In Alaska, most mail is automatically postmarked in Anchorage or Juneau, so a ballot mailed elsewhere in the state may not be postmarked for several days.
These materials are mailed to Alaska voters who request absentee ballots. Clockwise, from the top left: The envelope from the Alaska Division of Elections, the return envelope, the ballot and instructions.
The U.S. Postal Service is advising absentee voters to get their ballots in the mail as soon as possible if they want them to be counted. “We continue to recommend that it is a good common-sense measure for voters who choose to mail in their ballots to do so before Election Day and at least a week before their election office needs to receive them. If a ballot is due on Election Day, the Postal Service recommends mailing the ballot by this Tuesday ,” the agency said in a written statement on Monday.
Alaska’s absentee ballots can arrive up to 10 days after Election Day and 15 days after , but only if the ballot was postmarked on or before Election Day. Mail your ballot early, or go inside a local post office and ask to have it postmarked by hand if you’re mailing it close to Election Day. You’ll Under Alaska law, anyone can vote absentee for any reason, but a voter has to request a ballot first. Unlike the municipal elections in Anchorage and Juneau, blank ballots are not automatically mailed to all voters.
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