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State of Alaska
Voter Registration Information
Must register to vote 30 days before the election.
Can select party affiliation at the polls.
Can register to vote in person or obtain a mail-in application from:
All Division of Motor Vehicle offices
City clerks offices (see list of county election offices)
Public assistance offices
Agencies serving disabled persons
Agencies serving older Alaskans
Most public libraries and schools.
Can register on same form used to apply for an Alaska Permanent
Fund Dividend.
Obtain an online voter registration application at:
www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/regapp.htm -or-
www.fec.gov/votregis/vr.htm
ALASKA ABSENTEE BALLOTS
Who Can Absentee Vote in Alaska?
Any registered voter may
opt to vote by absentee ballot. Voters may absentee vote in person, by mail, by fax, or by personal representative.
How Can I Acquire an Absentee Ballot?
ABSENTEE VOTING IN PERSON
Voters may apply and vote in person as early as 15 days before an election and no later than Election Day. Ballots for all 40 districts are available at all
regional elections offices.
ABSENTEE VOTING BY MAIL
Absentee ballot applications can be requested and turned in anytime during a calendar year for any state elections during that year. Voters
can request a ballot for a specific election or for all elections in the year.
To receive an absentee ballot by mail, a voter must first send an application so that his/her voter registration can
be verified. Voters should contact any Division of Elections office to request an application:
- Anchorage - Dimond Center Mall, 5th floor in the tower, phone (907) 522-8683 or send mail to
Region II Elections Office, 800 E. Dimond Blvd., Suite 3-580, Anchorage, AK 99515
- Fairbanks - State Office Building, phone (907) 451-2835 or send mail to Region III Elections Office, 675 7th
Avenue, Suite H3, Fairbanks, AK 99701-4594
- Juneau - Court Plaza Building, 240 Main St., Suite 200, phone (907) 465-3021 or send mail to Region I Elections Office, PO Box 110018, Juneau, AK
99811-0018
- Nome - State Office Building, phone (907) 443-5285 or send mail to Region IV Elections Office, PO Box 577, Nome, AK 99762-0577
Or, go to
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/abvotapp.htm to print an Absentee Ballot Application from the State of Alaska Homepage.
Applications must be received by the regional election office
seven days before an election. Ballots are mailed approximately two weeks before an election, up to one week before an election.
ABSENTEE VOTING BY FAX
By using this method to return your
voted ballot, the voter needs to be aware that he/she is voluntarily waiving a portion of his/her right to a secret ballot.
The voter must apply separately for each election for which he/she
wishes to vote absentee. The application period begins 15 days before a Primary, General or Statewide Special election and ends at 5:00 p.m., the day before the election.
Those interested in
absentee voting by fax should call (907) 465-4611 to request an absentee by-fax application. Instructions and an application to complete will be faxed back to the applicant. When the application is
approved, a ballot will be faxed.
ABSENTEE VOTING BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
A qualified voter who is physically disabled may apply for an absentee ballot through a personal
representative who can bring the ballot to the voter. A personal representative can be anyone over 18, except a candidate for office in the election, the voter's employer, an agent of the voter's
employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union.
Ballots are available 15 days before the Primary, General or Statewide Special Election at any Regional Elections Office (offices are listed
under "Absentee Voting by Mail"). Ballots are also available on election day from the voter's polling place, unless there is an Absentee Official in the area.
The Personal
Representative brings the completed application to an Election Official for a ballot and takes the ballot to the voter. The voter completes a certificate authorizing the Personal Representative to carry
the ballot, votes the ballot privately, places it in a secrecy sleeve and seals it inside the envelope provided.
How do I Return the Absentee Ballot and What is the Deadline?
The voter's signature on the envelope must be witnessed. If the voter wishes to return the ballot by mail, it must be mailed no later than election day.
Those who wish to absentee vote in person must do so no later than Election Day.
If the ballot is to be faxed, it must be voted, witnessed and received by the appropriate fax in the Director's
Office by 8:00 p.m. on election day.
If the voter is voting absentee by personal representative, the representative must bring the voted ballot back to the Election Official no later than 8:00
p.m. on election day.
Source:
AK Division of Elections
Court Plaza Building, 4th Floor
240 Main Street
PO Box 110017
Juneau, AK 99811-0017
P: 907-465-4611
F: 907-465-3203
Alaska Voter Registration Information:
Alaska Local Election Offices:
ANCHORAGE
BARROW
BETHEL
CORDOVA
DELTA JCT
DILLINGHAM
FAIRBANKS
GLENNALLEN
HOMER
JUNEAU
KENAI PENINSULA
KETCHIKAN
KODIAK
KOTZEBUE
MATSU
NOME
PETERSBURG
REGION I
REGION II
REGION III
REGION IV
SEWARD
SITKA
TOK
VALDEZ
WRANGELL
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