United Fishermen of Alaska is reminding commercial harvesters to be sure to register to vote or change their voter registration information before the July 22 deadline for the Aug. 21 statewide primary election.
The primary election ballot will include candidates for governor and lieutenant governor of Alaska, the U.S. House of Representatives, 40 state House and 10 state Senate candidates competing to become their party’s nominee in the Nov. 6 general election.
Registered voters will have two ballot choices.
Anyone voting in the Republican primary must be a registered Republican, nonpartisan or undeclared voter.
Any registered voter may vote the combined Democratic, Libertarian and Alaska Independence party ballot.
Sample ballots have been posted online at http://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core/Archive/SampleBallot_2018_Primary.php
Find out if you are registered to vote and look up your polling place online at https://myvoterinformation.alaska.gov/ You must use your full middle name if it is included in your registration or it will not match state records in checking your status as a voter.
Thousands of Alaskans are registering to vote or updating their voter registration, including changes of address, by using the new online voter registration system at https://voterregistration.alaska.gov
The voter registration home page is http://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core?voterregistration.php
