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Updates from Alaska: a snowdrift of absentee ballots

By Paul Gronke

· The state Division of Elections reports more than 17,200 early voting ballots had been cast as of Sunday, a figure that includes absentee-in person votes. The early vote count for the 2006 general election was 8,455. The state also mailed out nearly 30,020 by-mail absentee ballots; as of Sunday, it had received about 15,900 back. Roughly one-third of the vote-by-fax ballots sent out had been returned. Elections Division Director Gail Fenumiai says only early votes cast through Monday and ballots cast at precincts will be counted Tuesday.

· It?s snowing in Anchorage. The Anchorage Daily News reports 1.4 inches of snow so far. Don?t know of election day snow anywhere else.

Full post as published by Election Updates on November 02, 2010 (boomark / email).