The Anchorage Municipal election is April 4. But no need to postpone this one because it's a mail-in election. The ballots came by mail and get returned that way. There will be some drop boxes around town who want to do it that way and there will be some actual voting spots - like the library - if people need to vote on election day. At least that's how it worked this time. I suspect there will be a lot more pressure on people to just vote by mail and no need to go out in public spaces. Because things are going to be a lot worse by April 4 than they are now. And the Alaska Democratic primary is coming up also. That too will be by mail. Plus it will debut ranked choice voting in Alaska.
No need to agonize between your two favorite candidates - you can vote for both of them. A ballot initiative to change Alaska to ranked choice voting will be on the next statewide ballot.
When people think ahead and work on how to do it right, communities can move forward to find better ways to do things. And with the virus right now, having the mail-in vote solves most of the problems we would have had.
[I started working on a post highlighting the biggest bullshit in the COVID-19 Task Force press conference this morning, but decided we're overdosing on that and something positive was a better choice. Also my temp dipped down into the mid 97s today - closer to my normal of 96,8 - but it's back up into the 98s. But that's an improvement. And my coughing is lessened. Feel better physically and mentally today. Hope you're all feeling good, self-isolating, and taking advantage of the enforced break.]
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