What you need to know:
- A new Wasilla city law requires mayoral candidates to live in the city for at least two years before Election Day, making it the most rigorous residency requirement for mayoral candidates in the region.
- The rule is intended to prevent newcomers from holding the city’s most powerful elected office. It was proposed by Council member Ian Crafton and unanimously approved during a regular City Council meeting in late June.
- This is the second mayoral seat rule change proposed by Crafton and approved this year. A previous update bars the mayor from simultaneously serving on the Mat-su Borough Assembly, school board or as Mat-Su Borough mayor.
WASILLA — Would-be candidates for Wasilla mayor must be residents of the city for at least two years prior to Election Day under an update approved by the Wasilla City Council.
The update makes residency requirements for Wasilla’s mayor the most rigorous in the region.
The change is designed to keep newcomers out of the city’s most powerful elected seat, said Council member Ian Crafton, who proposed the update…