As of June 20, 2025, the Municipal Clerk’s Office is in the final 10-day check for the 3 citizens petitions circulated by Affordable Juneau:
Charter Amendment Short Title: Mill Rate Cap Amendment
Initiative Short Title: Poll Based Elections
Initiative Short Title: Sales Tax Exemptions
A final certification notice or denial notice will be provided by close of business June 30, 2025.
Have you ever thought about running for local office? This October, Juneau voters will elect several Assembly and School Board members—and one of them could be you.
CBJ and the Juneau League of Women Voters will host the eleventh annual “How to Run for Local Office” workshop on Saturday, May 3, from 8:45 to 11:30 a.m. in the CBJ Assembly Chambers (155 Heritage Way).
The workshop is designed to help educate and prepare people interested in running for local, municipal office or school board. Learn about what elected officials do, how to prepare for your run, requirements for candidacy, and the basics of a campaign. Each attendee will receive a full toolkit of information, including legal forms, references, and other resources for a local campaign.
This workshop is free. To register, visit juneaulwv.org/run. (Although drop-ins are welcome, registrations are highly encouraged to ensure materials are available for everyone.) Questions? Contact [email protected].
All CBJ 2025 Regular Municipal Election information will be available at juneau.org/clerk/elections as election season approaches.
This workshop is sponsored by:
Juneau League of Women Voters
City and Borough of Juneau Clerk’s Office
Juneau School District
With support from Juneau Public Libraries and Friends of Juneau Public Libraries.
For questions, please contact the Juneau League of Women Voters at [email protected].
Assembly Adopts Election Code Rewrite Ordinance 2025-14, March 3, 2025
On Monday, March 3, 2025, the Assembly adopted Ordinance 2025-14am An Ordinance Amending the City and Borough Title 29 Code Relating to Elections Processes and Procedures.
In 2024, the Clerk’s Office received four petitions from citizens trying to engage in direct democracy. About 15% of the signatures initially turned in were rejected. Of those, more than half were rejected due to the strict, and outdated, requirements laid out in 29.10.090 about what is an ‘adequate’ address. This section of code was written before Clerk staff had real-time access to the State Division of Elections Voter Database (VREMS) which allows staff to quickly verify if a person is a Juneau resident who is eligible to sign a petition.
This led Clerk staff to propose Ordinance 2025-14, with the help of the Law Department. This ordinance removed many technical or procedural actions throughout the entire election code and placed them into Rules of Procedure, which will allow election staff to better adapt to changing technologies. It also requires that the Rules of Procedure be available to the public online. This ordinance removed redundancies, rewrote complex language, and updated terminology definitions to make the code more readable by the public.
Additionally, this ordinance provides some minor changes in timing, primarily when ballots are to be mailed out.
The ordinance was introduced at the February 3, 2025 Assembly meeting, discussed in greater detail and amended during the February 24, 2025 Assembly Committee of the Whole meeting. Public hearing and Assembly adopted took place during the March 3, 2025 meeting and the ordinance effective date is April 2, 2025.
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For additional information, please contact the CBJ Municipal Clerk’s Office at (907) 586-5278 or [email protected].
The Canvass Review Board has completed its work on the October 1, 2024 CBJ Regular Municipal Election and the Election Official has now certified the final results. The Canvass Review Board began work on Monday, October 14 and completed its review on Tuesday, October 15. Official results are posted to the CBJ Elections webpage at https://juneau.org/clerk/elections.
The Assembly and School Board races saw the following candidates elected:
Mayor: Beth Weldon was elected to her final three-year term;
District 1 Assemblymember: Neil Steininger was elected to a three-year term;
District 2 Assemblymember: Maureen Hall was elected to a three-year term; and
School Board members: Elizabeth (Ebett) Siddon, Will Muldoon, and Amber Frommherz were all re-elected to three-year terms.
Proposition 1 to issue $12,500,000 in General Obligation Bonds for the acquisition and installation of public safety radio communication systems passed with 6205 YES Votes and 4457 NO Votes.
Proposition 2, a citizen’s initiative petition, prohibiting cruise ships of 250 or more passengers from docking or disembarking passengers on Saturdays and the 4th of July, failed to pass with 4196 YES Votes and 6575 NO Votes.
Proposition 3 to issue $10,000,000 in General Obligation Bonds for improving wastewater utility infrastructure at the Juneau Douglas Wastewater Treatment Plant passed with 7000 YES Votes and 3565 NO Votes.
Also the two School Board Recall Petitions A and B to recall President Deedie Sorensen and Vice President Emil Mackey, respectively, failed to pass by the following margins:
Deedie Sorensen 3562 Yes Recall, 6665 No Recall
Emil Mackey 3753 Yes Recall, 6482 No Recall
A more detailed report on the election statistics will be provided to the Assembly and public at the October 21, 2024 Assembly Reorganizational Meeting, to be held at 7 p.m. in person in the Assembly Chambers and remotely via Zoom.
We would like to extend our gratitude to all the voters who participated in this election, those candidates who stepped up to run for office and all those involved with races on the ballot. A special thanks goes out to CBJ Election Workers and support staff!
CBJ Ballot Processing Center
For Immediate Release
October 15, 2024, 5:30p.m.
CBJ October 1, 2024 Regular Municipal Election Final Results
Certified by Election Official after Completion of Canvass Review Board.
The Canvass Review Board has completed its work on the October 1, 2024 CBJ Regular Municipal Election and the Election Official has now certified the final results. The Canvass Review Board began work on Monday, October 14 and completed its review on Tuesday, October 15. Official results are attached and posted to the CBJ Elections webpage at https://juneau.org/clerk/elections.
The Assembly and School Board races saw the following candidates elected:
Mayor: Beth Weldon was elected to her final three-year term;
District 1 Assemblymember: Neil Steininger was elected to a three-year term;
District 2 Assemblymember: Maureen Hall was elected to a three-year term; and
School Board members: Elizabeth (Ebett) Siddon, Will Muldoon, and Amber Frommherz were all re-elected to three-year terms.
Proposition 1 to issue $12,500,000 in General Obligation Bonds for the acquisition and installation of public safety radio communication systems passed with 6205 YES Votes and 4457 NO Votes.
Proposition 2, a citizen’s initiative petition, prohibiting cruise ships of 250 or more passengers from docking or disembarking passengers on Saturdays and the 4th of July, failed to pass with 4196 YES Votes and 6575 NO Votes.
Proposition 3 to issue $10,000,000 in General Obligation Bonds for improving wastewater utility infrastructure at the Juneau Douglas Wastewater Treatment Plant passed with 7000 YES Votes and 3565 NO Votes.
Also the two School Board Recall Petitions A and B to recall President Deedie Sorensen and Vice President Emil Makey, respectively, failed to pass by the following margins:
Deedie Sorensen 3562 Yes Recall, 6665 No Recall
Emil Mackey 3753 Yes Recall, 6482 No Recall
A more detailed report on the election statistics will be provided to the Assembly and public at the October 21, 2024 Assembly Reorganizational Meeting, to be held at 7 p.m. in person in the Assembly Chambers and remotely via Zoom.
We would like to extend our gratitude to all the voters who participated in this election, those candidates who stepped up to run for office and all those involved with races on the ballot. A special thanks goes out to CBJ Election Workers and support staff!
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For media inquiries about the municipal election, contact the CBJ Municipal Clerk’s Office at (907) 586-5278 or [email protected].