Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska, is preparing to conduct a trial - allowing all voters to vote using smartphones. Anchorage has about 240,000 registered voters, and this trial will start on a small scale. Mail-in voting and in-person voting will still be retained, but voters can also click a link on their phone to vote in the municipal election next April, electing six city council seats and two school board seats. Even if it's just a local pilot, this mobile voting attempt could provide a blueprint for future applications in broader elections. This cautious technological advancement aims to help alleviate the logistical challenges of Alaska elections: bad weather, long drives needed for remote areas to vote, and a mobile population. A large number of ballots cannot be delivered, and more are delivered after the counting deadline. Local election officials hope that through this mobile voting experiment, the voting process will be more convenient while maintaining the security of the election.
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