Alaska elections, 2015
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The state of Alaska held elections in 2015. In Alaska, school board elections were held on April 7 for three seats in the Anchorage School District, as well the municipal election for Mayor of Anchorage. School board elections were held for four more seats in two school districts, all of which featured among America's largest school districts by enrollment, in October. This was a lighter year for Alaska as 2014 saw elections for U.S. House, U.S. Senate, state executives, state senate, state house, statewide ballot measures, local ballot measures, school boards and state courts.
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| 2015 Alaska School Board Elections | ||||
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| District | Date | Seats up for election | Total board seats | Student enrollment |
| Anchorage School District | 4/7/2015 | 3 | 7 | 48,790 |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | 10/6/2015 | 2 | 7 | 14,378 |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | 10/6/2015 | 3 | 7 | 17,484 |
Ballot measures
Municipal elections
Local ballot measures
Houston, Alaska, Commercial Marijuana Ban Initiative, Proposition No. H-1 (October 2015)
Palmer, Alaska, Commercial Marijuana Ban Initiative, Proposition No. P-1 (October 2015)
Voting information
Links related to voting in Alaska:
- For an overview and information on deadlines and updates to voting laws, please visit voting in Alaska.
- For information on ballot access and signature requirements, please visit our page on ballot access requirements for political candidates in Alaska.
- All voters are eligible to vote absentee in Alaska.
- Alaska provides early voting with no specific requirements as to who can vote early. Early voting begins 15 days before an election and ends on election day.
- There is no online voter registration in Alaska.
Primary information
- Alaska uses a top-four primary for congressional and state-level offices. Under Alaska's top-four primary system, all candidates for a given office run in a single primary election. The top four vote-getters, regardless of partisan affiliation, then advance to the general election.[2][3]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Historical voter turnout
2014
In 2014, Alaska saw 54.4 percent of eligible voters turn out to vote in the November general election.[4]
2012
In 2012, Alaska saw 58.9 percent of eligible voters turn out to vote in the November general election.[5]
See also
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Alaska + elections + 2015"
Footnotes
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed May 5, 2014
- ↑ NCSL, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 15, 2024
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "August 18, 2020 Primary Election Information," accessed July 15, 2024
- ↑ United States Election Project, "2014 November General Election Turnout Rates," accessed December 23, 2014
- ↑ United States Election Project, "2012 November General Election Turnout Rates," accessed December 23, 2014
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