Alaska's Extra-Special Special Election

26/05/2022 39 min
Alaska's Extra-Special Special Election

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Episode Synopsis

In this month's episode, Gail Fenumiai, Director of the State of Alaska Division of Elections, and Tiffany Montemayor, Public Relations Manager for the State of Alaska Division of Elections, discuss how they’re preparing for the Alaska special elections this year.

Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BG7ThU-XtBYoNSVzvmfPT9mf2_jI2x18/view?usp=sharing

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Alaska Division of Elections
- Special Elections page: https://elections.alaska.gov/specialelections.php
- RCV page: https://www.elections.alaska.gov/RCV.php

Sightline Institute article - All You Need to Know About Alaska's 2022 Special Election: https://www.sightline.org/2022/05/03/all-you-need-to-know-about-alaskas-2022-special-election/

CapRadio article - U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla will appear on California’s June primary ballot twice. Here’s why: https://www.capradio.org/articles/2022/05/04/us-sen-alex-padilla-will-appear-on-californias-june-primary-ballot-twice-heres-why/

Language Justice and RCV Briefing recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ALzAPYXJ-E

- Links to reports:
1. Examining Chinese, Korean, Bengali, and Arab Voters’ Attitudes and Effective Messaging on RCV and Elections in NYC: https://www.equitabledemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Voter-Attitudes-RCV-In-language-Research.pdf
2. Examining Effective Voter Mobilization Messaging for NYC’s Arab, Bengali, Chinese, and Korean Voters: https://www.equitabledemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Voter-Mobilization-RCV-In-language-Research.pdf
3. Examining Attitudes of Spanish Speaking Communities on Democracy, Representation, Voting, and RCV (Utah and New Mexico):
- Spanish: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UYGFyfdr2YkXUkELEmG60kySAa065xha/view?usp=sharing
- English: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14VyKukJmxktdKNr4AJUE7qJ3FNZXUUkT/view?usp=sharing