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Advocates for and towards holding a constitutional conference outlined their positions throughout a livestreamed debate in Anchorage on Thursday.
The query that can be posed to Alaska voters on the poll this November is: “Shall there be a Constitutional Conference?”
Debating on the pro-convention facet are Bob Fowl, chairman of the Alaskan Independence Celebration and host of Speak of the Kenai (on KSRM 920 AM), and former Alaska Lt. Gov. Loren Leman. Representing the anti-convention facet are Joelle Corridor, president of the Alaska AFL-CIO, and Matt Shuckerow, the proprietor of Fathom Strategic Communications.
The constitutional conference query seems on the poll as soon as every decade, and has by no means earlier than been accepted by Alaskans. However that would change this 12 months. If accepted by voters, a constitutional conference would allow elected delegates to revisit the state’s structure, which might carry main adjustments to Alaska.
[Advocates say a constitutional convention could end gridlock in Juneau. Opponents say it would open a ‘Pandora’s box.’]
To assist voters perceive the constitutional conference query and why it issues, Alaska information organizations and the UAA Seawolf Debate Program partnered as much as host a debate on the problem.
Alaska Public Media’s information director Lori Townsend moderated the talk, which featured questions from a panel of journalists representing Alaska Public Media, Alaska Beacon and the Anchorage Each day Information. The occasion was held on the Wendy Williamson Auditorium on the UAA campus in Anchorage.
The controversy was organized by Alaska Public Media and the UAA Seawolf Debate Program, and co-sponsored by the Anchorage Each day Information, Commonwealth North and the Alaska Beacon. Help for the occasion was supplied by the Alaska Heart for Excellence in Journalism and the Atwood Basis.
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