Alaskans to vote on mine permit system in Tuesday’s elections

摘要

Alaskans go to the pollsTuesday to vote for candidates for stateoffices including the governor, but they willalso have their say on a controversial ballotproposition that mining companies say couldclose the industry in the state.Ballot Measure 1 on the general electionballot is an initiative that would create apermitting system for any project, particularlymines, built near or that would affect streamsor water bodies that could hold fish. Thatpretty well covers the entire state, which hasseveral million small lakes and thousands ofmiles of streams and rivers.