Voter Registration

Are you registered to vote?

In order for your vote to be counted for any regular Borough election, you MUST be registered 30-days prior to the election. Updates to your voter registration also fall under this deadline. Please register to vote or update your voter information prior to the deadline to be eligible to vote or have your vote count.

The deadline to qualify to vote in the 2023 Regular Borough Election will be Sunday, October 8, 2023.

You can update or register to vote online or print a Voter Registration Application from the Alaska State Division of Elections at www.elections.alaska.gov or you may register to vote at Alaska State Division of Elections office or  the Borough Clerk's office.  Voter registration applications are also available at  the City Clerk's Offices in Houston, Palmer, and Wasilla.

Voter Qualifications

A person may vote in a Borough election only if the person:

• is qualified to vote in State elections under AS 15.05.010;
• has been a resident of the Borough for 30 days immediately preceding the election;
• is registered to vote in State elections at a residence address within the Borough at least 30 days before the Borough election at which the person seeks to vote;and
• is not disqualified under Article V of the State Constitution.

Contact the Borough Clerk's Office at (907)861-8683, with questions you may have. 

Election Officials Wanted

Are you interested in serving as an Election Official for the next Borough election?

The Borough Clerk's Office is always looking for dependable workers for our elections. If you are interested in applying to serve as an election worker for the upcoming election, please apply with the Borough Clerk's Office. You may print out the application from the link above.

Applications are also available by contacting the Borough Clerk’s Office at 861-8683. In order to serve, you must be a registered voter of the Borough. Training and compensation are provided.

Propositions

November 7, 2023 Regular Election Ballot Information

This section will be updated as information becomes available.

Candidate Information

Candidate Qualifications:

Candidates for Assembly seats shall reside in the Borough and in the Assembly District for which they file and meet the requirements of MSB 2.12.030.
Candidates for the School Board seats shall reside in the Borough and within the Assembly District boundaries for which they file (MSB 19.04).
Candidates shall provide proof that they are eligible, or shall be eligible by the date of the election, to be recognized as a candidate for any election.

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough will hold a regular election on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. The following offices are to be filled at the election:

• This section will be updated as information becomes available.

Candidate Declaration packets will be available on Wednesday, August 16. The Candidate Declaration filing period is Monday, August 21 at 8 a.m. through Friday, September 1 at 5 p.m. Candidate Declarations shall be submitted in original form to the Borough Clerk’s office. They cannot be transmitted electronically. 

Early/Absentee Voting

Absentee By-Mail Voting

Any registered voter of the Borough may apply for a ballot to be mailed to them by submitting an Absentee By-Mail Ballot Application not later than seven days prior to Election Day. Please note: The Borough's absentee by-mail application is separate from that of the Alaska State Division of Elections and the cities of Houston, Palmer, and Wasilla. 

Things applicants need to know about the process:

• Apply early to receive your Borough ballot in a timely manner
• Carefully complete ALL sections of the application
• Omissions or errors may cause a delay in ballot mailing
• Application MUST contain the applicant's signature; no one else may sign for you!

Once the ballots are ready for distribution and upon the timely receipt of an application, the official ballot and voting material will be mailed to the applicant at the ballot mailing address provided on the application. Upon receiving the ballot, applicants need to carefully follow ALL instructions to ensure that the ballot is properly cast.

Ballot envelopes must be postmarked by Election Day, and received in the Borough Clerk's Office no later than 5 p.m. three calendar days after the election. Hand-delivered ballots must be returned to a Borough election official by 8 p.m. on Election Day.

The Voting Locations section contains precinct information, or if you have questions, please call our office at (907) 861-8683 or the Division of Elections at (907) 373-8952.

Voting Locations

The precincts and polling places for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough are on the Polling Places & Precincts Page. 

If you don't know your assigned polling place, you may find it online by using the Alaska State Division of Elections Online Polling Place Locator, or contact the Alaska State Division of Elections at 1-888-383-8683 (toll free), or the Borough Clerk's Office at 907-861-8683.

Results

These are the results for the last ten Borough elections. Click view all to see all elections back to 1964.