The Juneau Assembly will hold a public hearing on June 14 to consider whether to amend its elections code so that mail-in ballots no longer require a witness verification signature to ensure the identity of a voter.
Current code requires that mail-in ballot envelopes contain the signature of one witness who verifies the absentee voter’s identity. The measure is in place to prevent fraud in mail-in voting.
Supporters of witness signature requirements maintain that the process prevents fraud by holding others (the witnesses) responsible for the authenticity of the voter.
The upcoming meeting in Juneau begins at 6 p.m. on June 14 and will be livestreamed on Zoom.
TAKING ACTION
- Click here to watch and participate in the meeting from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device.
- To join by phone dial 1-253-215-8782. The webinar ID is 915 1542 4903.
- To send a message to all Assembly members, Mayor & City Manager email BoroughAssembly@juneau.org.
- Click here to contact individual Assembly members.
- For more information on how to participate in the June 14 meeting, contact the clerk’s office at (586) 5278 or city.clerk@juneau.org.
- In-person public participation will be limited on a first come, first served basis to no more than eight persons in the public audience seats. Masks are required for anyone in the room who is not fully vaccinated. Attendees in excess of that number will be requested to participate via Zoom webinar.
- Testimony time will be limited by the Mayor based on the number of participants. Members of the public are encouraged to send their comments in advance of the meeting to BoroughAssembly@juneau.org.
- When attending the zoom webinar to speak on an item up for public hearing or a non-agenda item, hit the ‘raise hand’ button if participating via a computer/tablet; if participating by phone press *9 on your phone; this will place a ‘raised hand’ icon next to your phone number and will add you to the queue.
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In a time when the American people have no trust in the election process, we are wanting to take a step back rather than forward to ensure the legitimacy of our elections? This is insanity, the mail in process it’s self is highly under scrutiny for it’s legitimacy in the first place. In our rush to find out the outcome of an election we are willing to open Pandora’s box of election fraud? The only way we can come close to a fair accountability of our election process is to hand count each ballot, and have voter ID to ensure American citizenship. Anything short of that is a waste of time, effort, and accuracy. Alaska needs to be leading the way like Florida, Texas, and others ensuring non-corruptible elections.
This is a bad idea, poor for Alaska, and for democracy.
Good job alaska,, you officially are property of California. If you can’t win,,, CHEAT!
You have got to be freaking kidding me… Alaskafornia ????
In the last 36 years, Juneau has radicalized beyond recognition. For example, going to the Juneau synagogue is like going to the headquarters of the Democratic Party.
Stop the CHEATING mail in voting, is so Wrong.
Just like Anchorage, Bronson supporters had to keep an eye on the election. The election clerk got Mad because she could not cheat like they had planned.
Good for Bronson supporters. I don’t think it would of even been, that close if people had to go to the polls. Stop the Stealing/Cheating
Wonder what party is the dominant supporter of this security diminishing voter fraud tactic?