In Alaska too, convicted felons who have served time for 'moral turpitude' lose their right to vote. (Moral turpitude is defined as being "wrong, in and of itself". For instance, conviction of drug usage may not be moral turpitude but drug dealing may be.) In these cases, their voters registration is placed on the 'inactive' list, which won't be reactivated until the Department of Corrections signs off on it.

Other convicts may be able to vote as soon as they are unconditionally released.

After a convicted felon has received an unconditional discharge (not still on parole or with conditions placed on his/her freedom) that person may apply for reinstatement of voting rights.

McGrath, I called my old office about write-in votes. Here's what I'm told:

All write in votes are counted. If one of the names garners more than .5% of the total vote, that person's name and percentage is published separately. If no one hits that mark, all write in votes are published as a one-lump percentage.

The optical scanner counts the write-in votes.

Ebbie