“What a difference a day makes,” wrote Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai in an email announcing the turn of events Thursday morning.
Alaska voters participate in the August elections. Some rural residents may not be able to vote in person on Election Day if the Division of Elections can’t hire and train a few more workers. Alaska election officials now say that all of the polling precincts in the state will be staffed for Election Day, next Tuesday.
Fenumiai said the regional elections office in Nome, the lieutenant governor’s office and the group Get Out the Native Vote worked together to find more workers. As of Wednesday afternoon, they’re looking to do last-minute hiring and training of election workers in the communities of St. Mary’s and Goodnews Bay in Southwest Alaska. Which is a lot better than how Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai started her day on Wednesday – uncertain about 10 rural communities.
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