Filing Period for Assembly and School Board Seats Closes Monday, July 26, 2021

The filing period for the City & Borough of Juneau Assembly and Board of Education (School Board) opened on Friday, July 16, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. and will close at 4:30p.m. on Monday, July 26, 2021. Visit our website for a list of currently certified candidates.

Voters will elect a Mayor, two Assemblymembers and three School Board members at the October 5, 2021 Regular Municipal Election which will be held as a Vote By Mail election similar to that conducted for the October 2020 Regular Municipal Election.

Offices to be filled (elected by the voters at-large):

One (1) Mayor – 3 year term

One (1) District One Assemblymember – 3 year term

One (1) District Two Assemblymember – 3 year term

Three (3) Board of Education (School Board) seats – 3 year terms each

Candidates for office must be qualified voters of the City and Borough of Juneau:

(1) Qualified to vote in State elections;
(2) A resident of the municipality for at least thirty days immediately preceding the election;
(3) Registered to vote in state elections at a residence address within the municipality at least thirty days before the municipal election at which the person seeks to vote; and
(4) Not disqualified under Article V of the Alaska Constitution.

In addition, candidates for Assembly must be a resident of CBJ for at least one year immediately preceding election to office. Also, candidates for Assembly District 1 and District 2 seats must reside in the district from which elected or appointed at the time of the Assemblymember’s election or appointment. The Assembly District map is viewable online here.

Declaration of Candidacy and Nominating forms must be submitted in their original paper form (with original signatures and notarized). The Alaska Public Offices Commission also requires candidates to file their Public Official Financial Disclosure Statement electronically on its website, print and sign that form and submit it along with the Declaration of Candidacy and Nominating petition to the Clerk’s office during the filing period. The Clerk’s office cannot certify a candidate’s nominating petition without these three original paper documents being filed in the Clerk’s office by the close of the filing period on Monday, July 26, 2021 at 4:30p.m.

Anyone needing further information should contact the Clerk’s Office at 586-5278 or via e-mail at [email protected]

It is with great pleasure that we announce the official certification of the October 6, 2020 CBJ Regular Municipal Election which was held as CBJ’s first by-mail election in partnership with the Municipality of Anchorage. The Canvass Review Board began its work at 10:00a.m. this morning and completed its review certifying the election results at approximately 2:00p.m. The final results sheet is attached and is also available on the Municipal Clerk’s Elections webpage at https://juneau.org/clerk/elections. More detailed information regarding the details and statistics related to this first By-Mail election will be provided in follow up report to the Assembly in November or December.

The newly elected Assemblymembers are: Areawide Maria Gladziszewski, Assembly District 1 Alicia Hughes-Skandijs, Assembly District 2 Christine Woll, all of whom were elected to serve three year terms. Board of Education Members Brian Holst and Martin Stepetin Sr. were each elected to serve three year terms.

The newly elected Board of Education (School Board) members will be sworn into office at a meeting to be held on Wednesday, October 21 at 6:00p.m. in the TMHS Library and via ZOOM at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87191607711?pwd=T0tRc1F6K2pEUE9mN0o2Y2pVSnA5dz09.

Newly-elected Assemblymember Christine Woll will be sworn in during the Assembly Reorganization meeting on Monday, October 26 at 7:00p.m.  At that same meeting, the Assembly will recognize outgoing Assemblymember Rob Edwardson who has concluded a three year term of service in the District 2 seat on the Assembly as of October 20, 2020. Thank you Mr. Edwardson for all your contributions to our community and especially for your service on the Assembly!

For more information, please contact the Municipal Clerk’s Office at 586-5278.

The counting of ballots in the CBJ Regular Municipal By Mail Election concluded on Friday, October 16 at the Anchorage Election Center and the next steps will be the final review by the Canvass Review Board. The Canvass Review Board will commence its work on Tuesday, October 20 at 10am in the Assembly Chambers at City Hall.

The final round of preliminary unofficial results are now available.  These results include a total of 11,836 ballots counted as of Friday, October 16 out of 27,289 registered voters putting the turnout at 42.6% so far. That is the highest voter turnout for CBJ since the 2000 regular Municipal Election at which 11,799 ballots were cast out of 24,054 registered voters with a 49.1% turnout.

Questions can be directed to the CBJ Municipal Clerk’s Office 586-5278 or via email to [email protected]. Please note that CBJ offices will be closed on Monday, October 19 for the Alaska Day Holiday.

Anyone with questions regarding the State’s November 3, 2020 General Election are encouraged to contact the State Division of Elections Region I office at 907-465-3021.