Alaska Legislature sends sweeping election reform bill to governor’s desk
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By Iris Samuels
Published on March 26, 2026.
The Alaska Senate has passed a sweeping election reform bill, sending it to the desk of Gov. Mike Dunleavy. The bill includes a ballot curing process that allows voters to fix minor mistakes on their ballots, and would allow the Division of Elections to more easily remove inactive voters from the state’s rolls. The Senate voted 16-4 to approve changes to the bill made in the House, with two minority members joining all majority members. The final version of the bill removes several priorities of majority lawmakers, including the elimination of required witness signatures on absentee ballots. Other changes include ballot tracking by phone and email, adding tribal IDs to the list of acceptable identification for voting, removing hunting and fishing licenses, bank statements, utility bills, paychecks and other government documents as acceptable identification.
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