Voting centers open Tuesday in Anchorage's by-mail city election

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25-03-2025

Mar. 24—Three Anchorage voting centers will be open starting Tuesday for residents who prefer to cast ballots in person for the April 1 by-mail city election.
While Anchorage's municipal elections been conducted using a vote-by-mail system since 2018, some have preferred to vote in person. For those who plan to return their completed ballots by mail, ballots must be postmarked on or before election day, April 1. Ballots can also be returned at one of 18 secure drop boxes until 8 p.m. April 1.
On the ballot are six of 12 Anchorage Assembly seats, two Anchorage School Board seats and a slate of bonds and propositions.
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For in-person voting, residents can head to one of the city's three vote centers: at City Hall in downtown, at the Loussac Library in Midtown and at the Eagle River Town Center. The Eagle River location will only have ballots for the Chugiak-Eagle River district. Starting Tuesday, vote centers will be open on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m., and on election day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
For voters mailing or dropping off ballots, remember to read and sign the declaration on the envelope. A valid signature from the voter is required for the ballot to be counted.
If you're mailing your ballot the day before or on election day, consider asking a postal official to hand-stamp the envelope with a postmark to make sure your ballot is counted.
Secure drop boxes are available at 18 locations across the municipality, with a list available at muni.org/elections.
If you didn't receive a ballot, if your ballot is lost or damaged, or if you need assistance voting, head to a vote center. This is also where you can find ADA-accessible voting machines.
You can also apply with the clerk's office to vote by fax, email or secure document portal. To do so, you should apply before 5 p.m. Tuesday. Any applications received after that "may be processed subject to availability of staff and resources," according to the municipal clerk's office.
If you won't be home during the election, you can apply to vote at a temporary address. The deadline to apply is also 5 p.m. Tuesday.
To get ballot tracking alerts by text, email or voicemail, sign up at anchorage.ballottrax.net/voter. The system sends alerts when ballot packages have been sent out, received, counted, or if there is a problem with a ballot.
In some cases, voters will be asked to "cure" problems with their ballots, like if the ballot return envelope is missing a signature or the signature couldn't be verified. When this happens, election officials mail voters a letter with options to fix the issue. Last year, the municipal clerk's office introduced a new way for voters to cure their ballots via text message.