With the Juneau municipal elections now underway, the borough clerk issued a Sept. 19 reminder, telling voters they no longer need a witness verification signature when casting local ballots in the Oct.1 municipal election.
“A witness signature is not required to vote in CBJ municipal elections,” the clerk’s office stated. “Voters only need to provide their own signature and a personal identifier.”
While witness verification for mail-in ballots was required in the past to ensure the legal identity of absentee voters, the Juneau Assembly did away with these safeguards back in 2021.
The updated election code now requires voters to provide just one of the following personal identifiers – voter registration ID number, the last four digits of the voter’s Social Security number, the voter’s date of birth, or the voter’s Alaska driver’s license number. They must also provide their personal signature.
Witness verification is still required, however, for statewide elections, and this system is used in many local and state elections across the nation. Supporters of witness verification maintain that it provides another layer of protection in ensuring the integrity of election by holding the witnesses legally responsible for accurately verifying the identity of the mail-in voter. Opponents claim that it complicates the election process for those who may have a difficult time finding anyone who can verify their identity.
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Yet in the municipality of Anchorage my legitimate and verified vote with a witness was tossed out because someone didn’t like the slant of my “t” during the last vote and was lost in the mail the time prior to that during required mail in ballots. This is bull larkey. Obviously there is an attempt to throw the race at this point.
Was not there just a major data breach (I cannot remember what company/agency/branch of gov’t?) that released all of our data, including our personal identifiers? How on earth does a change like this pass? Unbelievable! I feel for the conservatives in Juneau trying to upright their sinking ship.
foh division of election is the division. 113 thousand identies stolen! no worries dalhsheep is back on the job ! after all climbing to the higher branch ,known as congress would have resulted in the branch being over burdened and she may have gotten injured from the fall! she is now safely back in the control of dunleavy who so effectively does nothing and hides from everything!
Oh, hey! While I am thinking about this. For the General Election, all of our ballots will be sent to Juneau for the Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) tabulation to determine the winners. These guys can’t even get their own city’s election stuff right, but they are going to be tabulating the complicated, multiple rounds of RCV for the ENTIRE STATE. That sure makes me feel confident that our votes are going to be counted properly. Ha.
I’m for voting on Election Day, No mail in or early voting.
In person with paper ballots and with ID.
Make it a national holiday for all, so there’s no excuse as in not to vote.
I’m for voting on Election Day, No mail in or early voting.
In person with paper ballots and with ID.
Make it a national holiday for all, so there’s no excuse as in not to vote.
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Opponents only complain if their intent is to cheat, that’s why the Democrat party objects to any type of election security. The Democrat party, since Obama’s, has moved to the dark side of right and wrong.
I agree with Proud Alaskan. Voting is a right and a privilege, get your butt up and go vote in person!
Actually, Voting is our Civic Duty – not just a right or privilege.
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ADVISORY THAT WILL BUILD YOUR THINKING CAPACITY! Stop listening to damboski and porcaro! Instead listen to the KEN AND KEN SHOW ON KVNT AM! They are not schills for dunleavy and have a level of common sense rarely found in these times!