[MayflowerMadam]

“Any vote not counted by midnight of election day should be disqualified. No exceptions, no excuses.”

Absolutely. One of our precincts was 40 miles south of Anchorage. On election day there was an avalanche on the one road connecting the precinct and the counting center in Anchorage. It wouldn’t be cleared for a couple days. To adhere to Code, we had to hire a helicopter to bring in the ballots. There was no waiting. There were no excuses. There was no whining.

[A Navy Vet]

"One of our precincts was 40 miles south of Anchorage. On election day there was an avalanche on the one road connecting the precinct and the counting center in Anchorage. It wouldn’t be cleared for a couple days. To adhere to Code, we had to hire a helicopter to bring in the ballots. There was no waiting. There were no excuses. There was no whining."

Good on you guys. You did what needed to be done for the most important domestic issue there is. I assume you had witnesses and/or election officials from both partys overseeing the transfer, even on the chopper.