No new Alaska numbers yesterday???

[4_Legs_Good]

I thought they were counting another 30K ballots yesterday, but I'm still seing Begich ahead by about 800 votes. I don't think the tallies have changed.

Any news????

David

[TexasObserver]

1. Someone caught a whale, and they all had to go get their share of blubber.

They've only got two people doing the counting, which is why it takes a state of 700,000 citizens two weeks to count their ballots.

[palintology]

2. Give them a break ... there are not many people who can count in Alaska :)

[TexasObserver]

4. a couple of kindergarten kids could have counted the ballots by now

[4lbs]

3. According to the ballot counting schedule, it will resume later today.

http://www.elections.alaska.gov/news/2008GeneralUpdatedBallotCountingSchedule.pdf



News Release for Immediate Release
November 13, 2008

CONTACT: Gail Fenumiai, Director [phone]
Shelly Growden, Election Systems Manager [phone]

Final Counting Schedule Determined

The Division of Elections still has over 40,000 ballots to be counted by the statutory deadline of
November 19th.

The division has received several inquiries asking why it is taking so long to count ballots. “With
over 90,000 ballots that needed to go through the statutorily mandated review process, as well as
conducting a duplicate voter review, the division is quite pleased that we can announce we are
ahead of the statutory deadline for reviewing and counting the absentee and questioned ballots,”
said director, Gail Fenumiai.

The outstanding ballots that remain will be counted as follows:

• Region I, Juneau – will count all remaining questioned ballots on Friday, November 14th
at 1:00pm and all remaining absentee ballots on Tuesday, November 18th at 9:00am.

• Region II, Anchorage – will count all remaining absentee and questioned ballots on
Tuesday, November 18th at 10:00am.

• Region II, Wasilla – will count all remaining questioned ballots at 8:00am and remaining
absentee ballots at 1:00pm on Friday, November 14th.

• Region III, Fairbanks – will count all remaining questioned ballots and possibly some of
the remaining absentee ballots on Friday, November 14th at 11:00am. Any absentee
ballots that do not get counted on November 14th will be counted on Monday, November
17th at 10:00am.

• Region IV, Nome – will count all remaining absentee and questioned ballots on Friday,
November 14th at 8:00am.

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(all times Alaskan time, which is 1 hour behind Pacific time, or 4 hours behind Eastern time)

Thus the Juneau counting will resume Friday, Nov 14, 1:00pm Alaskan time, which is 2:00pm Pacific, and 5:00pm Eastern.

[4_Legs_Good]

5. Ahh thanks!

Hopefully some more excitement from the North today!

David