At least 72 Anchorage voters are now reporting they have not yet received their ballots for the April 5 election. Volunteers with six of the local campaigns have put together a program to track down cases of ballots not arriving. They’ve been making phone calls and knocking on doors.
On Sunday, Must Read Alaska learned there were over two dozen, but today that number has exploded.
The campaigns for the conservative candidates for the local municipal election have put together a Google Docs form for Anchorage voters to self-report if they have not received their ballots. The Google form goes to the campaigns, which have hired an attorney to look into the issues and make sure there is no foul play.
Voters are encouraged to share this story with their social media accounts to try to reach more people, as the volunteers are overwhelmed making calls to find out who has not gotten a ballot at their home.
If voters do share their information on the Google Docs form with the campaigns, they’ll likely be contacted and encouraged to vote at the Loussac Library or City Hall to get a replacement ballot.
On Tuesday the voting centers and drop boxes will close at 8 pm. No ballots will be collected from those boxes after 8 pm, according to the Municipal Clerk.
So far, 33,809, or 15.8 percent of registered Anchorage voters have voted in this election, a significantly lower turnout than expected.
