A week and a half after ballots were cast, outstanding votes in Anchorage’s municipal election have all been counted, and the results have upended two races.
By just two votes, the residents in the Girdwood Valley Service Area have opted to tax property to pay for police protection once the State Troopers leave this summer. The split stands at 410 for, and 408 against.
Starr Marsett nudged past Kay Ellen Schuster to take seat B on the school board by a mere 68 votes
And though the gap shrunk on whether or not to issue a 49 million dollar school bond, presently there are 229 more no votes on the issue.
Area-wide, just 25 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, with notable discrepancies between different parts of town. Though not yet official, the results are unlikely to change before final certification on Tuesday.
Zachariah Hughes reports on city & state politics, arts & culture, drugs, and military affairs in Anchorage and South Central Alaska.
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