Opinion ID: 1364196
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Heading Rank: 21

Heading: punch card ballots

Text: Appellees' contention on appeal that questioned or challenged ballots should have been cast on paper rather than punch card ballots has been disposed of by our order of October 6, 1978, in Carr v. Thomas, 586 P.2d 622 (Alaska). There, we concluded that it was not illegal to count certain questioned or challenged ballots merely because they were cast on punch card ballots. In the context in which this question is raised, punch card ballots are not distinguishable from paper ballots: the questioned and challenged punch card ballots were processed in the same manner as questioned and challenged paper ballots. Functionally, this satisfied the requirement of AS 15.15.215(a) to segregate challenged and questioned ballots until a determination as to their validity could be made.