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Young people make up a fraction of Alaska’s registered voters, and their turnouts are lower than the general population’s. But, Soldotna saw a handful of young voters at two of its precincts on Election Day.

Americans took to the polls Tuesday for the 2024 presidential election. In Alaska, voters picked from their choice of presidential, state and local candidates, and voted on two ballot measures.

A group of community members in Soldotna recently took to the streets to highlight the importance of voting. Participants of the first-ever “Walk for Democracy” say they’re trying to create conversations around political differences.

More than a dozen have filed to represent the Kenai Peninsula in the Alaska Legislature.

The candidate filing deadline is June 1.

The contest gives Kenai Peninsula artists a change to design the city's "I Voted" stickers.

A group dominated testimony at Tuesday's assembly meeting with their thoughts about borough election security.

Last Wednesday was the deadline to file for races in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Board of Education, City of Kenai and City of Soldotna.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted down an ordinance that would let the public vote on moving municipal and state elections to the same day. However, it supported the creation of a voter turnout advisory group, and a series of election-related code changes.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce has vetoed an ordinance recently passed by the assembly expanding the number of ways to cast a ballot in…