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Assembly postpones elections ordinance as residents, volunteers press questions about machines and poll-watching
Summary
Public commenters and election volunteers raised questions about voting machines, ballot security and poll-watcher rules during audience participation. The Assembly postponed Ordinance 25-012 for further work and directed further review.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly postponed consideration of Ordinance 25-012 — a rewrite of local election rules — after extensive public testimony and questions about voting machines, hand counts, poll watchers and early ballot handling.
Multiple residents and long-time election volunteers spoke during audience participation, arguing for “hand count only” procedures, seeking transparency about the acquisition and use of tabulation equipment and asking for detailed explanations of how ballots and scanned images are handled. Tom Robertson, a former state registrar, described the…
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