 The idea, according to Wells, is for the lounge to offer a familiar environment, like a brewery, but for cannabis. The Tufted Puffin is now open on the corner of Echo Lake Road and the Sterling Highway. A decision is expected later this month in a case that could determine whether Alaskans get to vote on keeping the state's new voting system. A trial concluded last week in the challenge from a petition for a ballot initiative to repeal Alaska's ranked choice voting and nonpartisan primary system.