Zac Johnson
38:00 - 38:27
“With mail delays, we had somebody who cast their ballot in a timely manner in Natnek, about made it down to Anchorage and then had to go back to Nome to be counted and ultimately wasn't, didn't make it in time through no fault of the voter. And so we need to make sure that we are counting the votes closer to where they're cast as much as we can. And finally, with language access, as I mentioned before, making sure that we have people available there as a resource such that everyone can get the help they need to understand the ballot.”
- Speaker
- Zac Johnson
- Timestamp
- 38:00 – 38:27
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 22, 2026
From the transcript
We can see this year in places like Napa, Chuck, where the polls didn't open until 5 PM. And that ultimately disenfranchises voters and is not acceptable. With mail delays, we had somebody who cast their ballot in a timely manner in Natnek, about made it down to Anchorage and then had to go back to Nome to be counted and ultimately wasn't, didn't make it in time through no fault of the voter. And so we need to make sure that we are counting the votes closer to where they're cast as much as we can. And finally, with language access, as I mentioned before, making sure that we have people available there as a resource such that everyone can get the help they need to understand the ballot.
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