The following are the dates to file an Initiative Petition or Referendum Petition Affidavit in advance of the October 1, 2024 Regular Municipal Election.

Initiative Petition Filing Period March 26 – April 9
Referendum Petition Filing Period April 9 – April 24

On April 9, 2024, the Municipal Clerk’s office received the below petition affidavit applications and are currently in the process of doing the legal review as set out in CBJ Charter Article VII and Section 29.10 of the CBJ Election Code.  Copies of resource and additional documents pertaining to each petition will be published as available.

The Municipal Clerk has 15 working days (no later than April 30, 2024) in which to certify each of the petitions submitted on April 9 or notify the intiative committee the grounds for denail.

• Initiative Petition Short Title: Ship Free Saturdays

• Referendum Petition Short Title: Repeal Ordinance 2023-24

• Initiative Petition Short Title: Method of Elections

Copies of the relevant information and documents can be found on the CBJ Elections Webpage at https://juneau.org/clerk/elections.

One April 3, 2024, the Municipal Clerk’s Office received a finalized Affidavit and Application from a Petitioner’s Committee for the Recall of School Board President Deedie Sorensen and Vice President Emily Mackey. In consultation with the CBJ Law Department, the Municipal Clerk has approved, in part, both applications based on one of the grounds listed in the application.

Petition Booklets are schedule to be issued to the Petitioner’s Committee on Wednesday, April 10 and the committee will have 60 days in which to obtain the signatures of, at minimum 2,359, qualified Juneau voters on each petition in order for each petition to become certified.

Depending on the timing of the petition submission and certification, these recall questions may require the calling of a Special Election or it may be placed on the next regular Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. AS 29.26.310-320 sets out the process by which a Special Election is called and the parameters under which the timing is determined.

Copies of the relevant petition documents can be found on the CBJ Elections Webpage at https://juneau.org/clerk/elections.

CBJ Ballot Processing Center

CBJ – Regular Municipal Election, October 3, 2023

Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!

I would like to extend my gratitude to all the Juneau voters who participated in this year’s October 3, 2023 Regular Municipal Election. My thanks to the CBJ Assembly for investing in the CBJ Ballot Processing Center so we can conduct By-Mail elections entirely locally here in Juneau. My biggest debt of gratitude goes to our amazing Election Team who sacrificed their time, family events, evenings and weekends for months to ensure this election ran smoothly and that elections will continue to do so in the future. Here at CBJ, the Municipal Clerk/Election Team strives to put voter enfranchisement and the conduct of  impartial, fair, accurate, and transparent elections at the forefront of all our election work. Anyone interested in being an election worker is encouraged to contact our office to become part of this vital process.

THANK YOU ONE AND ALL!
Deputy Clerks Andi Hirsh and Diane Cathcart, Administrative Assistant Elizabeth Kell, Manager’s Office Executive Assistants Susan Phillips and Tricia Everson, and the following Election Workers:
City Hall Vote Center
Shelly Mangusso, LaRae Jones, Kay McCarthy, Janet McCallister, Dick Farnell, Shirley Campbell, Cecily Morris, and Emily Wright

Mendenhall Library Vote Center
Jack Chenoweth, Robert Laurie, Sallie Regan, Bob Wostmann, Cecily Morris, Janet McCallister, Sheryl Weinberg, and Sharon Gaiptman

Ballot Processing Center & Ballot Drop Box Teams
Laurie Sica, Jessica DeBartolo, Hali Denton, Jennifer Pemberton, Janet McCallister, Tonia Takei-Kramp, Lynne Stevens, Lynne Jackson, Sallie Regan, Charlene Miller, Etienne Soboleff, Laura Eubank, Jean Butler, Ira Rosen, Maggie Swanson, Bjørn Ford, Lacey Davis, Kathy Hamblett, and Jamison Paul

Canvass Review Board
Deborah Behr, Kelda Denton, Robert Laurie, Barbara Murray, Bruce Simonson, and Stuart Sliter

Beth McEwen, MMC
CBJ Municipal Clerk/Election Official

CBJ Ballot Processing Center

For Immediate Release
October 17, 2023 5:30 p.m.

CBJ October 3, 2023 Regular Municipal Election Final Results
Certified by Election Official after completion of Canvass Review Board.

The Canvass Review Board completed its work on the October 3, 2023 CBJ Regular Municipal Election and the Election Official has now certified the final results. The Canvass Review Board began its work on Monday, October 16 and completed its review on Tuesday, October 17. 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:

Areawide Assemblymember: Paul R. Kelly for a three-year term and Ella Adkison a two-year term. Adkison’s seat was formerly held by Carole Triem who resigned in July, 2023; it was temporarily filled by Loren Jones until the election.
District 1 Assemblymember: Alicia Hughes-Skandijs was re-elected to her second three-year term;
District 2 Assemblymember: Christine Woll was re-elected to her second three-year term; and
School Board members: David H. Noon and Britteny Cioni-Haywood were each elected to three-year terms.

Proposition 1 to issue $27,000,000 in General Obligation Bonds for the purpose of constructing and equipping a new City Hall failed to pass with 4263 YES Votes and 4896 NO Votes.

A more detailed report on the election statistics will be provided to the Assembly and public at the October 23, 2023 Assembly Reorganizational Meeting being held in the Assembly Chambers and via Zoom at 7:00p.m.

We would like to extend our gratitude to all the voters who participated in this election, those candidates who stepped up to run for election and all those involved with races on the ballot. 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, option 4, or [email protected].