The Alaska state Primary Elections have come and gone yet again, but this year presented particular challenges for both the Division of Elections and for voters.
The Alaska Division of Elections is continuing to count ballots from last week's primary elections. As of publishing time, almost 29,000 ballots had been counted since last Tuesday.
We have received preliminary (unofficial) election results for the Alaska State Primary. We have included Alaska State Legislature House districts 1-6 along with the national U.S. Senate & U.S. House of Representative seats.
Tuesday was primary day in Alaska. Voters across the state took to the polls to cast their votes for candidates in the Republican and Democrat primaries. We took the the streets to talk to voters across Fairbanks and North Pole area and ask them why they feel it is important to vote.
Voting in Alaska will look a bit different amid the coronavirus pandemic, with sanitizing and masking stations expected at polling sites and markings to promote social distancing during Tuesday’s primary.
A state-wide mix-up by the Alaska Republican Party resulted in approximately 22,000 misprinted absentee ballot applications being sent to the wrong homes.
Dr. Al Gross is running as a non-partisan candidate for U.S. Senate representing the state of Alaska. He is running to replace incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan.