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2020 Regular Municipal Election Information and Absentee Application Now Available

The next regular Municipal Election is October 6, 2020.

A copy of the letter to the Assembly setting forth the timelines involved with this election as well as a Quick Reference Date page are now posted on our website.

Per CBJ Code 29.07.100, the Absentee-by-Mail ballot applications are now available.

29.07.100 – Absentee voting procedure.

(a) The election official shall provide ballots for use as absentee ballots at least 15 days prior to the election. The election official shall issue rules and instructions to absentee voters to aid them in casting their ballots. The election official shall prescribe the form of and prepare the voter’s certificate, envelopes, and other materials used in absentee voting. The voter’s certificate shall include an oath, that the voter is a qualified voter, a blank for the voter’s signature, a certification that the affiant properly executed the marking of the ballot and gave the voter’s identity, blanks for the attesting official or witness, and a place for recording the date the envelope was sealed and witnessed.

(b) The application for an absentee ballot shall show the applicant’s place of residence, clearly indicate the applicant’s right to an absentee ballot, and be signed by the applicant.

(1) Application by mail. Beginning on January 1 of each election year, a qualified voter may in person or by mail, or by facsimile machine, file a written application for an absentee ballot by mail with the election official. A complete application for a by mail ballot must be received in the office of the election official not less than seven days before the election for which the absentee ballot is sought in order for the absentee ballot to be counted. If a voter fails to provide a specific ballot mailing address on an absentee by mail ballot application, the ballot will be mailed to the mailing address on the voter’s record, or, if no address is provided, to the fax, e-mail, or other electronic transmission acceptable to the election official.

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To access any of these documents, please click on the links above or on our CBJ Elections webpage at https://juneau.org/clerk/elections or contact the Municipal Clerk’s office at 907-586-5278.

December 30th, 2019|

CBJ Municipal Election – Results Finalized

Election Canvass Review Board Work is Complete – Results are now FINAL!

It is with great pleasure that we announce the official certification of the October 1, 2019 CBJ Regular Municipal Election. The Canvass Review Board began its work at 10:00a.m. this morning and completed its review certifying the election results just after 2:00p.m. Copies of the certified election results as well as statistical information is now available on the Municipal Clerk’s Elections webpage at https://juneau.org/clerk/elections

The newly elected Assemblymembers are (listed in seniority order): Areawide Carole Triem, District 2 Wade Bryson, District 1 seats Alicia Hughes-Skandijs (1 year term) and Greg Smith (3 year term). Newly elected Board of Education Members are Deedie Sorensen and Emil Robert Mackey III.

The newly elected Board of Education (School Board) members will be sworn into office at a meeting to be held this evening at 6:00p.m. in the JDHS Library.

Newly-elected Assemblymember Greg Smith will be sworn in via a teleconference call on Thursday, October 10 at 8:30a.m. AKST. The Assembly will hold its reorganizational meeting on Monday, October 14 in the Assembly Chambers at 7:00p.m. and recognize outgoing Assemblymember Mary Becker for her many years of public service.

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

October 8th, 2019|

CBJ Municipal Election – Update

Absentee-Question Review Board Ballot Count Completed

On Friday, October 4 at 9:45p.m., the Absentee-Question Review Board completed its work of reviewing questioned and absentee ballots. Of those ballots reviewed, 2166 were added to the unofficial results total that is available on the CBJ Election website at https://juneau.org/clerk/elections.

The results will be unofficial until the Canvass Review Board meets on Tuesday, October 8 beginning at 10 a.m. in City Hall Conference Room 224 to verify the results from the precincts and certify the election.

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

October 5th, 2019|

October 1, 2019 Municipal Election Preliminary/Unofficial Results Posted

The preliminary Election Night Unofficial Results are in and posted here.

Following Election Day, there are approximately 2000 Absentee or Questioned ballots yet to be reviewed by the Absentee/Question Review Board, which will begin its work on Wednesday, October 2 concluding on Friday, October 4.

On Friday, at a time yet to be determined, the Absentee/Question Review board will open and count the reviewed ballots and those numbers will be added to the unofficial results from Election Day.

On Tuesday, October 8, the Canvass Review Board will meet to conduct a review of all election returns. Any Absentee-By-Mail or Absentee-By-Fax ballots that were postmarked by Election Day and received by October 8 will be added to the preliminary results and they will then certify the final results. ALL RESULTS ARE UNOFFICIAL until certification by the Canvass Review Board and Election Official.

CBJ Elections are conducted in accordance with CBJ Charter Article VI and CBJ Code Title 29.

Any questions about the election should be directed to the Municipal Clerk’s office at 586-5278 or via email to [email protected].

October 2nd, 2019|

ELECTION DAY – OCTOBER 1, 2019

ELECTION DAY is here!

The Precinct Polling Places are open on Election Day, October 1, 2019 from 7 a.m. – 8p.m.
Click here for a list of CBJ’s polling places.

If you still haven’t decided how to vote, below are some helpful links:

Sample Ballot

Certified Candidate List with links to their optional candidate profiles

City Manager’s Office Voter Information Brochure

Election Central will be held at the City Hall Assembly Chambers beginning at 7:30 p.m. and everyone is welcome down to watch as the results come in from the polls. Shortly after the polls close at 8:00p.m. precincts will begin to call their preliminary results into Election Central and they will be projected on the screen in the Chambers. For election night only, we will be posting real time screenshots of those results on our website at https://electionresults.ci.juneau.ak.us/clean.html.

Following Election Day, the Absentee and Question Review Board will review the thousand+ Early, Absentee, and Questioned Ballots cast in this election. Once reviewed, the board will tally those ballots on Friday, October 4 and add those numbers to the Election Day numbers for an updated unofficial result tally. The final tally will be completed by the Canvass Review Board which will add any additional eligible absentee ballots on Tuesday, October 8. The Canvass Review Board audits all aspects of the election and is expected to certify the election on October 8.

ALL RESULTS ARE UNOFFICIAL until Tuesday, October 8 when the Canvass Review Board certifies the election.