Over 57,000 Alaskans have signed the petition to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy, but some are having buyer’s remorse. In response to multiple queries to Must Read Alaska about how people can remove their names, we have the following information from the Division of Elections:
Here is the link to the signature withdrawal form at the Division of Elections.
The request to have your name removed must be received prior to the date the petition booklets are filed. You may choose to complete this withdrawal form and submit it to the division by mail, fax or email as an attached PDF, TIFF, or JPEG file or you may submit an email to the division that contains the same information listed.
If sending an email with the form attached, it would help if senders use a common subject line such as: “Notice to Remove Recall Signature“. This will help the Division sort these requests quickly.
Once the signatures are turned in, it’s too late to remove your name. Those names become part of the public record and are publicized in various ways. The names are also incorporated into campaign and political party databases to add to voter profiles.
This is not what signers are being told by the paid signature gatherers, who have promised them their information will be kept confidential.
For those who have second thoughts about recalling the governor, they have a very small window of opportunity to remove their names; it’s believed that the Recall Dunleavy Committee is working to get all of the signatures it needs by the end of the month and will be filing those names with the Division of Elections shortly after.
PDF Form for withdrawing signature:
