Alaska's Division of Elections is preparing to count midterm ballots under an unusual level of national attention, Alaska's News Source reported, with the Senate race between Republican Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola seen as a possible decider of control of the chamber. The division issued an advisory explaining how ballots are transported to its Juneau office.
It said ballots, machines and keys are sealed with tamper-proof seals and kept in locked, camera-monitored rooms, and that voting equipment is tested and certified before purchase. Alaska uses paper ballots, and after election day a state review board hand-counts randomly selected precincts covering at least 5% of votes in each of the 40 House districts. A discrepancy above 1% triggers a full hand count in that district. An NBC News observer said she had been sent to Juneau to watch the count.
Source: Alaska's News Source