Aug. 16 is an election day in Alaska. From AlaskaBeacon, here's a guide to finding your polling place, filling out the ballot properly, and resources for people with accessibility needs. Links to a sample ballot and candidate Q&As are in there, too.
. All methods will give your polling place and precinct number. The precincts map will also list your House District number and Senate District letter.in Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Nome or Wasilla; the 8th floor of the State Office Building in Juneau; the Anchorage airport; or Service Area 10 Camp in Prudhoe Bay from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Each location will have ballots for all 40 different House districts. Certain House districts also have other alternative polling places.
“If somebody doesn’t have identification and is not personally known by one of the workers, they’re going to have to vote a questioned ballot. And that’s a requirement of state law,” Fenumiai said.Voters on Tuesday are weighing in on two elections. You can see aFor the regular primary election, which is on one side of the ballot, voters will see lists of candidates for multiple races: U.S. senator, U.S. representative, governor/lieutenant governor, state senator and state representative.
“You will rank your candidates in order of preference. You can rank one, you can rank them all; it is entirely up to the voter individually to decide how they want to do that,” Fenumiai said.The Division of Elections will have voting tablets at the election day polling locations, said Fenumiai.language assistance