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Fairbanks residents push back against claims protesters were paid; many also urge borough to renew Dominion voting-machine contract
Summary
Dozens of residents testified at the borough assembly, challenging statements by an assembly member that recent protests were driven by paid outsiders and urging elected officials to retain Dominion tabulation equipment and avoid hand-counting ballots.
Dozens of residents took the borough assembly microphone March 27 to press two connected concerns: push back against an assembly member's public comments suggesting recent local protests were "paid" outsiders, and urge borough officials to reconsider the decision not to renew the Dominion voting-machine contract.
Speakers from a wide range of neighborhoods said they attended peaceful demonstrations on March 21'22 because they were worried about federal policy and governance, not because they had been paid or bused in. "I was born and raised in Fairbanks... I was not paid for that," said Elliot Blausen, who said he was one of the local protesters. Mary Catherine Romberg, who said she taught in the borough school…
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