LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Turnout 'Amazing' Says Election Official
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
Voting was brisk today at Harrigan Centennial Hall as Sitkans cast ballots in the state primary and special general election.
Polls opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m.
Sitka Precinct 1 reported a busy morning, and 383 ballots had been cast by 2:30 p.m. Precinct 2 reported “an amazing turnout” with 477 ballots cast in the same period of time. Harrigan Centennial Hall is the polling place for both precincts.
“We’ve had a great turnout with people being awesome and happy to come out and vote,” said Precinct 1 Chair Alix Snelling. She noted that with a number of people in Sitka from out of town, a large number of questioned ballots are being cast.
Precinct 2 Chair Dorothy Orbison said it’s been unusually busy for a primary election. She said she’s seen the same trend with questioned ballots cast by out-of-town visitors attending the National Scientific Coordination Subcommittee meeting down the hall.
The ballot has two sides. In the primary, voters are instructed to “vote for one” in the races for U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, Governor and Lieutenant Governor, State Senator District A and State Representative District 2.
In the state primary, the top four vote getters in each race will advance to the ranked choice general election November 8. The races for State Senate and State House representing Sitka have only two candidates each.
The other side of the ballot is the special general election, which is the state’s first to be conducted with ranked-choice voting. Ordinarily there would be four candidates on the ballot, but one of the four top finishers in the special primary for the House seat left open by the death of Rep. Don Young, withdrew with too little time left for the resulting opening to be filled by another candidate. Therefore voters have only three candidates to rank in order of preference in that race.
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March 2004
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50 YEARS AGO
March 1974
Photo caption: National Republican Chairman George Bush takes a drink of water offered by Jan Craddick, Sitka delegate, during the Republican convention held here. Mrs. Craddick explained to Bush that the water was from Indian River, which means, according to local legend, that he will return.