Alaska's first votes appear to show disproportionately high Democratic interest

Early voting locations opened Monday across Alaska for registered voters to cast ballots in the Nov. 5 general election. The lone exception was in Fairbanks, where bad weather kept the early voting station from opening as scheduled.

Statistics for votes cast on Monday weren’t immediately available, but absentee ballot figures through Friday show disproportionately high participation among registered Democrats and slightly lower — but still disproportionately high — participation among registered Republicans.

As of Oct. 19, 56,607 voters had requested absentee ballots — a little over 9% of all registered voters in the state.

In Alaska, any voter can vote absentee, but someone who wants to receive a blank ballot in the mail must request it — ballots aren’t sent automatically.


https://alaskapublic.org/2024/10/22/alaskas-first-votes-appear-to-show-disproportionately-high-democratic-interest/