VOTER REGISTRATION
Registration Deadline: Applications must be received or postmarked on or before at least 30 days prior to an election.
Party Affiliation: Alaska law allows a recognized political party to select who may participate in their party's primary. The political party affiliation listed on a voter's registration record 30 days prior to the election determines which primary ballot type a voter is eligible to vote.
Currently there are three primary ballot options:
- Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Libertarian Party and Alaskan Independence Party Candidates with Ballot Measures ballot: any registered voter may vote this ballot.
- Alaska Republican Party Candidates with Ballot Measures ballot: only voters registered with the party affiliation of Republican, Nonpartisan or Undeclared may vote this ballot.
- Ballot Measures Only ballot: any registered voter may vote this ballot.
Voter Registration Qualifications
Age: Must be at least 18 years old or within 90 days of your 18th birthday
Citizenship: Must be a United States Citizen
Residency: Must be a resident of Alaska and of the election district for at least 30 days before election day and not be registered to vote in another state unless you are willing to cancel your registration in the other state.
Felony Convictions: not be a convicted felon involving moral turpitude, unless your voting rights have been restored
ID Requirements for Voter Registration:
Online: You only need your current Alaska driver’s license or state ID.
Paper: If you have been issued a Social Security number, Alaska Driver’s
License, or Alaska State ID card, you MUST provide at least one number on Line 10
of the application. You must also send a copy of either your current driver’s license, state ID, passport or birth certificate with your paper form.
Permanent Fund Dividend Automatic Voter Registration
In 2016, Alaska voters approved Ballot Measure 1 (15PFVR). This law automatically registers eligible applicants to vote or updates voter registration information of voters who are currently registered to vote using the information provided when applying for a Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) unless the applicant opts-out.
After the March 31 PFD application deadline, the Division of Elections will send a notice to all applicants who will either become a newly registered voter or who will have their Alaska residence address updated from the information provided on their PFD application. To opt-out, applicants must respond to the notice within 30 days.
Once the 30-day deadline passes, new applicants will be registered to vote and applicants with a change to their Alaska residence address will be updated. New voter cards will be mailed to newly registered voters and to voters with a change to their Alaska residence address. In addition, the voting records for applicants with a name change or mailing address change will be updated.
For more information click on this link
OBTAINING AND RETURNING A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM
Initial registration or registration changes must be made at least 30 days prior to an election.
Online: To use the Online Voter Registration System, you must have a valid Alaska driver's license or state ID card and the information you enter when registering must match the information on your Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) record. If you do not have a valid Alaska driver's license or state ID, or your information cannot be validated, you may select to register using a paper registration form.
In person: You can register to vote in person at either Division of Election Offices or Voter Registration Agency locations
By mail/email/fax: Print a form and send completed application to Regional Elections Office
Verifying Your Voter Registration Status
Online: Alaska Voter Registration Lookup
Phone: Contact your local election offices
Absentee Ballot Qualifications
Who can vote absentee: Alaska is a no excuse absentee voting state. Anyone may vote using the early and in-person absentee voting options.
Obtaining an Absentee Ballot
In person: Most absentee early vote and in-person voting sites open 15 days before Election Day and remain open through Election Day. For locations, dates and hours, visit the Early and In-Person Voting Locations webpage.
By mail: Apply beginning January 1st of each year. Apply paperless with the Online Absentee Ballot Application, must have a valid Alaska Driver’s License or State ID to apply online. Or complete the PDF Fillable Application. Once completed, print and sign the application. Your signature must be a handwritten signature. A typed or digital signature is not valid. Send your application to the Absentee Office by mail, fax or by email as an attached PDF, TIFF or JPEG file.
Your application for a by-mail ballot must be received 10 days before Election Day.
Military and overseas voting: Ballots are mailed to active military members, spouses and dependents and U.S. citizens temporarily or permanently living overseas beginning 45 days prior to each Primary and General Election Day.
For more click on Resources for Military and Overseas Voters
Early Voting
Early voting qualifications:
Early voting is available in Juneau, Soldotna, Anchorage, Wasilla, Fairbanks and Nome at designated locations. Most early polling locations open 15 days prior to an election, times vary upon location.
VOTING ON ELECTION DAY
You will be asked for identification by the precinct register worker such as: Voter ID card, driver’s license, state ID, military ID, passport, hunting or fishing license or other current or valid photo ID.
If you do not have the one of the identifications listed above, you may present a current utility bill or paycheck, government check or bank statement or other government issued document.
Polling Hours:
Primary, General and Statewide Special Elections: 7:00 am through 8:00 pm.
Regional Educational Attendance Area (REAA) Elections: 8:00 am through 8:00 pm.
QUESTIONED VOTING
You may be asked to vote a questioned ballot if your name is not on the precinct register, your residence address has changed, you do not have identification, in a primary election you ask for a ballot you are not eligible to receive, you already voted or an observer challenges your qualifications to vote.
For more information click on this link
Additional Information
Verifying Registration: Alaska Voter Registration Lookup
Deciding how to vote: https://votesmart.org/
Polling Place: Alaska Polling Place Finder
How to Vote: Alaska supplies detailed instructions on how to vote on election day.
Getting your vote counted: Alaska publishes the process by which votes are counted.
Problems with voting: HAVA Voter Complaint Form
Verifying absentee ballot: Click on this link
This amendment will authorize the State of Alabama to borrow money to improve, renovate, equip, acquire, provide, construct and maintain state parks, public historical sites and public historical parks.
The total amount the State may borrow will not exceed $85,000,000.00.
Of this total amount:
1. $80,000,000.00 shall be used to improve, renovate, equip, acquire, provide, construct and maintain state parks under the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
2. $5,000,000.00 shall be used to improve, renovate, equip, acquire, provide, construct and maintain public historical sites and public historical parks under the Alabama Historical Commission. The Alabama Historical Commission cannot use any part of the borrowed money at the Confederate Memorial Park in Marbury, Alabama.
Any additional funds will be given to the Alabama Forestry Commission for it to improve, renovate, acquire, provide, construct, equip and maintain state forests.
If the majority of the voters vote "yes" on Amendment 1, the State of Alabama can borrow $85,000,000.000 to benefit Alabama's state parks, public historical sites and public historical parks.
If the majority of the voters vote "no" on Amendment 1, the State of Alabama cannot borrow $85,000,000.000 to benefit Alabama's state parks, public historical sites and public historical parks.
There are no costs to Amendment 1.
The Constitutional authority for passage of Amendment 1 is set forth in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. These sections outline the method a constitutional amendment may be put to the people of the State for a vote.
Amendment 1 amended the Alabama Constitution to allow the Alabama State Legislature to deny bail to defendants in certain cases. The measure was referred to as Aniah's Law.
The legislature also passed House Bill 130, which was set to take effect along with the amendment. HB 130 enumerates offenses for which bail may be denied by a court, including murder, kidnapping, rape, assault, and more. For individuals charged with listed offenses under the bill, bail can be denied "if the prosecuting attorney proves by clear and convincing evidence that no condition or combination of conditions of release will reasonably ensure the defendant's appearance in court or protect the safety of the community or any person."
This amendment applies only to the Town of Lake View in Tuscaloosa and Jefferson Counties.
If the majority of the voters vote yes on Amendment 9, certain privately owned sewage treatment plants in the Town of Lake View in Tuscaloosa and Jefferson Counties will be regulated by the Alabama Public Service Commission.
If the majority of the voters vote no on Amendment 9, certain privately owned sewage treatment plants in the Town of Lake View in Tuscaloosa and Jefferson Counties will not be regulated by the Alabama Public Service Commission.
There are no costs to Amendment 9.
The Constitutional authority for passage of Amendment 9 is set forth in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. These sections outline the method a constitutional amendment may be put to the people of the State for a vote.
Amendment 6 allowed certain cities that were previously authorized to levy a special property tax to pay for bonds or other forms of debt to also use the tax revenue to pay for capital improvements directly on a pay-as-you-go basis. The amendment allowed the cities to use such revenue to pay the principal and interest on bonds or other securities being used to finance or refinance the costs of the improvements. It also validated any past use of such property tax revenue directly for capital improvements.
Amendment 5 was designed to remove orphans' business from the jurisdiction of county probate courts. County probate courts were set to remain responsible for adoptions, guardianships, and granting letters of testamentary.
Amendment 2 allowed the state and local governments to grant federal awards funds or other state-designated broadband funds to public or private entities to provide or expand infrastructure for Broadband internet (high-speed internet with defined upload and download speed capabilities). Funds granted by a local government to a private entity need to be approved at a public meeting in the county or municipality.
Amendment 4 required that any legislation changing the conduct of a general election must be implemented at least six months before the next affected general election.
Approval of this measure would provide for adding voter-approved amendments appearing on the May 24 and November 8 ballot into the new state constitution if the new state constitution is ratified by voters at the November 8 election. Since the amendments on the ballot were written to amend the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, approval of this amendment is required to incorporate them into the updated Constitution of Alabama of 2022 if it is ratified by voters. The amendment would also provide that any court decision relating to any provision of the Alabama Constitution of 1901 will remain valid and any case annotations will be noted with the relevant provision in the Constitution of Alabama of 2022 if the section has not been substantively changed in the updated constitution.
Under the current provisions of Amendment 772 of the Alabama Constitution, counties and municipalities are authorized to lend or grant public funds or things of value to an individual, public entitity, or private entity "for the purpose of promoting the economic and industrial development of the county or the municipality." Under Amendment 772, the county or municipality must adopt a resolution determining that the funds would serve a public purpose and must publish a notice of the proposed action in the largest circulating newspaper in the county or municipality for at least seven days.
This 2022 ballot measure retains counties' and municipalities' existing authority to provide for financing economic and industrial development through lending credit, granting public funds, issuing bonds, leasing property, or lending bonds to a private entity. The measure would remove the requirement that the newspaper publication be in the largest circulating newspaper, and instead allow the publication to be made in any newspaper in the jurisdiction. The amendment would also ratify all actions and agreements by counties and municipalities made under Amendment 772 unless they are subject to pending lawsuits.
Under the current provisions of Section 222 of the state constitution, local governments are required to receive voter approval to issue bonds. Under the 2022 ballot measure, local governments would be exempt from this provision unless the bond issue also had a repayment provision such as a tax increase.
Voter approval of this measure ratified an updated and recompiled state constitution, the Constitution of Alabama 2022. The Alabama State Legislature was authorized to update language in the constitution and recompile it into proper sections following voter approval of Amendment 4 in 2020.
Changes to the constitution were limited to:
arranging it in proper articles, parts, and sections;
removing all racist language;
deleting duplicative and repealed provisions;
consolidating provisions regarding economic development; and
arranging all local amendments by county of application.
The amendment would require the governor to provide notice to the attorney general and make reasonable efforts to notify a designated family member of a victim before granting a commutation (a reduced sentence such as life imprisonment) or reprieve (temporary stay of execution) of a death sentence. The attorney general would provide a mailing address, email address, and phone number to the Governor for the purposes of contacting the victim's family. Failing to provide notice would void the reprieve or commutation of the death sentence and the attorney general and Alabama Supreme Court could seek a new execution order.
This amendment applies only to Shelby County.
If the majority of the voters vote yes on Amendment 8, certain privately owned sewage treatment plants in Shelby County will be regulated by the Alabama Public Service Commission.
If the majority of the voters vote no on Amendment 8, certain privately owned sewage treatment plants in Shelby County will not be regulated by the Alabama Public Service Commission.
There are no costs to Amendment 8.
The Constitutional authority for passage of Amendment 8 is set forth in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. These sections outline the method a constitutional amendment may be put to the people of the State for a vote.
