Elections Center
State Election Guide
Alaska 2026 election calendar with upcoming election dates, voter registration deadlines, early voting, absentee voting, poll hours, and official sources.
Before You Vote
On the day of any election, each election board shall open the polls for voting at seven o'clock in the morning, shall close the polls for voting at eight o'clock in the evening, and shall keep the polls open during the time between these hours. The election board members shall report to the polling place at 6:30 in the morning of an election day.
Voter Information Lookup can help you check your voter registration status, check your polling place location, and view your sample ballot.
Alaska's current statewide calendar includes Alaska Primary Election 2026 on August 18, 2026, REAA Election Day. on October 6, 2026, and Alaska General Election 2026 on November 3, 2026. Local ballots may include additional races, questions, or measures.
In the 2020 General election, voters passed a ballot initiative replacing the political party primary with a nonpartisan top four primary election system. There will be only one ballot per house district with all candidates regardless of political party or...
Election Calendar
Alaska Primary Election 2026
State Primary elections are held on the third Tuesday in August of even numbered years.AK ST § 15.25.020
Poll hours: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Official Alaska Primary Election 2026 source
Candidate filing deadline for all candidates - AS 15.25.040
Director must designate EV sites for the upcoming elections by June 1 of an election year.
Withdrawal deadline for candidates - 52 days prior to the election
Post sample ballots to web page.
UOCAVA voter whose application was received by the division on this day must be sent a ballot.
UOCAVA voter whose application was received by the division on this day must be sent a ballot (Federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act)
Director provides each political party with an electronic statewide voter list 120 days prior to the election.
Register to vote or update your registration using a paper form. Print a paper form to complete and sign. Send your completed form by mail, fax or email attachment to a Regional Elections Office. When registering to...
Register to vote or update your registration in person or update your registration at a Division of Elections Office. Or visit a voter registration agency in your area. In person registration deadline is 30 days before...
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...
Beginning 15 days prior to an election, and continuing through Election Day.
Voters may begin applying for a by-mail ballot beginning in January of each election year. If you are a qualified registered voter and do not have any changes to your registration record, your completed application MUST...
REAA Election Day.
Date is set as the first Tuesday in October each year. Results posted on the web after 8pm
Poll hours: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Official REAA Election Day. source
First day voters may submit absentee by-mail ballot applications for all elections in the calendar year.
Withdrawal deadline for REAA candidates. 48th day prior to the election
Deadline for voters to register to vote or update their registration. Note: This is also the registration deadline for Municipal Elections held on October 6, 2026.
Deadline to mail ballots to voters in by-mail sections and all by-mail ballots. 22 days before the election.
Absentee in-person and special needs voting begins for REAA. 15th day prior to the election.
Deadline to receive absentee by-mail applications for REAA. 10th day prior to the election) is Saturday.
Deadline for write-in candidate to submit a letter of intent. 5th day prior to the election.
Alaska General Election 2026
November General election is held the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even numbered years. Results posted on the web after 9 p.m.
Poll hours: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Official Alaska General Election 2026 source
Register to vote or update your registration using a paper form. Print a paper form to complete and sign. Send your completed form by mail, fax or email attachment to a Regional Elections Office. When registering to...
Register to vote or update your registration in person or update your registration at a Division of Elections Office. Or visit a voter registration agency in your area. In person registration deadline is 30 days before...
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...
Deadline to receive by-mail ballots mailed from all addresses.Ballots must be postmarked by 10/6/26 to be eligible.
Beginning 15 days prior to an election, and continuing through Election Day, voters may vote absentee in-person at any Regional Elections Office or absentee voting location.
Beginning 15 days prior to an election, and continuing through Election Day.
Voters may begin applying for a by-mail ballot beginning in January of each election year. If you are a qualified registered voter and do not have any changes to your registration record, your completed application MUST...
Deadline for write-in candidates to submit a letter of intent.
Regional Offices open 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. for Absentee and Early Voting.
Applications must be received by 5 p.m. Alaska Time.
Voters may vote absentee in-person at any Regional Elections Office or absentee voting location. Return ballot by mail by 8 PM on Election Day. Returned ballot by Online or Fax must be received by 8 PM on Election Day.
Early voting ends on the Election Day.
Election Day Rules
A qualified voter who does not have sufficient time outside working hours within which to vote at a state election may, without loss of pay, take off as much working time as will enable voting. If any employee has two consecutive hours in which to vote, either between the opening of the polls and the beginning of the employee's regular working shift, or between the end of the regular working shift and the closing of the polls...
Most voting in-person locations open beginning 15 days prior to each Election Day and remain open through Election Day.
Voter ID: Non-strict non-photo ID
No. Alaska does not list same-day voter registration. You must register by the voter registration deadline to vote in an election in Alaska.