Following tabulation of absentee and questioned ballots Tuesday in which several thousand votes remain uncounted, Bill Walker announced plans to proceed with organization of a transition team.  The Walker Mallott team has undertaken these preliminary steps in recognition of a constitutional deadline for swearing in on December 1st.

Walker stated: “Today we began the process of contacting Alaskans across the state and asking them to join our transition team.  The team we assemble will represent diverse backgrounds and experiences as we chart our path forward for the next four years.”

The role of a transition team is to assist a new administration with a smooth and efficient transition into office.  This process is critical to an incoming administration so that policy goals and priorities are identified and discussed prior to taking office.

The co-chairs of the transition team will be announced Wednesday, November 12th at the Walker Mallott campaign headquarters in downtown Anchorage.  The topics to be covered by the team will also be announced at that time.

Byron Mallott added: “We are excited to begin assembling these great Alaskans from every area of the state.  As we have done in our campaign, we will ask our diverse transition team to set aside differences, and instead utilize their rich backgrounds to generate more ideas and better solutions as the Walker Mallott administration begins to take shape.”

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