Voters wanting to know if the ballot they mailed in to the Alaska Division of Elections or gave to a voting center in outlying areas have no easy way of finding out if their ballot was logged in as received. The only official way is to call the Division during its busiest time of year, and the division already appears short-staffed.
Must Read Alaska, however, can help you.
As we have done in the past, we have the latest ballot-received report and can check for your ballot.
Send your name, (first and last) and your voting address to [email protected] and we’ll respond as quickly as possible with the information. This is not an automated service but will take a human (this writer) going through the ballots-received list.
We realize it’s important to readers and their peace of mind and will do our best to keep up with demand. Thank you in advance for your patience.
Suggestion to voters going into the polls without the mail in. I snapped a photo of my signed form and snapped a photo of my voter ballot when I finished voting before I put it in the jacket. Make sure you have a photo of the top half and the bottom half of the front and the back of the ballot before you insert into the jacket and make sure you see the machine on and receiving your ballot when you slide it into the machine, After that you have to hope its being counted and there is no interference online. The Election division has proven that they cannot be totally trusted to follow voting law and policy. After all that, pray for the best results.
You are a GREAT ALASKAN Suzanne!
Thank you for being there for your loyal readers.
My wife, kids, son in laws, brothers, nieces, nephews and myself will be voting Red on November 5 to bring this election home.
People should know that mail-in, questioned and absentee ballots will not even begin to be counted until Monday the 11th.
The Elections Division will verify this.
I see no way of verifying that your ballot wasn’t flipped to the other installed candidate. Only a light stating “ accepted “ Many videos of voters struggling with the machine only to have vote flipped
Thank you for doing that, Suzanne.
The need to verify receipt of your mail-in ballot is yet another reason to vote in-person at the polls. In retrospect, the traditional, in-person, voting process I observed my whole life was one of the few things the government did well. Perhaps it was because of the involvement of so many non-government-employee volunteers. The League of Women Voters brought a sense of security and trust to the system.
Go to:
‘https://myvoterportal.alaska.gov/
Enter the requested information.
Click on the ‘Submit’ button.
Scroll down to ‘Absentee Ballot Information’.
In my case, it says that on 10/21/2024, (Mailed in) BALLOT RECEIVED …
Thanks. It does not reliably work, depending on browser and settings. – sd
Thank you, Suzanne!!
You are awesome!
I appreciate you doing this. I have often wondered If my vote is being counted which we should be able to verify in each case.