Landreth has worked for the Native American Rights Fund for 17 years.
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Alaska Supreme Court rules that absentee voters won’t need witnesses
The Arctic Village Council and others sued to block the requirement this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Superior Court Judge Dani Crosby ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, but the order was put on hold after the Division of Elections appealed.
Should Division of Elections count ballots without a witness signature? Judge to decide Monday.
The plaintiffs argued that the pandemic makes it hard for some voters to vote in person, as they usually do, or get a witness for a mail-in ballot.
Civil rights groups have a request: drop the witness signature on ballots
A Division of Elections spokesperson said the lack of a proper witness signature was the number one reason why the division rejected ballots in 2016 and 2018.
Trump order baffles Bering Sea Elders
When President Donald Trump signed an order last week lifting his predecessor’s restrictions on offshore leasing in the Arctic, he also revoked a decree that created the “Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area.”
Murkowski strays from party lines in bid to restore Voting Rights Act
Sen. Murkowski is the first Republican to join more than 30 Democratic co-sponsors on an issue that has divided the two parties.