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AARP Alaska Is Hosting a Statewide Teleconference on Voting Safely
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WITH THE PRIMARY-ELECTION COMING UP, "A-A-R-P ALASKA" WILL HOST A STATEWIDE
TELECONFERENCE--THIS WEDNESDAY [JULY 22ND]--ON HOW TO VOTE SAFELY.
AMONG THE SCHEDULED PARTICIPANTS ARE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, KEVIN
MEYER, AND DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS, GAIL FENUMIAI ["FEH-NOO-MEE-EYE"].
"A-A-R-P ALASKA'S" SARANA ["SARAH-NAH"] SCHELL EXPLAINS...
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"NORMALLY, VOTING IS SIMPLE; YOU CAST YOUR VOTE.
IN THIS PANDEMIC, THOUGH, IF YOU WANT TO VOTE FROM HOME, NOW'S THE TIME TO MAKE YOUR VOTING-PLAN:
THE STATE WILL MAIL VOTERS [WHO ARE] 65 AND OLDER AN APPLICATION FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.
BUT, OTHER VOTERS WILL NEED TO ASK FOR ONE. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS,
YOU'RE NOT ALONE; WE'RE HOLDING THIS 'TOWN HALL' TO PROVIDE ANSWERS. REMEMBER, ALASKA HAS A HISTORY OF CLOSE ELECTIONS; YOUR VOTE COUNTS."
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WEDNESDAY'S TELECONFERENCE STARTS AT 10-30 A-M. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
VOTING--AND HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TELECONFERENCE--VISIT "A-A-R-P"-DOT-ORG-SLASH-"A-K".
