Voters File for Hand Recount of Anchorage Municipal Election
Posted by Jeanne Devon on May 3, 2012 · 15 Comments
OK, everyone! Let’s hear it for the magnificent 10! These Anchorage voters decided to join forces, speak up and say no to this nightmare we call an election that the Election Commission seems to think is just fine. No investigation, they say. No malfeasance they say. No reckless disregard, they say. No reprimands or censures, they say. Move along apathetic public, move along. Yesterday, 10 Anchorage voters filed a recount application with the Municipal Clerkâs Office per Title 28 of the Municipal Code. The provision allows for ten qualified voters to file a recount application with the municipal clerk within…
Category Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage Mayoral Race, Anchorage School Board, Election 2012, Joe Miller, Mayor Dan Sullivan, Municipality of Anchorage, Vitamin Democracy · Tags Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage Municipal Election, Barbara Gazaway, Guadalupe Marroquin, Hal Gazaway, Jacqueline Duke, Joe W Miller, Kelly Walters, Linda Kellen-Biegel, Melissa S Green, Wendy Isbell
Former Anchorage Election Coordinator Calls for Full Hand Count of Paper Ballots
Posted by Jeanne Devon on May 2, 2012 · 8 Comments
Well respected former Anchorage Municipal Election Coordinator, Guadalupe Marroquin, recently wrote an open letter to members of the Anchorage Assembly regarding the recent badly botched Municipal election in Anchorage. Her excellent letter (edited for length) also ran in the Anchorage Daily News as a compass piece. Below is the full unedited text of her original letter. She has added her voice to that of former Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller in expressing the seriousness with which we should regard all issues of election integrity. And Ms. Marroquin has stated that in her expert opinion, this election needs a full…