Assembly to consider ballot changes for local elections

Later this year, when Wrangellites go to the polls to elect new local officials, they might see something different on their ballots.

Borough assembly members have traditionally been designated as holding lettered seats. An ordinance approved on first reading at the Feb. 11 borough assembly meeting and slated for a second reading Feb. 25 would eliminate the seat designations. The ballot would instead choose a number of candidates equal to the number of open borough assembly positions from a list, using the phrase “no more than.”

The elimination of the seats wouldn’t in any way alter the way go...