As part of national No Kings events against the President Donald Trump administration, about 210 people gathered in a local demonstration on Saturday, Oct. 17, at WKFL Park in Homer.
The event started with what organizers called “flash marches,” where people attending walked from West Pioneer Avenue, East End Road, the Homer Bypass, Old Town and Lake Street to WKFL Park. People waved signs that read “Your vote does matter,” “March to the polls” and “Vote: The power is in your hands.”
No Kings events held across the U.S. encouraged people to vote early. Homer Women of Action sponsored the Homer demonstration.
Alaska Patriots, a conservative political advocacy group, held an earlier Get Out the Vote Rally on Oct. 10 at a private venue in Homer. Posters said “conservatives are welcome.” The Homer Independent Press requested permission to cover the event but was told by organizer Cassie Lawver of Alaska Patriots that media would not be allowed.
Because of the Alaska Day holiday on Monday, early voting in Homer started on Tuesday. Early voting is held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday through Monday, Nov. 2, at Homer City Hall for state and federal elections, and absentee voting in person is held for city and borough elections.
According to the Alaska Division of Elections, early-vote state and federal ballots cast through Thursday, Oct. 29, in regional election offices like Homer will be tallied on election night, Nov. 3. Early vote ballots cast after that will be counted seven days after Election Day. For city and borough elections votes cast as absentee voting in person, ballots will be counted after the general election.
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