Carol Beecher
114:09 - 114:40
"we are under the National Voter Registration Act, which does not allow the division to do really an investigation or to require documentation regarding citizenship. We go by the oath and affirmation. So when we get information like this, that's why it seems probably very simple on its face that all they have to do is contact us. That's all they have to do is let us know. And then we go by their oath and affirmation on the last registration that we have."
“we are under the National Voter Registration Act, which does not allow the division to do really an investigation or to require documentation regarding citizenship. We go by the oath and affirmation. So when we get information like this, that's why it seems probably very simple on its face that all they have to do is contact us. That's all they have to do is let us know. And then we go by their oath and affirmation on the last registration that we have.”
- Speaker
- Carol Beecher
- Timestamp
- 114:09 – 114:40
- Transcript
- Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260722-1300
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- July 22, 2026
From the transcript
We, partly because we are under the National Voter Registration Act, which does not allow the division to do really an investigation or to require documentation regarding citizenship. We go by the oath and affirmation. So when we get information like this, that's why it seems probably very simple on its face that all they have to do is contact us. That's all they have to do is let us know. And then we go by their oath and affirmation on the last registration that we have.
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