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Alaska. Alaska is the state with the latest poll closures relative to the rest of the country. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time. ... In Hawaii, polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p ...
Below are the times that the polls close at each hour (Eastern time and local time) in every state on election day. Arizona. Local time: 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time: 9:00 p.m. Arkansas. Local time: 7: ...
Here are some of the slowest slowpokes among the 50 states. Alaska. Polls close: 12 a.m. ET Wednesday in most of the state, 1 a.m. Wednesday in parts of the Aleutian Islands. Despite having the ...
The number of elections in Alaska (Iñupiaq: Alaaskam naliġagviat) varies by year, but typically municipal elections occur every year, plus primary and general elections for federal and state offices occur during even-numbered years. Alaska has a gubernatorial election every four years.
A ballot measure was approved by voters which would increase the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2027 and expand sick paid leave. The minimum wage in Alaska at the time of the election was $11.73 an hour, an inflation-adjusted amount of the $9.75 an hour minimum wage enacted after the passage of the 2014 Ballot Measure 3.
Alaska Ballot Measure 2 was a ballot initiative that was voted on in the November 5, 2024, general election. The ballot measure narrowly failed to pass. [1] [2]If enacted, it would have repealed Alaska's electoral system of ranked-choice voting and nonpartisan blanket primaries, which was enacted by Alaska Measure 2 from 2020, and return the state to partisan primaries and plurality voting.
Maine: For municipalities with a population of 500 or more, polls can open between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.; For municipalities with a population of less than 500, polls can open between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.;
Former Democratic state representative Les Gara and Jessica Cook came in second place, with 23.06% of the vote; independent former Alaska governor Bill Walker and Heidi Drygas finished in third place with 22.77% of the vote. Dunleavy and Dahlstrom won the general election in the first round of ranked-choice voting with 50.29% of the vote.