Jamie Heinz
56:52 - 57:27
“I was the deputy clerk in the Hainesborough, which requires 10 signatures, and then I was the city clerk for the city of Kenai, which requires 25. So Anchorage is the first city that I worked in that does not require nomination petitions.”
- Speaker
- Jamie Heinz
- Timestamp
- 56:52 – 57:27
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 8, 2026
From the transcript
I'm going to start out by saying I was the deputy clerk in the Hainesborough, which requires 10 signatures, and then I was the city clerk for the city of Kenai, which requires 25. So Anchorage is the first city that I worked in that does not require nomination petitions. And so I am used to having nomination petitions, and so it's new for the staff. I do not anticipate that it would be difficult to implement. We have, in addition to the core team of 3— well, 4 with me— we also have 6 election workers who are trained in signature verification.
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