Leave a Comment

Stolen election in Alaska? Five reasons why that accusation is premature.
Open Left - Front Page — ... 1) Per the Division of Elections, there are three different types of ballots that still must be counted:  1/2 of the early voting ballots (9,500), the absentee ballots (48,000) and the "questioned" ballots (16,000). ("Questioned" ballots come from registered voters who go to a different precinct and are allowed to vote the Congressional and Presidential elections or un-registered voters who go to a precinct and are allowed to register and vote in the presidential election only.  All of these votes are checked by hand to determine the voters status.)   ...

30 percent of Alaska ballots waiting to be counted
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... polling place. She said another batch of votes could be counted Friday. Also undecided is the U.S. House race, where incumbent Republican Don Young holds a lead of nearly 17,000 votes over Democrat Ethan Berkowitz. Absentee ballots, which continue to arrive in the mail, had to be postmarked by Election Day but could arrive up to 15 days after the election if sent from outside the country. ___ On the Net Alaska Division of Elections: http://www.elections.alaska.gov/ ...

30 percent of Alaska ballots waiting to be counted
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... polling place. She said another batch of votes could be counted Friday. Also undecided is the U.S. House race, where incumbent Republican Don Young holds a lead of nearly 17,000 votes over Democrat Ethan Berkowitz. Absentee ballots, which continue to arrive in the mail, had to be postmarked by Election Day but could arrive up to 15 days after the election if sent from outside the country. ___ On the Net Alaska Division of Elections: http://www.elections.alaska.gov/ More on Senate Races <br style="clear: ...

Alaska counting ballots
The Reaction — ... workers began poring over questioned ballots Monday in Anchorage, a process that will likely continue through the final count, which is expected Nov. 19. Meantime, absentee votes are still arriving in the mail and precincts are sending in more questioned ballots. Stay tuned. We'll be following this closely. (CNN has the full results here, but it may be useful to check Alaska Elections here, with results here, for updates.)

Begich overtakes Stevens in Alaska vote count
The Reaction — ... Don Young, who's corrupt in that specially Stevensesque sort of way, is still well ahead in his House race against Democratic challenger Ethan Berkowitz.) But let's not get ahead of ourselves, however much we may wish to bid good riddance to Stevens. There is still much more counting to do. CNN has the updated results for the three Alaska votes -- President, Senate, House -- here. See also Alaska Elections here (with updated unofficial results here).