Early in-person voting kicked off in Alaska on Monday for the Nov. 8 general election. The deadline to request an absentee ballot is Oct. 29.
Voters need to bring a form of ID such as a voter card, driver’s license, or other document that lists their name and address.
Alaskans can also cast an absentee ballot in person, with election workers mailing off those ballots to the division’s regional headquarters. From Akiak to Yakutat, the division had a list of over 140 polling locations available onThe Division of Elections reported that over 47,000 Alaskans had requested an absentee ballot by Monday morning. During another non-presidential election four years ago, just under 28,000 Alaskans chose to vote that way.
“The numbers are pretty high for absentee voting by-mail or electronically at this point,” said elections director Gail Fenumiai.is Oct.29, which can be done in Alaska for any reason. With concerns over COVID-19, a record number of Alaskans voted by mail in 2020.Voters need to sign their by-mail ballots, and put one identifier on the envelope such as a social security number or birth date. A witness over the age of 18 must watch the voter sign the ballot envelope and then sign it themselves.
A general election ballot is placed in a Dominion voting machine as early & absentee in-person voting began on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022.
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