Front-end loaders began clearing portions of the homeless camp around Anchorage’s Cuddy Park on Tuesday. It may take up to three weeks to clean the camp, an official said.

Wearing helmets and carrying zip ties and riot shields, officers breached Hamilton Hall, an administration building on campus that demonstrators had occupied hours earlier.

Voters can expect ballot packages in their mailboxes by May 7 or sooner, according to the clerk’s office. The last day to submit ballots in the runoff election is May 14.

“I take pain and put a square box around it,” said Elishaba Doerksen. “I’ve done it before.”