Alaskans will vote by mail in a special primary election. Then, a special election will be held to pick who will fill late Rep. Don Young's seat at the U.S. House of Representatives.
That date coincides with Alaska’s regular primary election day and will be conducted the usual way with a mix of in-person and absentee voting.
“The main concern is having this special primary election timely enough to get it certified, so the race can appear on the Aug. 16 primary election, so we would not be forced with doing yet another special election,” she said during a news conference on Tuesday.The deadline for candidates to file to fill the vacancy is April 1. This date was picked to allow the Division of Elections enough time to print and mail absentee ballots to military and other voters who are overseas.
On Aug. 16, two elections will be on the ballot. In the special election, voters will be ranking four candidates to fill the final months of Don Young’s term. But in the open primary for the next two-year term, voters will only be voting for one candidate to determine the top four that will advance to the Nov. 8 ranked-choice general election. The same candidates can run in both elections.
“The vote-by-mail option is pretty much the only way we can go and still have a successful primary special election,” Meyer said. Meyer also said it would have been difficult to recruit enough poll workers to hold the special primary in the usual fashion.
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