JUNEAU – The Alaska Division of Elections (DOE) reminds all Alaskans that the candidate filing deadline for the 2018 Primary and General Elections is 5 p.m. on Friday, June 1, 2018. Election offices in Juneau, Anchorage, Mat-Su, Fairbanks and Nome will be open on June 1 to receive completed applications. Applications will not be accepted […]
What: The Alaska Center is offering free rides to secure drop boxes or Accessible Vote Centers for those who need one. A volunteer team will be running pick-ups throughout the city to help make vote centers and ballot boxes accessible to all voters. Anchorage voters are encouraged to call 274-3662 to arrange a pickup. When: […]
(Juneau) In response to an NBC TV story that Russia ‘compromised’ seven states prior to 2016 election, Alaska Division of Elections Director Josie Bahnke stated: “In September 2017, representatives from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially informed our division that Russian cyber actors made a failed attempt to access the division’s public information […]
Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) issued the following statement today regarding NBC News reporting that Russia allegedly accessed seven states’ voter registration systems or websites prior to the 2016 election, including potentially Alaska: “According to NBC News, three “senior intelligence officials” stated that seven states elections’ websites or databases are believed to have been “compromised” […]