Three weeks ago Alaska had a primary election

Three weeks ago Alaska had a primary election. Only about 25 percent of registered voters actually filled in a ballot, and we can't tell how many, but at least 20,000 eligible Alaskans didn't even register.

Low voter turnout, we call it. But what does that actually mean? Are Alaskansapathetic? We're busy, for sure, but as I travel our state I know Alaskans care -- deeply -- about a wide range of issues.

Today we celebrate National Voter Registration Day. I ask for your help to get Alaskans registered and voting.

I'm asking this because it's hard to believe that the people who fill our pipeline with oil and who fill the world's dinner plates with fish don't want to participate in choosing who writes the laws that regulate their livelihood. It's equally hard to believe that Alaska's other industry workers and entrepreneurs don't care either.

Our traditional and subsistence communities also care deeply about protecting timeless ways and cultural heritage. Decisions that help or hurt these values are made in Juneau and Washington, D.C. 

Azarenka, meanwhile, found herself in a completely different kind of tussle against

In some ways, the mismatch makes Errani's trip to the U.S. Open look that much more impressive. She was the finalist at the FrenchOpen on the slow red clay at Roland Garros, but her game held up on the quicker hard courts, too, and Williams, not fully pleased with her own play to this point, was complimentary.

"I definitely played better today," Williams said. "I played better than my other matches. And playing someone like her, you have to go better."

Azarenka, meanwhile, found herself in a completely different kind of tussle against this year's French Open champion.