Primary Election Information
Primary Election Day and Hours
- Fourth Tuesday in August of even numbered years.
- Polls are open Election Day from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Primary Election Information
For additional information on registration, dates, early voting, candidacy and ballot information, click on a link below.
- Election Results
- Election Dates and Hours
- Early and In-Person Voting Dates and Locations
- By-Mail and Electronic Transmission Voting
- Who are my candidates?
- Primary Sample Ballots
- Ballot Measures Pamphlet
- Registering to Vote
- Filing for Office
Alaska's Primary Structure
Alaska law allows a political party to select who may participate in their party's primary. Parties may expand or limit who may participate in their Primary Election by submitting a written notice with a copy of their pre cleared by-laws to the Director of Elections no later than September 1st of the year prior to the year in which a Primary Election is to be held.
Based on political party by-laws submitted to the Division of Elections there are three ballot choices:
- Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Libertarian Party and Alaskan Independence Party Candidate with Ballot Measures ballot - any registered voter may vote this ballot;
- Alaska Republican Party Candidate with Ballot Measures ballot - voters registered as Republican, Nonpartisan or Undeclared may vote this ballot; and
- the Ballot Measures Only ballot - any registered voter may vote this ballot.
The political party affiliation listed on a voter's registration record 30 days prior to the election determines which primary ballot type a voter is eligible to vote.
Alaska's Primary History
Learn more about the history of Alaska's Primary Elections.
