After spending nearly a week glued to the election returns in battleground states that, as of Saturday, finally put President-elect Joe Biden over the top, many Americans are still left asking themselves, “What’s up with Alaska?”
Once a properly postmarked ballot arrives, the state checks to make sure it isn’t a duplicate, meaning that a person voted by mail as well as in person. About 80 people voted twice in the state’s primary, but officials say all instances were accidental and no one’s ballot was counted twice.
“I don’t understand this and I’ve increasingly wondered if it was political,” Mike Carey, a longtime political columnist in the state, told Yahoo News. “We only have three electoral votes and everyone knows where they’re going but somehow we’re last in the United States. It’s very strange.” Story continues“The dynamics of the Alaska Senate race at this hour remain in a state of flux. With approximately 44.6 percent of the ballots not yet counted, we believe we will win once every vote has been counted in the state,” Gross wrote last week on Twitter.
It's because this time of year they only have about 2 hours of daylight or so
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