Kodiak voters get only Tagalog election pamphlets

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Many Kodiak residents were a bit confused when they received election pamphlets urging them to ”Bumoto!“
The pamphlets for four ballot initiatives being decided Aug. 26 weren’t in English but in Tagalog, a language widely spoken in the Philippines. An apparent mix-up at the printers was discovered when a resident called Alaska’s Division of Elections looking for an English version.
Division of Elections spokeswoman Shelly Growden expects pamphlets printed in English to be in voters’ mailboxes sometime next week. Meanwhile, both English and Tagalog versions of the pamphlet are available on the division’s Web site: www.elections.alaska.gov.
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