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Alaska Tribes, Advocacy Groups File Lawsuit Over Rejected Ballots
An Alaska Native tribe, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, the Native American Rights Fund, and an international law firm filed a lawsuit in Alaska’s Superior Court on Tuesday against the Alaska Division of Elections and officials for discounting defective ballots without allowing voters time to fix minor deficiencies. The complaint noted that “7,468 Alaska voters were deprived of having their voices heard and their mail votes count” for “ballot envelope deficiencies that could have been cured if Defendants had timely informed voters.” “Instead of notifying voters of these common mistakes when there was still time to cure them — before vote counts were finalized — the Division of Elections notified voters of rejected ballots only after the election was certified,” the complaint reads.
Source: Yahoo Sports
