Tomorrow, April 23, 5:00 pm -7:00 p.m., the Anchorage Election Commission will hold the Public Session of Canvass and Adoption of the Election Commission Report. During the session, the commission will review potentially rejected ballots envelopes and hear public comments regarding ballot envelope challenges.
Ballot envelopes face potential rejection for the following reasons:
- Duplicate ballot envelope
- Ballot envelope empty
- Voter failed to provide identifying information
- Voter is INACTIVE
- Ballot not properly applied for
- Multiple ballots in one envelope
- Not registered in the Municipality of Anchorage
- Voter does not meet certification requirements
- Voter returned ballot envelope and asked to be removed from voter roll
- Ballot envelope not dated/postmarked and received after Election Day
- Ballot envelope received too late
- Ballot envelope postmarked/voted after Election Day
- No postmark, but received after Election Day
- No postmark, but post office provided additional information
- Voter not registered
- Voter is deceased; voter determined to be deceased prior to ballots arriving to
voters - Inadequate witnessing
- Voter failed to sign ballot envelope
- No signature match on ballot return envelope
- No reference signature in SOA Voter Registration Database
- Ballot envelope hand delivered after Election Day
- Ballot envelope signed by somebody other than voter
Members of the public can comment on and review ballot envelopes tagged for potential rejection. Written comments can be submitted to [email protected] by 4:00 p.m. the day of the meeting. Members of the public can dial into the session by calling Conference
Bridge Phone Number – (907) 273-5190, Participant Code – 786815 #.
Following review and public discussion, the commission will determine the rejection or acceptance of the ballot envelopes in question. Any rejected ballot envelopes are separated and retained for 30 days after the election certification. Voters with rejected ballot envelopes will be notified by mail.
The Anchorage Assembly will certify the April 7, 2026, General Election at its regular assembly meeting on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
