...and municipalities to increase taxes in order to make up the difference.Shortly before noon Wednesday, state election systems manager Shelly Growden said 10 rural precincts had not reported overnight."These are mainly hand-count precincts...

...votes were accurately counted. It's the reporting that caused confusion for people," said Shelly Growden, election systems manager. The reliability and security of voting machines have been under question for years around the nation. Evaluations...

...received 48.08 percent of the popular vote while Begich secured 46.61 percent as of Wednesday. Shelly Growden, elections system manager for the state, said the number of absentee ballots and questioned ballots will continue to change and could...