Kenai Borough voters will have a chance to decide whether all in-person votes are tabulated by hand on election day.
Hand count proponents are hoping voters will approve Prop. 1 during the Oct. 7 regular election. If it passes, it will require that all paper ballots, cast in-person on election day, be counted manually by hand, rather than using electronic tabulating equipment.
The proposed change would amend Kenai Borough code, ensuring that hand counting begins immediately after the polls close at local precincts, and that ballots be counted by registered voters of the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
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If the proposition passes, absentee ballots would still be accepted and processed according to Alaska State Law and borough code. These absentee ballots would be added to the election day count after they are processed. The proposed ordinance would be effective as of Jan. 1, 2026.
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Voter ID, paper ballots, one day voting & counting ballots
Agree 100%
Two major media outlets paid a billion dollars in damages to Dominion voting machines because of their claims of voter fraud. The tabulators have been proven to be accurate and tamper proof. The baseless accusations against the machines is as believable as the Ivermectin horse paste.
You are not telling the “whole” story as it applies to the statements published by media.. Manny… And, the tabulators are programmed to tabulate the results of the programming criteria inputs.. And as for tamper proof claim.. That’s 100% false.
“programming criteria inputs” = votes. Seems pretty obvious. Odd that conservatives screech at voter fraud when it was their Vandal President that created a massive , violent, deadly and hugely clever way to attack the constitution on January 6. You have no evidence, no case.