At the midtown voting center in Anchorage and in Wasilla, the lines to vote are long on Sunday. Polls are open until 4 p.m. on Sunday at the regional voting centers.
The line at the Bogard Road election office was 300 people at one point on Sunday. In Anchorage, at the Gambell Street office, there were at least 100 people in two lines. Many were standing (and bouncing to stay warm) out in the cold.
The mood was happy and people were patient in the Valley as they came to take part in the 2024 general election. By voting early, they’re clearing the way for any older voters who tend to show up on Election Day and may not be as able stand out in the cold.
In 2020, the highly unusual “Covid year election,” the early vote and absentee in-person early vote was 80,915 ballots, a record. Must Read Alaska is projecting that the 2020 record will be broken this year in the early and absentee-in-person votes.