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A ballot for the 2021 municipal election. (Ben Hohenstatt/Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: There are positives to vote-by-mail elections

Having ballots at home allows families to discuss issues and candidates together.

This July photo shows the new Glory Hall, located near the airport. It will form a component of a growing social services campus. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: New Glory Hall has solved challenges, but community support remains key

Please consider getting involved.

Kate Troll (Courtesy Photo / Kate Troll)

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Key moment for dock electrification comes before the CBJ Assembly

Electrification will be a win-win-win for the community, the environment and the cruise industry.

(Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Future cruise seasons depend on assured public and environmental health

By Verner Wilson III and Varsha Mathrani

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Opinion: The mobs widening America’s divisions

We’ve just been forced to deal with stark disagreements on a daily basis like never before.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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New direction for the Tongass will help grow businesses, a sustainable economy

Now is the time to chart a new course for Southeast’s future.

Faith Myers stands at the doors of API. (Courtesy Photo)

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Opinion: Private psychiatric facilities should have to provide patient stats

Patient rights must be added to state bills.

Anselm Staack (Courtesy Photo)

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Opinion: Dunleavy’s fiscally irresponsible and deceptive plan

Constitutions are about broad policy objectives and legal boundaries –not about the day-to-day

A sign designates a vote center during the recent municipal election. The center offered a spot for voters to drop off ballots or fill a ballot out in person. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: How is mail-in voting an improvement?

Why are we doing it?

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Opinion: Columbus and Western culture

By Albert Shaw

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Dunleavy’s first act as governor was unconstitutional

That’s according to a ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge John Sedwick.

This Aug. 3, 2021, photo shows Juneau International Airport.  The Federal Aviation Administration shared recommendations on Thursday for improving aviation safety in the state. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: How the FAA will improve the margin of aviation safety in Alaska

Alaska depends on aviation more than any other state…

This photo shows a ballot for the City and Borough of Juneau’s 2021 municipal election. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Does Vote-by-mail come with voter’s remorse, buyer’s remorse —or both

By Win Gruening

Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire in May 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: The best use of $25M Southeast Alaska Sustainable Strategy Fund

The entire $25 million should be provided to Alaska Marine Highway System.

Alexander B. Dolitsky

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Opinion: Acculturation, assimilation and behavior

By Alexander B. Dolitsky

This photo shows a City and Borough of Juneau ballot mailed to a local resident in September. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Expansion of voting rights, including voting by mail, should have bipartisan support

Anything else is unAmerican.

A voter places a ballot in the drop box at the Mendenhall Public Library vote center on Tuesday, Oct. 5. Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Remember the good old voting days?

I remember the good old days of two years ago and before.

Lawmakers  havereturned  to the Alaska State Capitol for a fourth special session. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Revenues should be determined before more PFD spending

The governor believes the dividend drives the entire calculation. Sadly, he has it backwards

(Ben Hohenstatt/Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Will your vote count?

The integrity of our vote cannot be jeopardized in pursuit of participation.

A sign designates a vote center at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library on Oct. 5, 2021. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: The lost joys of in-person voting

For the second year in a row, voting was an anti-climactic, diminished experience.