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Assembly schedules election certification April 22; risk‑limiting audit set for April 18
Summary
Clerk's office outlined an accelerated schedule for finalizing the April 1 ballots, including a risk‑limiting audit on April 18 and certification of results on April 22; staff are continuing ballot curing and collection of postmarked ballots.
The Assembly Rules Committee was told Thursday that the Assembly will certify the April 1 election on April 22 after a series of scheduled events including a risk‑limiting audit.
Clerk (office) told the committee: "Public session of Canvas is scheduled for Thursday, the seventeenth. We have a work session, from 2 to 4, and then the meeting is from 5 until 11. And then certification will be on the April 22." The clerk added that a risk‑limiting audit is set for April 18.
The clerk said staff are still processing ballots: "We are still collecting and counting ballots that were postmarked on or before April 1, and we're also still curing ballots along the way." The clerk's office said its team contacted voters who provided phone numbers or email addresses as part of the cure process.
Why it matters: Certification finalizes the canvass and makes election results official; the risk‑limiting audit is a statistical check intended to confirm the outcome. Committee members were urged to monitor agendas for related special meetings and to be present for the April 22 session.
The clerk also noted staff workloads tied to joint meetings and special meetings ahead of certification, and asked members to review upcoming agendas to flag urgent items that must be decided before new members are sworn in.
Looking ahead, the committee's chair said there will be additional planning ahead of the April 22 meeting and asked members to attend a joint meeting that afternoon with the Native Village of Eklutna and the special meeting on April 16, which will include port items and land‑use public hearings.
