IMPORTANT DATES + EVENTS

2020 GENERAL ELECTION

• Candidate filing deadline for no-party candidates. – Monday, June 1, 2020
• Deadline for political party submissions for OEP. – Wednesday, July 15, 2020
• Withdrawal deadline for General Election candidates. – Monday, August 31, 2020
• Target date to begin sending absentee ballots to military members, spouses and dependents and overseas U.S. citizens ballots and to mail the remote Alaska advance ballot to voters. – Friday, September 18, 2020
• Deadline for voters to register to vote or update their registration. – Sunday, October 4, 2020
• Target date to begin mailing absentee by-mail ballots to all voters. – Friday, October 9, 2020
• Absentee In Person, EV, electronic transmission and Special Needs voting begins. – Monday, October 19, 2020
• Deadline for OEP candidate pages to be posted on the web. – Monday, October 19, 2020
• Deadline to receive absentee by-mail applications. – Saturday, October 24, 2020
• Deadline for write-in candidates to submit a letter of intent. – Thursday, October 29, 2020
• Deadline to receive absentee by electronic transmission ballot applications. (5:00 PM Alaska Standard Time) – Monday, November 2, 2020
• Absentee ballots by-fax, or by online delivery, returned by-fax must be received by 8:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time, Election Day – Tuesday, November 3, 2020
• Absentee by-mail ballots must be postmarked by Election Day – Tuesday, November 3, 2020
• Absentee ballots by-fax or by online delivery, returned by-mail, must be postmarked by Election Day – Tuesday, November 3, 2020
• GENERAL ELECTION DAY. Polls open from 7a.m. – 8p.m. – Tuesday, November 3, 2020