The first batch of initial election results show Anchorage voters approving nearly all ballot propositions, including the school bond and a proposal to use marijuana taxes to fund child care and early education initiatives.
After initial election results released on Tuesday, Anchorage voters were mostly in favor of approving a school bond to fix roofs at several Anchorage schools, including Kasuun Elementary School, shown here. on Tuesday show Anchorage voters supporting a proposal to use marijuana taxes to fund child care and early education initiatives.
There are still thousands of ballots to count in Anchorage’s by-mail election. By Tuesday night, 30,313 ballots were tallied. City election officials said they’d received over 37,000 ballots by Monday evening, with more ballots to be collected from drop boxes Tuesday and others still arriving by mail.
So far, 57% of ballots counted are in favor of the marijuana tax proposal. The marijuana tax is currently 5%, and last year brought about $5.8 million to the city. Former Anchorage legislator Ivy Spohnholz helped organize the campaign in support of the proposal. She said while it’s too early to declare victory, she’s encouraged by the initial results.
“It shows that there is a widespread recognition across all ends of the political spectrum that child care is important, not only for families but also for our business community,” Spohnholz said Tuesday night. A roughly $38 million school bond to pay for new roofs and other security and safety upgrades at the Anchorage School District was also passing. About 55% of voters said yes to the school bond. While school bonds tend to pass in city elections, a much larger bond proposed last year — roughly $111 million — that would’ve paid for a replacement building for Inlet View Elementary School narrowly failed by about 1,100 votes.
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