Commission recommends no further inquiry into election
Over half and they dont see a problem? Pay attention people.
The Anchorage Election Commission said Wednesday it was recommending against hiring an outside investigator to look into the city's chaotic April 3 election even as it found that more precincts had run out of ballots than previously
More than half of city polling places ran out of ballots at some point during the election, the commission said. The figures stand in contrast to earlier estimates from the City Clerk's office that ballots temporarily ran dry in only one of every three precincts.
The eight-member panel unveiled the findings in a report approved Wednesday at City Hall.
Despite the widespread shortages, the commission recommended against hiring an outside investigator to probe exactly what went wrong. The panel said it learned of only 33 people who said they were unable to vote on Election Day, too few to change the outcome of any race.
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