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A. The borough clerk shall provide such evidence as may be required to assist the assembly in judging the qualifications of those voters who cast questioned ballots, or whose absentee ballots were in some way questionable. In full view of those present the assembly shall make a determination upon each of these ballots. To be counted in the election an absentee ballot must be received by the clerk before the date and hour of the canvass and, if mailed, postmarked no later than the day of the election or, if electronically transmitted, the electronically generated time must be no later than 8:00 p.m. Alaska time on the day of the election. An absentee ballot shall not be counted if:

1. The voter has failed to properly execute the certificate;

2. An official or the witnesses authorized by law to attest the voter’s certificate fail to execute the certificate;

3. The ballot is not attested to on or before the date of the election;

4. The ballot return envelope is postmarked on a date after the election; or

5. A voter has not submitted an affidavit in support of an unpostmarked ballot received in the mail after the election.

B. Questioned and absentee ballots judged to be valid shall be counted in the following manner: The ballots shall be removed from the identifying outer envelopes and shuffled thoroughly. The envelopes shall also be shuffled thoroughly and delivered to the borough clerk to be preserved with other records of the election. The votes cast on these ballots shall then be tallied by hand count and/or optical scan machine.

C. The rules set out in this section are mandatory and there shall be no exceptions to them. A ballot shall not be counted unless in compliance with these rules. (Ord. 14-04-373 § 4)