Supreme Court case could quash Alaska policy of letting ballots arrive weeks after Election Day
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on March 23 in Watson v. Republican National Committee, a case that could upend election rules in more than a dozen states, including in Alaska, by determining whether federal law requires ballots to be
Mat-Su looks to ban vote machines, mandate hand counts, empower poll watchers
On Oct. 4, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly will hold a public hearing to decide on whether to ban voting machines and mandate hand count tabulation of all borough elections. Introduced on Sept. 27, the ordinance requires a hand count of all ballots at the
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