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Status of Audit Legislation:
Signed into law 2005
Link to Text of Legislation:
Sampling Method:
Alaska uses a fixed percentage approach, auditing one precinct per county.
Trigger:
If a discrepancy greater than 1% is identified, then the Director of Elections may conduct a review of the entire district.
Oversight:
State Director of Elections
Who Conducts the Audit?:
Local election officials with appointed representatives of the political parties
Types of Voting Machines in Use:
Primarily optical scan, some are hand counted, each precinct has one touch-screen per HAVA guidelines.
For more information, see Verifed Voting's website:
http://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/map.php?&topic_string=5std&year=2008&state=Alaska
Races that are Audited:
Entire ballot
Voting Units that are Audited:
Precincts
Timeline for Audit:
As soon as possible after the election, and no later than 16 days after the election takes place.
Do the results of the audit become the official tally?:
Yes