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This is a Special Election Day edition of the Must Read Alaska newsletter. Your editor will be on the ferry much of the day, but will be posting election and other fun news over at www.mustreadalaska.com as bandwidth allows, and will be burning the midnight oil in Juneau tonight for you.
Question of the week
In 2022, the Division of Elections didn’t release all the information from ballots right away, only releasing the “first choices” of the final four. There is no law preventing the Division from showing all the second and third choices at the same time, which would allow citizens to have a better idea about who was the actual winner before the 15-day delay. Our question of the week is:
Sen. Sullivan says he is a ‘Yes on Ballot Measure 2’
Can Alaska just go back to normal elections? Sullivan thinks we should.
Nick Begich’s Newsmax interview is one of his best yet
Listen to Nick talk about how Biden has had it out for Alaska since Day 1.
Party with Nick
Man caught putting nails under Trump rally cars in Palmer
The guy was caught on camera, and then by police. Trump Derangement Syndrome, Criminal Minds version.
Building that houses Republicans in Fairbanks vandalized
Other business-owned buildings were also attacked, we have since learned.
Video: Democrats say Trump is as ‘bad as Hitler’
You will laugh and you will cry when you hear what people in New York City think. They may not know what a fascist is, but they know Trump has to be one because … Covid.
Lawfare: Mat-Su School District settles out of court with ACLU
This was a ransom by liberal legal groups, and it was cheaper to pay it than to fight the law fare.
Foodies and Foragers of the North: Comfort food for post-election celebration … or solace
Whichever way it goes, how about some all-American comfort food tonight?
Peltola going-away party?
MAGA Man
Republican of the week
Chris Constant says grannies rule
This day in history
November 5, 1912, Woodrow Wilson won in a landslide.
Columns
Rep. Pete Stauber: Stand with Nick Begich for Congress and put Alaska first
The author of the “Alaska’s Right to Produce Act” gives his reasons for supporting Nick.
Robert Seitz: ‘No on 2’ is based on lies. Vote ‘Yes on 2’ to support more truthful elections
The fact they are lying so hard tells you everything you need to know.
Electric vehicles: Tale of woe in absence of a legitimate market process
They can subsidize them until the cows come home, but they are not wanted by consumers.
Kevin McCabe: About that John Birch Society ‘Freedom Index’
When looking at the Freedom Index, consider its source and who is really making the call.
Pat Martin: Eastman Derangement Syndrome and Alaska Family Council
Martin mixes it up with Minnery.
Alex Gimarc: A third abortion option that doesn’t involve chair-throwing
A way forward on a very touchy subject that has others quite agitated. Gimarc takes a rational approach.
Fritz Pettyjohn: How do you explain Judge Zeman?
He made a terrible ruling and the Supreme Court took no time in knocking it down. Don’t vote to retain him.
Steve Goreham: If green energy is the future, bring a fire extinguisher
Electric car fires and fires at lithium battery factories are becoming more and more common.
Lee Smith: Is the Left preparing for war if Trump wins?
What do you think? Riots? Vandalism?
Rynnieva Moss: Scott Kawasaki is ineffective
He has nothing to show for his time in the Legislature.
Theresa Obermeyer: Don’t retain judges
Vote no on all the judges, Obermeyer says.
Kristen Walker: We need policy pragmatism rather than climate obsession
Paul Fuhs: Give Academies of Anchorage a chance
It’s not though the status quo in Anchorage schools are something to write home about. Let’s give this Academies program a chance to prove itself.
Linda Boyle: Alaska Covid Alliance has new name & expanded mission for fighting fear and censorship
A debriefing from the weekend convention that focused on freedom and personal choice.
Cynthia Erickson: A rural perspective against ranked-choice voting
Elders are having a hard time understanding it and it discourages them from voting.
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