Absentee By-Mail

To vote from the convenience of your home, you may apply for a ballot to be mailed to you by filing an Absentee Ballot Application after the first of the year in which the election is to be held. 

The request for an absentee ballot must be received by the Clerk’s Office no later than 4:00 p.m., eleven (11) days prior to Election Day (two Friday's before).

Download the application below and send the completed form to:

Mail:
     City Clerk's Office
     City of Palmer
     231 W. Evergreen Avenue
     Palmer, AK 99645

Fax: (907) 761-1340

Email: elections@palmerak.org

You must personally sign your request. No one can sign for you; however, a copy of a recorded Power of Attorney may be presented in lieu of the original signature of the person requesting the ballot.

Please complete your Absentee Ballot Application request carefully and return it to the Palmer City Clerk’s Office promptly to allow time for processing. An incomplete request or a mail delay could prevent you from receiving your ballot on time. If after you have submitted your request, your address changes, contact the Palmer City Clerk immediately. Ballots will NOT be forwarded if they are returned as undeliverable.

Absentee ballot materials, including instructions, will be sent to you as soon as it is available. To be counted, your ballot MUST BE VOTED and POSTMARKED no later than Election Day, and must be received via mail no later than the Friday following Election Day.

You may be eligible to vote in the State of Alaska and Matanuska-Susitna Borough elections.  For information, please contact them directly at:

The State of Alaska, Division of Elections
Mat-Su Elections Office
North Fork Professional Building
1700 Bogard Road, Bldg. B, Ste. 102
Wasilla, AK 99654
(907) 373-8952
https://www.elections.alaska.gov/(link is external)

Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Clerk's Office
350 E. Dahlia Avenue
Palmer, AK 99645
(907) 745-9683
https://www.matsugov.us/elections