The submitting interval to run for the Anchorage Assembly’s new twelfth seat will open subsequent week.
After years of being the one Anchorage district to have one seat, District 1, which represents Downtown, could have a second Assembly member to characterize the realm. Currently the district is represented by Assembly member Chris Constant.
In 2020, voters authorised a change within the metropolis’s constitution to permit for a second seat to characterize North Anchorage, additionally known as Downtown. The district roughly doubled in measurement as a part of the redrawing of metropolis boundaries authorised in March by the Assembly.
Eligible District 1 residents can start submitting to run for the seat subsequent Tuesday, May 3 at 8:00 a.m. The deadline to file is Tuesday, May 10 at 5 p.m.
The particular election to fill the seat shall be performed by mail, with ballots despatched out on May 31. The final day for residents to register to vote for the particular election is May 22.
