Alaska Democrats say they received almost double the ballots than in 2016 in vote-by-mail primary – By Caroline Linton (CBS News) / April 11 2020
The Alaska Democratic Party said Saturday that the final number of ballots received by the cutoff in the state’s entirely vote-by-mail primary was over 19,813. That’s nearly double the amount of total caucus-goers in 2016, according to Jeanne Devon, communications director for the Alaska Democratic Party.
Joe Biden won the primary, the state party announced Saturday night. Biden received 55.3% of the vote to Bernie Sanders’ 44.7%.
In the 2016 caucuses, 10,610 Alaska Democrats participated, according to the Anchorage Daily News, with Sanders winning. Alaska sends 15 pledged delegates to the convention and four unpledged delegates.
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