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The head of the Alaska Division of Elections said “we’re very concerned” by the incident and the agency is working with the U.S. Postal Service to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
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The departures mean a head-to-head race between nonpartisan candidate Ky Holland and Republican Lucy Bauer.