Alaska Elections Office Releases 52-Page Analysis of 2010 Problems, Including Questions About Write-ins

On April 1, the Alaska Elections Division, which is under the Lieutenant Governor, issued this 52-page report about the 2010 election for U.S. Senate. That election was historic because a write-in candidate was elected. There was a great deal of litigation over the write-ins, and also over other election law ambiguities, which prompted this report.

The Report recommends that voter intent continue to be the standard for determining if a write-in should be counted. However, the report does not specifically mention the controversy over whether a write-in is valid, if the voter who cast the write-in doesn’t know, or forgets, to “X” the box next to the name written in. The Report says that the state should continue to ask write-in candidates to file a declaration of write-in candidacy, and suggests a deadline of 21 days before the election. But the Report says the declaration should be voluntary, not mandatory.

The Report reveals that it cost the state $60,440 dollars to count the 102,334 write-in votes.


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Alaska Elections Office Releases 52-Page Analysis of 2010 Problems, Including Questions About Write-ins — 3 Comments

  1. Again – Where is that Model Election Law – to END lots of LUNATIC stuff in the States — legislative, executive and judicial ???

  2. See Bush v. Gore about dubious intent stuff.

    The Fed HAVA law requires all States — i.e. the MORON States — to have a YES/NO objective definition of a legal vote with each voting system – paper, scanner, etc.

    How many MORONS in the AK election law regime ???

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