Alaska

Status of Audit Legislation: 
Signed into law 2005
Link to Text of Legislation: 
Alaska's law
Sampling Method: 

Alaska uses a fixed percentage approach, auditing one precinct per county.

Trigger: 

If a discrepancy greater than 1% is identified, then the Director of Elections may conduct a review of the entire district.

Oversight: 
State Director of Elections
Who Conducts the Audit?: 
Local election officials with appointed representatives of the political parties
Types of Voting Machines in Use: 
Primarily optical scan, some are hand counted, each precinct has one touch-screen per HAVA guidelines. For more information, see Verifed Voting's website: http://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/map.php?&topic_string=5std&year=2008&state=Alaska
Races that are Audited: 
Entire ballot
Voting Units that are Audited: 
Precincts
Timeline for Audit: 

As soon as possible after the election, and no later than 16 days after the election takes place.

Do the results of the audit become the official tally?: 
Yes