Important deadlines for the 2023 Municipal Election – register to vote by Sunday 9/3

The deadline to register to vote or update your address for the October 3, 2023 City and Borough of Juneau Regular Municipal Election is this Sunday, September 3.

You can register to vote or update your address online at the Alaska Division of Elections website, or in person at any of the following locations during regular business hours:

• Municipal Clerk’s Office – City Hall Room 215 (155 S. Seward Street)
• All three Juneau Public Libraries (Downtown, Douglas, Mendenhall Valley branches)
• State of Alaska Division of Elections – Region I Office located in the Mendenhall Mall Annex
• Zach Gordon Youth Center (396 Whittier Street)

If you turn 18 by Election Day, October 3, you are eligible to participate in this election. You must still register by the September 3 deadline.

The City and Borough of Juneau 2023 Regular Municipal Election is being conducted as a By Mail Election. Ballots will be mailed on September 14 to registered CBJ voters and may arrive as early as September 15. Voters will be able to return their ballot by mail, at a secure drop box, or at a Vote Center (hours and locations below).

If you will be absent from your voting address during this time, for any reason, you can apply to either:

Receive your ballot as postal mail to a temporary address: Apply as soon as possible by filling out the 2023 CBJ Temporary Address Application. The last day to apply to receive your ballot at a temporary address is Tuesday, September 26, 2023. Ballots returned through the mail must be legibly postmarked no later than Election Day, October 3, 2023 and received by the Clerk’s Office no later than the beginning of the Canvass Review Board process on Monday, October 16, 2023.

Receive an E-Ballot: Apply as soon as possible by filling out the 2023 CBJ Application for a Fax/E-ballot. Applications for fax/E-ballot must be received by the Clerk’s Office by 5:00 p.m. AKST Monday, October 2, 2023. Ballots returned by fax or email must arrive by 8:00 p.m. AKST on Election Day, Tuesday, October 3, 2023.

Need accessible voting options?

ADA and HAVA (Help America Vote Act)-compliant voting machines will be available at Vote Centers starting September 18 through Election Day, October 3. These machines allow users to vote with an audio ballot and/or a tactile interface and are available to all registered voters.

If you did not receive a ballot in the mail and are unable to vote in person due to age, illness, or disability a personal representative may pick up and deliver a ballot for you (called “Special Needs Voting”). Your personal representative can assist you in any step of the voting process and can be anyone except for candidates, your employer, agents of your employer, or officers or an agent of your union. Special Needs Voting ballots are available starting Monday, September 18 at both Vote Centers and must be returned by 8:00 p.m. AKST on Election Day, October 3.

Vote Center hours and locations

City Hall Assembly Chambers

155 S. Seward St.

Weekdays, September 18 to October 2: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Election Day, October 3: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Mendenhall Valley Public Library

3025 Dimond Park Loop

Weekdays, September 18 – October 2: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Saturdays, September 23 & 30: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Election Day, October 3: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

For more information about the upcoming CBJ municipal election, visit juneau.org/clerk/elections.