Alaska § 15.15.430 - Scope of the review of ballot counting.
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§ 15.15.430. Scope of the review of ballot counting.
(a) The review of ballot counting by the director shall include only (1) a review of the precinct registers, tallies, and ballots cast;
(2) a review of absentee and questioned ballots as prescribed by law; and
(3) unless the ballot for the house district contains nothing but uncontested offices, a hand count of ballots from one randomly selected precinct in each house district that accounts for at least five percent of the ballots cast in that district.
(b) If, following the ballot review set out in (a) of this section, the director finds there is a discrepancy of more than one percent between the results of the hand count under (a)(3) of this section and the count certified by the election board, the director shall conduct a hand count of the ballots from that district.
(c) If the director finds an unexplained discrepancy in the ballot count in any precinct, the director may count the ballots from that precinct.
(d) The director shall certify in writing to the state ballot counting review board and publish on the division's Internet website any changes resulting from a count performed under (b) or (c) of this section.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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