PUBLIC NOTICE

2017 Absentee Notice click to download notice
Northwest Arctic Borough General Election – October 3, 2017

ABSENTEE VOTING

Any voter of the Northwest Arctic Borough who expects to be absent from their election precinct or who will be unable to vote in the Borough’s General Election by reason of physical disability on October 3, 2017, may cast an ABSENTEE BALLOT. A person who seeks to vote by absentee ballot may file either in person or by mailing their written application to the Borough Clerk.

The Borough Clerk will accept applications made BY MAIL, which should be received no earlier than September 13, 2017 and no later than September 29, 2017.

The Borough Clerk will accept applications made IN PERSON no earlier than September 18, 2017 and no later than October 2, 2017. The issuance or acceptance of absentee voting ballots will be during normal business hours. The office hours of the Northwest Arctic Borough are from 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Monday through Friday.

ALL applications must be signed by the applicant and show their place of residence.

There is nothing that limits the Borough Clerk in personally delivering a ballot to a person who is unable to make application in person at the Clerk’s office for an absentee voter’s ballot.

Please contact the Borough Clerk’s Office if you have any questions regarding absentee voting at 442-8204, 442-8205 or toll-free at (800) 478-1110.

Stella Atoruk, Borough Clerk