Polling places were open across the state early this afternoon except in two remote communities: St. George and and Wales.
About a dozen people were lined up outside Airport Heights Elementary School in Anchorage at 6:55 a.m. on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024.
One Anchorage polling place, at Tudor Elementary School, was briefly impacted by the power outage. TheMichaela Thompson, the operations manager for the state Division of Elections, said all polling places were open across the state early this afternoon except in two remote communities: St. George in the Pribilof Islands and Wales near Nome were closed due to weather-related issues.
In Anchorage, Alaska Public Media reporters saw early lines at polling places ranging from a dozen people to 50 waiting to vote soon after polls opened at 7 a.m. But lines became shorter by midday. Kodiak voters faced no lines while casting their ballots at one of the local fire halls Tuesday afternoon.
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