Early and absentee voting is still strong in Alaska, as it is around the country. Over 62,000 Alaskans have voted, a 12.6% turnout, with seven days to go until the Nov. 5 election deadline.
By tomorrow, the early and absentee in person votes will exceed the early vote total for 2022.
Early vote ballots cast through Friday: 35,117
Absentee by mail ballots retuned: 27,328
Combined: 62,545
Total absentee ballot requests (deadline was Saturday): 71,897
This is the second-highest absentee by mail ballot request year ever, the top year being 2020, the year Covid scared people away from in-person voting.
In 2016, a more normal year for comparison, 31,499 Alaskans applied for an absentee ballot.
