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Alaska elections, 2023
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This page provides information on the 2023 elections in Alaska, including the offices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia, election dates, and frequently asked questions.
Election dates
Statewide election dates in Alaska are listed below. For more dates, please see the elections calendar.
Statewide election dates
There were no statewide elections in Alaska this year. See the Ballotpedia calendar page for more election dates.
Offices on the ballot
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| Office | Elections? | More information |
| U.S. Senate | — | — |
| U.S. House | — | — |
| Congress special election | — | — |
| Governor | — | — |
| Other state executive | — | — |
| State Senate | — | — |
| State House | — | — |
| Special state legislative | — | — |
| State Supreme Court | — | — |
| Intermediate appellate courts | — | — |
| School boards | ✓ | Click here |
| Municipal government | ✓ | Click here |
| Recalls | — | — |
| Ballot measures | — | — |
| Local ballot measures | ✓ | Click here |
Legend: ✓ election(s) / — no elections
Subject to Ballotpedia's scope
Noteworthy elections
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Frequently asked questions
When are the polls open?
7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.[1]
See State Poll Opening and Closing Times (2023) for more information
Where can I find election results?
Election results are posted on Ballotpedia's election overview pages, as well as the relevant candidate pages. You can find links to the current election overview pages in the "Offices on the ballot" section of this page.
How do primaries work in Alaska?
Alaska uses a top-four primary for congressional and state-level offices. Under Alaska's top-four primary system, all candidates for a given office run in a single primary election. The top four vote-getters, regardless of partisan affiliation, then advance to the general election.[2][3]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
How do I register to vote?
- Check your voter registration status here.
To register to vote in Alaska, each applicant must be a citizen of the United States, a resident of Alaska, and at least 18 years of age or within 90 days of their 18th birthday. An individual convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude may not register to vote until their voting rights have been restored. If registered to vote in another state, applicants must be willing to cancel that registration in order to vote in Alaska. To vote in Alaska, registered voters must be at least 18 years old and have been a resident of the state and election district for at least 30 days.[4]
Prospective voters can register online, with a paper form, or in person at a Division of Elections Office or a voter registration agency.[5] The deadline to register or make changes to a registration is 30 days before an election.[6]
If submitting an application form by mail, fax, or email, the applicant must provide one of the following forms of identification either with his or her application or when voting for the first time:[6]
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Is there an early voting period?
- See also: Early voting
Alaska permits early voting. Learn more by visiting this website.
Early voting permits citizens to cast ballots in person at a polling place prior to an election. In states that permit no-excuse early voting, a voter does not have to provide an excuse for being unable to vote on Election Day. States that allow voters to cast no-excuse absentee/mail-in ballots in person are counted as no-excuse early voting states.
Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia permit no-excuse early voting.
Who is eligible for absentee voting?
- See also: Absentee/mail-in voting
All voters are eligible to vote absentee/by-mail in Alaska. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee/by-mail.[8]
If a voter is already registered to vote, an absentee ballot application must be received by elections officials at least 10 days prior to the election. If a voter has not yet registered to vote, or needs to update voter registration information, an absentee/mail-in ballot application must be received at least 30 days before the election.[8]
What are the voter ID laws in Alaska?
See Voter identification laws by state.
How do I file to run for office?
See Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Alaska for information on how to run for state or federal office.
What does Ballotpedia cover?
Ballotpedia's coverage extends to all elections on the federal level, all gubernatorial, state legislative, statewide ballot measure, and statewide judicial elections, as well as many other types of state executive offices. Ballotpedia also covers all elections in the U.S. territories, but not elections in other countries.
Local election coverage includes comprehensive ballot coverage for municipal and judicial elections in the top 100 cities by population and races for the large counties that overlap them. In the state capitals outside of the 100 largest cities, it includes coverage of mayoral, city council, and district attorney elections. It also includes school board elections in the top 200 largest school districts by enrollment, all California local ballot measures, and notable local ballot measures from across the nation.
Please note that Ballotpedia's election coverage does not encompass all local offices. Election information is not published in a timely manner for many local offices, which makes it infeasible to gather the necessary data given our limited resources. However, Ballotpedia's coverage scope for local elections continues to grow, and you can use Ballotpedia's sample ballot tool to see what local elections we are covering in your area.
How do I contact Ballotpedia with a question?
Email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Local election officials
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Redistricting following the 2020 census
This section lists major events in the post-2020 census redistricting cycle in reverse chronological order. Major events include the release of apportionment data, the release of census population data, the introduction of formal map proposals, the enactment of new maps, and noteworthy court challenges. Click the dates below for additional information.
- May 15, 2023: The Alaska Redistricting Board adopted the interim plan that the state used for the 2022 elections as the Final Proclamation Plan. These boundaries will be used until the state receives new census data after the 2030 census, starting with the 2024 elections.
- April 21, 2023: The Alaska Supreme Court issued an opinion explaining the reasoning for its decisions from March to May 2022 regarding the state's legislative redistricting plans and remanded for the Alaska Superior Court to direct the Alaska Redistricting Board to show why the interim redistricting plan used for the 2022 elections shouldn't be used for the remainder of the 2020 election cycle.
- May 24, 2022: The Alaska Redistricting Board adopted a new map of state Senate districts at the state supreme court's direction.
- May 24, 2022: The Alaska Supreme Court upheld an Alaska Superior Court decision that determined that the mapping of state House districts to Senate ones was unconstitutional and ordered the Alaska Redistricting Board to adopt another proposed plan for pairing the districts.
- May 16, 2022: The Third District of Alaska's Superior Court ruled that the Alaska Redistricting Board's revised plan mapping state House districts to Senate ones was unconstitutional.
- April 13, 2022: The Alaska Redistricting Board adopted revised legislative districts in response to an earlier decision by the state supreme court.
- March 25, 2022: The Alaska Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings that one state House and one state Senate district did not comply with the state constitution and ordered the state's legislative boundaries be redrawn. The court decided in favor of the Alaska Redistricting Board on all other petitions.
- Feb. 16, 2022: The Third District of Alaska's Superior Court ruled that one state House and one state Senate district were drawn improperly in the consolidated lawsuit regarding Alaska's legislative district boundaries. In three of the lawsuits, the court decided in favor of the Alaska Redistricting Board, ruling that they complied with the state constitution. The plaintiff in the fifth lawsuit ended their action.
- Dec. 14, 2021: Presiding Judge Amy Mead of Alaska's First Judicial District consolidated five redistricting lawsuits and transferred them to Anchorage for further proceedings.
- Dec. 10, 2021: Three lawsuits were filed against the state House and Senate maps.
- Dec. 9, 2021: A lawsuit was filed against the state Senate map.
- Dec. 2, 2021: A lawsuit was filed against the state House map.
- Nov. 10, 2021: The Alaska Redistricting Board enacted a new state legislative map, beginning the 30-day period for interested parties to file any legal challenges.
- Sept. 20, 2021: The Alaska Redistricting Board adopted six proposed plans to serve as the basis of its public meeting tour.
- Sept. 16, 2021: The U.S. Census Bureau released data from the 2020 census in an easier-to-use format to state redistricting authorities and the public.
- Aug. 23, 2021: The Alaska Redistricting Board approved a redistricting schedule for the 2020 redistricting cycle.
- Aug. 12, 2021: The U.S. Census Bureau delivered redistricting data.
- April 26, 2021: The U.S. Census Bureau delivered apportionment counts.
Footnotes
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "Polling Place Information", accessed December 2, 2023
- ↑ NCSL, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 15, 2024
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "August 18, 2020 Primary Election Information," accessed July 15, 2024
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "Who Can Register And Who Can Vote?" accessed July 15, 2024
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "Register to Vote or Update Your Voter Registration," accessed July 15, 2024
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Alaska Division of Elections, "State of Alaska Voter Registration Application," accessed July 15, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Alaska Division of Elections, “Absentee and Early Voting,” accessed July 15, 2024
