVING ANNEXATION OF SPRUCE TERRACES SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH GOLDENVIEW RURAL ROAD SERVICE AREA (RRSA) AND AMENDING THE SOUTH GOLDENVIEW RRSA BOUNDARIES IN ANCHORAGE MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 27.30.700, EFFECTIVE RETROACTIVE TO JANUARY 1, 2023. (AO 2023-3), Yes [ ] No [ ], ANCHORAGE ROADS AND DRAINAGE SERVICE AREA ROAD AND STORM DRAINAGE BONDS. View the full election calendar for all upcoming elections and deadlines. Pinterest. The. Darin Colbry, the third candidate in that race, had 186 votes as of Tuesday nights initial results. In the Nov. 8 general election, Alaskans voted on races for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and 59 of 60 seats in the Alaska Legislature. Celeste Hodge-Growden, president of the Alaska Black Caucus, speaks in favor of an Anchorage Assembly ordinance making Juneteenth and Indigenous Peoples' Day city holidays . Those seats include: District 2, currently served by Crystal Kennedy District 3, currently served by Kameron Perez-Verdia Your Guide to Voting in the 2022 Anchorage, AK Election! Sights from election day in Anchorage supporters took to the streets for sign waving Tuesday morning despite the weather. Dunbar has a 15-point lead over Stephanie Taylor. If you already have a username and password established for filing your Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) application, you may use the same log-in information for access to candidate disclosure filing. (Candidate names will appear in a random, non-sequential order on the ballot, set by conducting a chance selection in accordance with AMC 28.40.010C. Here's Who Filed for Anchorage Assembly and School Board in Spring 2022 Elections School management Here's Who Filed for Anchorage Assembly and School Board in Spring 2022 Elections By Marco M. Lozano On Jan 29, 2022 Share Ballot box at the Loussac Library during the ordinary municipal election on Monday April 6, 2020. VOTERS CANDIDATES RESULTS MEDIA CENTER, A Candidate for Municipal officemust be , a resident of the Municipality of Anchorage,and. Filing Packet -, Candidates for Service AreaBoard of Supervisors, including LRSA Seats -
Filing Packet. After logging into your MyAlaska account, you may access online filing by selectingAPOC - Disclosure Formsunder Services for Individuals. Register or update your voter registration by March 5 to vote this spring. The board shall each year publish a report describing the amounts spent and the results achieved, and other information as the assembly by ordinance may prescribe. A total of about 210,000 ballots were mailed out to registered voters. Any use of the corpus, or a portion of the corpus, separate from the controlled spending policy of the endowment, may only be used for purposes approved by a majority of the voters voting on a ballot proposition in a regular or special election;(2) Under the endowment's-controlled spending policy an annual dividend may be appropriated by the assembly provided that the annual appropriation does not exceed five percent of the average asset balance of the trust. According to early results posted for the Anchorage municipal election, challenger Randy Sulte currently leads the race for the open District 6 seat on the Anchorage Assembly, holding a thin margin of 153 votes over incumbent John Weddleton. Ballot Information Ive been honest with the people and I think the people are ready for a change.. The service area would not levy taxes upon approval of this proposition; taxes may only be levied if voters subsequently approve a proposition that authorizes levying and spending generally or for a particular project or projects and an annual tax levy for the maintenance and operations of the approved improvements constructed. For the purpose of providing roads and storm drainage capital acquisition, construction, renovation and upgrades in the Anchorage Roads and Drainage Service Area, as provided in AO2023-1, shall Anchorage borrow money and issue up to $34,500,000 in principal amount of general obligation bonds and increase the municipal tax cap by an annual amount not to exceed $112,000 to pay for associated annual operations and maintenance costs? (AO 2023-1), ANCHORAGE FIRE SERVICE AREA FIRE PROTECTION BONDS. Taxes collected pursuant to Charter 14.06 in 2024 and subsequent years shall be in addition to taxes that can be levied pursuant to this section. Anchorage v t e The 2024 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States House of Representatives to represent the state of Alaska from its at-large congressional district. Catch up on all the races and pre-election coverage here. The Municipality will also pledge its full faith and credit for payment of the bonds. During a public hearing on May 24, 2022 the Alaska Redistricting Board adopted an Interim Proclamation Plan of Redistricting map for the 2022 election. For the purpose of providing educational capital improvements, construction, upgrades, design, and renovation of school facilities and educational facility building life extension projects within Anchorage, as provided in AO2022-108, shall Anchorage borrow money and issue up to $37,787,000 in principal amount of general obligation bonds? Voter approval of this bond proposition authorizes for each $100,000 of assessed taxable property value (based on the estimated 2023 assessed valuation in the Chugiak Eagle River Service Area) an annual increase in taxes of approximately $2.53 to retire the proposed bonds. The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m. General elections are held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even numbered years. Shall this new power be added to the existing powers of the Girdwood Valley Service Area? We believe in fair, accurate, and accessible elections. With members elected by you and your neighbors, the Assembly creates, passes and amends local laws, and approves the Municipality's budget. Voter approval of this bond proposition authorizes for each $100,000 of assessed taxable property value (based on the estimated 2023 assessed valuation in the Anchorage Fire Service Area) an annual increase in taxes of approximately $0.59 to retire the proposed bonds. Facebook. (Bill Roth / ADN) Below is the final candidate list. February 21, 2023. Copyright 2022 KTUU. Ballots. The existing mill rate in the South Goldenview RRSA is 1.80 mills. Add your voice to the public record at an upcoming Assembly meeting or worksession. No board member may serve in any elected office, except on a service area board established pursuant to section 9.01 of this Charter. The Anchorage Municipal Charter says that after the state redistricting process is complete and the final report is issued, if the Anchorage Assembly determines that Assembly seats are malapportioned, it must reapportion itself within five months. As of Friday morning, the municipal elections staff has counted just over 80% of returned ballots, with 54,787 counted by Thursday evening out of 68,196 received. South Anchorages John Weddleton, who had been viewed as one of the more moderate members of the Assembly over his six-year term, last week conceded in a competitive race to challenger Randy Sulte. . https://my.alaska.gov/before they begin campaigning and raising funds for an election. Live updates: Two candidates have conceded as updated election results show little change. The group included Assembly candidates Henslee, Sulte, Taylor and Vazquez, plus school board candidates Cox and Ries. Ballots will continue to trickle in over the next several days. 2022 Anchorage Daily News. File your Declaration of Candidacy along with your POFD Statement with the Municipal Clerk's Office by hand or via email to elections@anchorageak.gov. (AO 2022-112, As Amended), Yes [ ] No [ ], AMENDINGANCHORAGE CHARTER SECTION 13.11 TO CHANGE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE (MOA) TRUST FUND FROM THE TREASURER TO A FIDUCIARY BOARD AND ESTABLISHING PRIMARY FIDUCIARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH BOARD MANAGEMENT OF THE MOA TRUST FUND, This proposition would amend the Anchorage Municipal Charter to read as follows (underline and bolded wordsare proposed new words;[strikeouts in bold]are proposed deletions):. 2022 Anchorage Daily News. Zaletel remains ahead of her challenger Kathy Henslee by 513 votes. Section 14.03. 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