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There are
19 opportunities to run for local elective office here in Kodiak, scattered
between city council, borough assembly, school board and service areas. But as
filing deadlines approach this Friday and next, only two people have thrown their hats into the
ring.
There are
three seats up for grabs on both the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and the
School Board, as well as a number of service area boards, according to Borough
Clerk Nova Javier:
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Locals 1 40 sec “… don’t have any applicants as of
today.”)
There are
three seats available on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly, all for three
years, but as of yesterday afternoon, only one person, Judy Fulp, has returned
the required paperwork. The incumbents are Tom Abell, Reed Oswalt and Sue
Jeffrey. On the school board, there are a pair of seats for three years and one
for a single year, and nobody has stepped forward. The incumbents are Betty
Odell, Jeff Stephen (steven) and Peggy Rauwolf. The deadline for signing up to
run for any of the borough seats is Friday – the day after tomorrow.
The
deadline to file for Kodiak City Council is the end of next week, on September
5th. So far no one has filed, and only the incumbents, Charlie Davidson
and Tom Walters, have taken out nominating packets – and that was just last
night at the city council work session. There are two seats available on the
council, for three years apiece.
Candidates
are required to have a nominating petition signed by 10 registered voters,
which are checked by the clerk’s office for authenticity. City Clerk Debbie
Marlar says inevitably, some of the signatures are not valid. And she says if a
candidate waits until the last minute to file and doesn’t have enough valid signatures,
they will not get on the ballot.
Javier
says individuals can stage a write-in campaign if they decide to
run after the filing deadline:
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Locals 2 15 sec “…packets and turn them into the
clerk’s office.”)
Javier says
there are five nominating packets still outstanding, though she doesn’t know
for which seats their owners will be filing.
Once again,
the deadline to file for borough seats is this Friday, and for city council,
it’s next Friday. The Kodiak Municipal Elections will be on October 7th.
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