What happens if someone who requested an absentee ballot wants to vote in person on election day?
Occasionally, someone who requested an absentee ballot decides they want to vote at the polls instead. When this happens, the election judges will spot the absentee ballot notation on the up-to-date Master Voter Registration List. If the individual is on the Master Voter Registration list but the list indicates that he or she received an absentee ballot, the person must first give back the absentee ballot before they can receive a regular ballot at the polling place or, if they don’t have the absentee ballot to give back, they must vote a questioned ballot. Is an election held if no one files to run for elected office? Yes. Conducting regular elections is one of the primary duties of a municipality and the election must be held whether there are declared candidates or not. Instead of writing in candidate names on the ballot, the ballot should be prepared with lines so voters can write-in the name of the person they are casting their vote for. Under AS 29.60.290, a municipality must con
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