Shortly after polls close on Nov. 5, Alaska’s Division of Elections will begin tabulating all ballots that were cast on election day, as well as any that previously arrived by Nov. 1 via early voting. These numbers will be posted on the Division of Elections website the night of the election. They are the “unofficial” results.
While some unofficial result may provide a strong indication of the eventual winners, the outcome of contests wherein no candidate achieves more than 50% of the vote will not be known until the state conducts the ranked-choice runoff, which won’t happen for another 15 days, on Nov. 20.
In addition to holding in-person elections at polling places across the state, Nov. 5 is also the day when political parties choose the men and women they want to serve on the Electoral College. The winning presidential candidate’s electors will serve on the Electoral College.
Nov. 5 is also the deadline for all absentee ballots to be submitted by mail with a postmark on or before Election day.
On Nov. 7, the Division of Elections’ Questioned Board will begin reviewing all questioned ballot envelopes. These ballots will then be tallied seven days after Election Day. All questioned ballots must be counted no later than 15 days after the general election.
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On Nov. 8, the State Review Board – a bi-partisan group comprised of at least eight members will randomly select 5% of voting precincts across the state for a hand count verification process to ensure that machine counts are accurate. This hand-count verification will occur on Nov. 18 with a team of about 40 people. If they find a discrepancy of more than 1% or greater during the hand-count verification, they are required to hand-count all of the ballots cast in that district.
Nov. 20 is the deadline to receive ballots mailed from overseas addresses. Ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 5 to be eligible.
On Nov. 21, the State Review Board begins a final review of election materials.
Nov. 30 is the target date to certify the final General Election results.
Dec. 5 is the estimated deadline to receive an application for recount. The deadline is based on when the State Review Board has finished their review, so this date may change. Recount application must be filed within five days after the completion of the SRB. Recounts are then held within five days of receipt of application for any office or ballot proposition.
Dec. 10 is the estimated deadline for an election contest to be filed in superior court. Court contests must be filed within 10 days after the completion of the State Review Board’s certification of the election results.
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— To view the official State of Alaska election calendar, click here.
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I’m hoping and praying we get rid of this RCV crap and in a day or so after the election we will know who won or a run off will be held and still know before December rolls around! Alaskas vote will not count much in the presidential election anyway but it will drag out forever!
Joel ,need help with the DOJ Goons in Bethel and Dillingham. They’re at the polls illegally monitoring .
They did in 2022 I called the too to the Troopers
Please txt or call ,907 252 1732
What a trainwreck! Our voting process is ridiculous. Yes on 2!
It’s been the most inept confusing voting process!! Yes, it must be gotten rid of.
Well Ballot Measure 1 will likely pass (136K for and 105K against, 76% votes counted so far). Many mom and pop restaurants will be hard pressed to provide paid sick leave for each and every employee that works 30 hours or more. I don’t want repeat what is in the initiative that will now be law, so see more at: https://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/2024/Ballot%20Measure%201_Eng.pdf
Alaskans who voted for measure #1 can thank all the dark money that made it possible (~$1.5 million from the Fairness Project, P.O. Box 21337 Washington, DC 20009). You thought prices were high now at your favorite restaurant/small business, just wait and see what happens in the near future.
This is ridiculous, unnecessary, and corrupt. No reason we should have to wait a month for results!!!
Joel, this is a true gold nugget, THANK YOU. As you noted, the Division’s online calendar covers all this information and much more but distilling it down to the remaining key events and putting it in a brief article is incredibly informative and helpful. Has any other news outlet done this for its readers? Not that I know of. Questions about these very election activities/milestones have come up in every social conversation in recent weeks and months, yet rarely does anyone know the answers offhand about the details of Alaska’s election process. This is not a statement for or against the process itself, but is definitely gratitude and admiration to Joel and Alaska Watchman for putting the basic facts out there.
HEY DUNLEAVY:
GET ON TV AND EXPLAIN WHY THE HELL YOU AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION (NANCY DALHSTROM) ARE SOOO INCOMPETENT AT EVERYTHING YOU DO! IM ASKING EVERY ALASKAN TO WRITE LETTERS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO COMPLETELY REJECT YOU FOR ANY PROMOTION! THE STATE OF OUR STATE HAS BECOME AN EMBARESMENT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP!!!
ditto.