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On this episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Greg Powers, general consultant with the Repeal Now.

On this week's episode of the Kenai Conversation, we're joined by Juli Lucky, executive director of Alaskans for Better Elections. During the hour, we talk about Alaska's history with open primary elections and ranked-choice voting, including what Alaskans will encounter at the ballot box this autumn.

Alaska’s Primary Election is Aug. 18. The top four vote-getters in each race advance to the General Election on Nov. 3.

The first proposition voters considered amends the city charter to bump Kenai’s regular election day back a month, from the first Tuesday in October to the first Tuesday in November.

On Apr. 14, city voters will consider two ballot propositions concerning when the city holds its elections.

Voters will consider whether to move city elections from October to November. The Kenai Peninsula Borough and the City of Soldotna made the same change after roughly two-thirds of peninsula voters enacted the change through a ballot proposition.

Alaska law says someone may vote in a state election if, among other things, they’re a U.S. citizen. Proponents say the word “may” leaves too much ambiguity.

Voting in the cooperative’s annual election closed at Thursday evening’s annual membership meeting, where the winners were announced.

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.