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Alaska to pilot smartphone ballots in local elections

( NewsNation) — A city in Alaska is preparing to become the first in the United States to allow voters to cast ballots from their smartphones in its upcoming municipal election. Read More

Anchorage, Alaska, Officials Clarify Role of Electronic Voting

By-mail options for voters in the state’s most populous city include casting ballots electronically, which has been offered since 2018. A more recent “secure document portal” further empowers ... Read More

Alaska Division of Elections begins reviewing petition to repeal election reform law

Alaskans enacted the state’s existing elections system via a ballot measure in 2020, and a repeal measure last year failed by only 737 votes out of 320,985 cast. Proponents of the repeal vowed at that ... Read More

Will People Trust Voting by Phone? Alaska Is Going to Find Out.

Anchorage will experiment with internet voting in local elections, betting that its ease and security will win over voters even in an era of election conspiracy theories. Anchorage will experiment ... Read More

Alaska Division of Elections begins reviewing petition to repeal election reform law

State elections officials have begun reviewing signatures gathered by people opposed to Alaska’s system of open primary elections and ranked-choice general elections to determine whether a repeal ... Read More