A Special Municipal Election is scheduled for May 28, 2025.  You must be a registered voter in Sitka to be eligible to vote in the Election. If you plan to vote but aren’t registered to vote in Sitka, you must complete registration by April 28, 2025. To check voter registration status, visit: https://myvoterportal.alaska.gov/. To register or update a voter registration record, visit: https://voterregistration.alaska.gov/ or, visit the Municipal Clerk’s Office in City Hall at 100 Lincoln Street, 3^rd floor. The Sitka Public Library is available to help too! They have public computers available for online registration, and paper registration forms and assistance are available at the Circulation Desk.  

Eligible voters may choose to vote using one of these options:

• Absentee voting by mail: Voters may apply to receive a ballot by mail. Completed applications must be received no later than May 21, 2025. Ballots will be mailed starting the first week of May. The voted absentee by mail ballot must be postmarked on or before Election Day, May 28, and received by the Municipal Clerk’s Office no later than May 30, or, be delivered to the Municipal Clerk’s Office or an election official before polls close on Election Day, May 28. 
• Absentee voting by fax or electronic transmission:  Voters may apply for an absentee ballot to be sent by fax or electronic transmission. To vote by email, you will need access to a printer to print the ballot, and a scanner (or a device capable of taking a clear photo) to return the ballot. Completed applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. (AKST) on May 28. Voted ballots by electronic transmission must be submitted according to the Municipal Clerk’s instructions and received no later than 8:00 p.m. (AKST) on Election Day, May 28.
• Absentee voting by personal representative: Voters who are unable to go to a polling place due to age, illness, or disability may have a personal representative pick up a ballot beginning May 13. Contact the Municipal Clerk’s Office for more information.
• Early voting in person: Voters may vote an early in-person ballot May 13 – May 27 at Harrigan Centennial Hall weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays on May 17 and 24 from 9 a.m. to noon. (Closed Monday, May 26 for Memorial Day.)

Meeting room locations by date:

May 13, 16, 17, 20-24, 27 – Meeting Room 5

May 14, 15 – Meeting Room 3

May 19 – Meeting Room 2

• Election Day in person: Voters may vote in person on Election Day at their respective precinct in Harrigan Centennial Hall. Polls will be open 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Precinct 1: Meeting Rooms 5 & 6

Precinct 2: Meeting Rooms 2 & 3

For a sample ballot, absentee ballot request, and other election resources, visit https://www.cityofsitka.com/SpecialMunicipalElection or contact the Municipal Clerk’s Office at clerk@cityofsitka.org, 907.747.1826 or 907.747.1811.