Anchorage’s first vote-by-mail election will not be in April as planned

Anchorage’s municipal election is still a few months out, but April is approaching a little too fast for the municipality to roll out the new vote-by-mail system election officials planned to use for the first time this year.
In March of last year, the Assembly approved voting by mail with the intention to start in April 2017.
Deputy municipal clerk Amanda Moser said they still need two major pieces of equipment: a tabulator to scan the ballots and a machine to sort the envelopes. She said