A ballot box containing absentee ballots dropped off at Anchorage City Hall is seen on Aug. 19, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/Alaska Beacon)
Alaska’s first ranked choice presidential election will include eight candidates, according to the final roster approved by the Alaska Division of Elections.
Because Alaska’s top-four primary election doesn’t apply to the presidential race, voters will be able to rank all eight options if they choose to do so.
The first ballots for the Nov. 5 general election are already being printed and are scheduled for mailing to international voters starting Friday.
On the front of the ballot are eight options for president:
- Democratic candidate Kamala Harris
- Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Libertarian Chase Oliver
- American Solidarity Party nominee Peter Sonski
- Independent Jill Stein
- Constitution Party nominee Randall Terry
- Republican candidate Donald Trump
- Aurora Party nominee Cornel West
Kennedy announced in August that he would be suspending his presidential campaign and that he was endorsing Trump, but his campaign failed to remove his name from Alaska’s ballot after the August primary election.