Alaska is on pace to match 2024’s record-high early voting numbers
A voter casts their ballot on the first day of early in person voting in Juneau on Oct. 19, 2026. (Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
One week before Election Day, turnout in Alaska’s general election is nearing 10%.
As of 4:43 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, according to figures published by the Alaska Division of Elections, 58,168 people had cast early or absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election.
The number of early votes cast through Tuesday afternoon already exceeds the number of early votes cast before the last midterm election, in 2022.
Other states across the country are seeing a similar surge…
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