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Election office expands outreach: bus ads, streaming spots and review of USPS postmark change

Anchorage Municipality Election Commission · January 16, 2026
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Summary

The election administrator outlined expanded outreach — bus ads, podcasts, streaming and increased radio — added communications staffing, a voter registration push in high schools, and staff noted USPS postmarking changes that underscore drop-box and in-person options.

The Anchorage Municipality election office told commissioners it will broaden outreach ahead of upcoming elections, citing new advertising channels and staffing changes.

Election Administrator Liz Edwards said the office added communications duties to an election assistant role and plans bus advertisements on main routes, experiments with podcast and streaming ads, and more radio spots to reach voters who do not read newspapers or watch TV. "So we'll be having bus…

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