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The state of Alaska has 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat. [1] This was the first presidential election following the state's adoption of Measure 2, which institutes ranked-choice voting for all statewide general elections. [2]
Alaska state elections in 2024 were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Primary elections were held on August 20, 2024. Federal offices.
Since Alaska's admission to the Union in January 1959, [1] [2] it has participated in 16 United States presidential elections, always having 3 electoral votes.In the 1960 presidential election, Alaska was narrowly won by the Republican Party's candidate and incumbent vice president Richard Nixon, defeating the Democratic Party's candidate John F. Kennedy by a margin of just 1.88% (1,144 votes).
Nov. 22—Alaska's election has entered its final stage, after ballot counting concluded Wednesday. The results aren't finalized until a state review board completes its work, which is set to ...
Nov. 17—General election ballots With more than 27,000 additional ballots counted on Tuesday, the three incumbents in Alaska's statewide races appear poised for victory in their respective races ...
Under Alaska's voting system, the winner is determined by ranked-choice tabulation, otherwise known as instant runoff, if the top vote-getter in the general election receives less than 50% of the ...
As expected, there was a nationwide delay in reporting election results, due to the extreme influx of absentee and mail-in ballots as a public health measure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [67] In Alaska, these delays were especially severe. Alaska mailed absentee ballot applications to every voter aged 65 and over. [68]
Aug. 21—Election Day Voting in Alaska's ranked choice election has already concluded, but results won't be known until more than two weeks after the election was held. And some Alaskans are ...