You can help stop the impending ANC-pocolypse, here's how

You don't want the four horse people of the ANC-pocalypse to descend on our city and turn it into a right-wing bastion of hate where elected officials regularly espouse conspiracy theories as truth do you? If not, (and I hope it's not) the Municipal Clerk's Election Team just provided a wealth of information in a press release this morning to help empower you to get that ballot returned for the April 5 Municipal Election.

If you're a qualified registered voter you may:

• Vote your mailed ballot;
• Vote in-person at one of the three Anchorage Vote Centers;
• Vote by fax or email, especially if you are out of town; or
• Vote a Special Needs Ballot in your own home if you are disabled, elderly, or sick.

Vote at Home/Vote by Mail:  Voters are encouraged to vote and return their mailed ballot. Voters may return their voted ballot in one of three ways:  (1) to a Secure Drop Box, (2) to an Anchorage Vote Center (AVC); or (3) by mail, through the US Postal Service (USPS) with a first class stamp. If voters return their ballot though the mail on either Monday, April 4 or Tuesday, April 5, please ask a postal worker to “hand cancel” or place a postmark on the envelope to make sure your vote will count!  The last day for voters to return a ballot is Tuesday, Election Day, April 5, 2022.

Vote In Person at an Anchorage Vote Center (AVC):  Voters may visit one of the three Anchorage Vote Center to vote in person if voters lost, damaged, didn’t receive a mailed ballot, or prefer to vote in person. Voters must have proper identification to vote in person at an Anchorage Vote Center. The Anchorage Vote Centers have extended hours in 2022 including Saturday and Sunday hours and until 6:00 p.m. on weekdays. Here are the locations and hours for the Vote Centers:

City Hall

DETOUR!  7^th Avenue is closed this weekend for the Great Alaska Sportsman Show, so take 6^thAvenue to F Street
632 West 6^th Avenue, Room #155

• Weekdays, March 28 – April 4, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Open until 6:00 p.m.!
• Saturday, April 2, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Open on Saturday!
• Sunday, April 3, noon – 5 p.m.  Open on Sunday!
• Election Day, April 5, 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.

All Municipal ballots will be available at this location.

Eagle River Town Center
12001 Business Boulevard, Community Room #170
(same building as the library)

• Weekdays, March 28 – April 4, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Open until 6:00 p.m.!
• Saturday, April 2, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Open on Saturday!
• Sunday, April 3, noon – 5 p.m.  Open on Sunday!
• Election Day, April 5, 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Only Chugiak-Eagle River ballots will be available at this location.

Loussac Library

3600 Denali Street, First Floor, Assembly Chambers

• Weekdays, March 28 – April 4, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Open until 6:00 p.m.!
• Saturday, April 2, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Open on Saturday!
• Sunday, April 3, noon – 5 p.m.  Open on Sunday!
• Election Day, April 5, 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.

All Municipal ballots will be available at this location.

Vote by fax or email:  Voters, who are unable to unable to vote their mailed ballot or unable to vote in person, may vote by fax or email.  Voters must call the Voter Hotline at (907) 243-VOTE (8683) to request an Application to Vote by Fax or Email; voters should complete and return the application to MOA Elections as soon as possible, but no later than 5:00 p.m. AKDT on Monday, April 4, 2022, and applications will be processed as time allows. Instructions are included with the application.

Vote a Special Needs Ballot:  Voters who are elderly, have a disability, are hospitalized, are sick, or have a positive COVID test, may vote a Special Needs Ballot. Voters should call the Voter Hotline at (907) 243-VOTE (8683) to request a Special Needs Ballot to be delivered to them and Election Officials will deliver a ballot to the voter, allow the voter to vote in privacy, and return the ballot to the Election Center.

Return Voted Ballots to Secure Drop Box:  Voters are reminded that there are 18 Secure Ballot Drop Boxes throughout the City that are open 24 hours, 7 days-a-week until 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, April 5, 2022. Voters in line at a secure drop box by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day will be allowed to drop off their ballots. Voters can call the Voter Hotline at (907) 243-VOTE (8683) or search the online map of Secure Ballot Drop Box and Anchorage Vote Center Locations at www.muni.org/elections/dropbox to find the location of the closest secure drop box.

Voter Questions:  Voters may get help with voting questions by visiting muni.org/elections, or calling the Voter Hotline at (907) 243-VOTE (8683).