ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
The Anchorage Assembly approved a contract Tuesday evening to hire an independent investigator to review the April city election.
The assembly voted unanimously to hire retired Anchorage Superior Court Judge Dan Hensley to take a look at the issues including the shortage of ballots at many voting stations.
According to Assembly Chairman, Ernie Hall, the contract allows for up to 35- thousand dollars to be spent on the process but Hall says it's expected to run around 33-thousand dollars.
Hall says there will also be a hand count of ballots from 15 precincts underway tomorrow morning after an official request by a group of voters.
