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Election and registration information
Voting machines
2008 election
For the 2008 election Alaska used the following voting machines in addition to hand-counted paper ballots in some counties. For a county-by-county list of the specific machines (and the source for this section) see Verified Votings' Verifier tool.
- Main article: Voting machines
Direct-Recording Electronic (DRE) machines with a paper trail:
- Premier Election Solutions's (Diebold) AccuVote-TSX voting machine.
Optical scan machines:
- Premier Election Solutions's (Diebold) AccuVote-OS voting machine.
Governmental election authorities
Director: Gail Fenumiai
- Physical Address:
- Division of Elections, Court Plaza Building, 240 Main Street, 4th Floor, Juneau, AK 99801
- Mailing Address:
- Division of Elections, PO Box 110017, Juneau, AK 99811-0017
- Director's Office:
- Phone (907) 465-4611
- Toll-Free (866) 952-8683
- Fax (907) 465-3203
Election threats
Vote tabulation procedures
- Nov 18, 2008. Counting has been completed in the Alaska general election. With only 2,500 overseas ballots remaining to be counted, challenger Mark Begich has defeated long-time Senator Ted Stevens by a margin of 3,724 votes[1], well outside the range which would allow Stevens to request a state-funded recount.
- Nov 12, 2008. Over 30% of the state's ballots remain uncounted, according to tallies released by the Alaska Division of Elections.[2] Over 90,000 absentee, early, and "question" ballots have been held pending verification, and more continue to arrive; absentee ballots sent by mail have up to 15 days after election day (if mailed from overseas) to arrive.[2] Several extremely close races cannot be called due to the large number of outstanding ballots, including the closely-watched race between Senator Ted Stevens and challenger Mark Begich. Currently Stevens leads Begich by 3,257 votes.[2] According to Gail Fenumiai, Director of the Division of Elections, the majority of the ballots will be counted today, with the remainder completed before the state deadline of November 19.[3] Alaska is one of the few states where all votes are counted on the state, rather than county, level. [3]
- From the Alaska Divison of Elections: Outstanding Absentee, Early and Questioned Ballots To Be Counted – District Breakdown (Updated 11.10.2008)
- Nov 10, 2008. More than 50,000 votes which were not included in the original election-day tallies in Alaska will be counted on Wednesday, according to election officials. [4] No absentee or early votes, which make up a substantial portion of Alaska's vote tallies, have yet been counted; Alaska officials cross-check all ballots against election day's precinct voter lists to ensure that no one has voted twice before beginning the count.[4]
- For an extensive log of voting machine problems, see the VotersUnite! report on election incidents.[5]
State and local non-governmental election organizations
League of Women Voters, Alaska; Marianne Mills, President
- LWV of Alaska
- 2529 David Street
- Juneau, Alaska 99801
- Phone: 907-364-2614
- Email: mariannemills@msn.com
- Website: http://lwvalaska.org/index.html
Regional Offices
- League of Women Voters of Anchorage
- PO Box 101345
- Anchorage , Alaska 99510-1345
- Phone: (907) 274-8477
- E-Mail: league@lwvanchorage.org
- Website:http://www.lwvanchorage.org/index.html
- Central Peninsula League of Women Voters
- PO Box 2381
- Kenai, AK 99811
- Contact: Lois Pillifant, President
- Phone: (907) 260-3111
- Email: Mom@Alaska.net
- Website: http://lwvalaska.org/cities/contact_ken.html
- League of Women Voters of the Tanana Valley
- P.O. Box 71974
- Fairbanks, AK 99707
- Phone: (907) 456-8963
- Email: LWVAlaska@Hotmail.com
- http://lwvalaska.org/indextv.html
Articles and resources
See also
- The main page on election protection and reform organizations.
- All articles in the Election Protection Wiki project.
- For election day: Things citizens can do to monitor elections and If you are told you cannot vote.
References
- ↑ Sean Cockerham,Begich defeats Stevens in Senate race,Anchorage Daily News, Nov 18, 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dan Joling, 30 percent of Alaska ballots waiting to be counted, Associated Press, November 11, 2008.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rena Delbridge, One week later, more than one-quarter of Alaska votes still haven’t been counted. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, November 11, 2008.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lisa Desjardins,Alaska to Count 50,000 more votes Wednesday, CNN Political Ticker, gathered November 11, 2008.
- ↑ See the VotersUnite! Election Problem Log.
External resources
Poll location
- GoVote.org locates your polling place and other voting information.
- Google map polling locations locates most polling location, may be missing or out of date.
Election Protection hotlines
- 866-OUR-VOTE (National Election Protection Hotline)
- 888-VE-Y-VOTA (Español)
- 800-966-5946 (AALDEF, Asian languages)
- 866-MYVOTE1 (Tom Joyner Hotline - VoterAction, NAACP National Voter Fund)
- 877-523-2792 (ACLU Voting Rights Project Hotline)
- 877-US4-OBAMA (Obama campaign Voter Hotline)
- 866-976-VOTE (McCain campaign Honest and Open Election hotline - leave a message)
- 877-GOCNN08 (CNN Voter Problem Tipline)
- 888-VOTE-TIP (VelvetRevolution Election Protection Hotline for fraud)
- 567-258-VOTE (Twitter Vote Report key in report or leave audio message)
Voting information
- Vote411.org from the League of Women Voters provides all kinds of information to help you vote.
Voting rights
- ACLU's "Know Your Voting Rights - State by State" -- printable brochures summarizing your voting rights, for most states.
- One-page know your rights summaries for 27 states from the AFL-CIO.
Voting requirements
- Click here to see the voter ID requirements in all states. From the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Election officials, election reform groups, and elected officials
- Why Tuesday? offers a page for Alaska that helps locate Alaska's elections officials, election reform groups, and elected officials, as well as a page titled Find a group in your area that lets you find similar information for other states.
Absentee voting
- Click here to request an absentee ballot. Go Vote Absentee is a project of the Women Donors Network.
Disabled voters
- Information for voters with disabilities from NDRN.
Student voting rights
- See Alaska Student Voting Rights for a guide to student voting rights in Alaska. See Student Voting Rights for a guide to other states. From the Brennan Center for Justice.
State ballot
- See how organizations you trust recommend you vote on ballot measures and other statewide contests at TransparentDemocracy.
Languages
- Help in other languages from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. 中文, 日本語, 한국어, Tagalog, Tiếng Việt, Español
Voting machines
- Verified Voting's Alaska page, which provides detailed information on voting equipment in use in every county in Alaska.
Election law
- Election Law @ Moritz's Alaska page, which provides detailed information on election law developments in Alaska. See map page to see the information for election developments in any given state.
- Election Law @ Moritz's Alaska general information page, which provides information on Alaska election authorities, post-election processes, and other topics. See map page to see this information for any given state.
