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Polls open until 8 p.m. in Sitka’s municipal election
It’s municipal election day in Sitka. Voters have until 8 p.m. tonight to cast their ballots in the mayoral, assembly and school board races.
As of 5:30 p.m. 860 Sitkans had voted on election day. Municipal Clerk Sara Peterson has been at Harrigan Centennial Hall since before polls opened at 7 a.m. In an interview with KCAW she said she’s grateful that election day was somewhat sunny this year, a rare event for the first Tuesday in October.
“I was a little worried last night. I was laying in bed and I heard the the rain and the wind and thought, ‘Oh no, please don’t…
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