Thursday, October 23rd, 2008...2:12 pm
Early Voting in Alaska: Anecdata and Real Data
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When I went to cast an early ballot this Thursday afternoon, at the downtown Fairbanks elections office that covers all Interior districts, I found 15 people lined up to vote in the three (already occupied) voting booths. A state worker said the line had been that long since the polls opened Monday morning, and that she’d never before seen that level of voter interest. I reached the head of the line in 15 minutes.
According to Micky Speegle of the state Elections Division, 984 people cast early ballots in the first three days of this week, compared to 500 early voters for the first three days in 2004.
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