Complete Back-up Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot

Alaska allows you to use the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB) for registration, ballot request, and voting in any general, special, or primary election for Federal offices. Feel free to use the FWAB to vote anytime before an election. You may not need to fill out this entire form. Check out the instructions below to see what information your State requires.

Open Back-up Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot

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What do I fill in?

Only the following blocks of the Voter's Declaration/Affirmation are required:

Block 1.a: Select the category that describes you.

Block 1.b: Alaska allows you to use this form for registration.

Block 2.a: Name (Last, First, Middle)

Block 2.b: Enter any former name under which you were registered in Alaska.

Block 2.e: Date of Birth

Block 2.f: Enter your valid Alaska Driver's License number, the last four digits of your Social Security number OR your Alaska State Identification Card Number.

Block 2.g: If you are an overseas citizen, enter your passport or identity card number or other identification issued under the authority of the U.S. Secretary of State. This is not required for Uniformed Service members and their families.

Blocks 2.h through 2.j: Recommended but not required. Provide your contact information to allow your local election official to follow up if more information is required.

Block 3.a through 3.e: Complete street address of your Alaska voting residence. You may provide your street name and house number, highway name and milepost number, building number and street name on a military base, subdivision with lot and block number. Do not use post office box number, highway contact number and box, rural route number, commercial address or mail stop address. In an area with no street names, enter route name and number and box number. If in a rural village you may provide community name as your Residency address or describe its location in Block 6.

Block 4.a: Enter your current mailing address.

Block 5: If using this form for registration, enter your political party affiliation or write undeclared or non-partisan. Your political party affiliation 30 days before the primary election determines the party ballot you are eligible to receive.

Block 6:When initially registering to vote by mail from outside Alaska, you must enclose proof of Alaska residency (such as a copy of a current Alaska Driver’s License or of a leave and earning statement reflecting Alaska as place of residency) with this application.

Alternatively, if you are an overseas citizen, were last domiciled in Alaska prior to leaving the U.S. and do not intend to return to Alaska as a resident you may register as a “Federal Voter” and participate in only elections for Federal office. To request this option, write: “I wish to register as a Federal voter and was last domiciled in Alaska prior to leaving the U.S.” You must provide a copy of your valid passport, card of identity and registration, or other identification issued under the authority of the U.S. Secretary of State with this application.

Provide any additional information that may assist the local election official in accepting this ballot or application.

Block 7: Sign and date. This form must be sworn to before a commissioned officer, notary or other person authorized to administer oaths, or one witness (18 years or older).

Once the ballot is complete, fold and place it in the security envelope and seal. Place only the voted ballot in the security envelope and do not write on the security envelope. Insert the sealed security envelope and the Voter's Declaration/Affirmation into the mailing envelope and seal.

Envelope Templates

Open Security Envelope Template

Open Postage-Paid Envelope Template

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The postage-paid envelope may be used in the U.S. postal system which includes: all U.S. Military Post Offices (APO/FPO) overseas or through the diplomatic pouch available at U.S. Embassies/Consulates

Mail

If you choose to mail your back-up Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot, you must send it to:

Absentee Voting Office
619 E. Ship Creek Ave, Ste 329
Ste 329
Anchorage, AK 99501-1677

Overseas uniformed service members and their family members with access to Military Postal Service, may use the "Prepaid Expedited Mail - Label 11-DOD." This label is available at APO/FPO locations and can only be used for the general election. It provides expedited mail service up to seven days prior to the election. You can return your ballot with this label attached at any MPO/FPO, American embassy, or consulate. A portion of the label is retained by you for tracking your ballot through the U.S. Postal Service.

Fax

You may choose to fax this ballot. To vote absentee by fax you must request the ballot using a State of Alaska Absentee by Fax Application, which may be requested from the Division of Elections Absentee Voting Office and is available online starting 15 days prior to an election. Fax the ballot directly to the Absentee Voting Office at 907-677-9943. You may also use our toll-free fax service:

Inside the U.S.? Fax to:
1-800-368-8683
(703)-693-5527
DSN 223-5527

Outside the U.S.? Show me a list of toll-free fax numbers

Open Fax Coversheet

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• Want to submit your Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot by fax? Before you can send the back-up Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot by fax, you must submit an Alaska Absentee By Fax Application which is available online 15 days prior to the election. The by fax application must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. Alaska time the day before the election. Remember that by faxing your voted ballot you are waiving your right to secrecy.
• If using our Electronic Transmission Service you must use the Fax Coversheet.
• If you receive your State absentee ballot after submitting your Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot, fill it out and return it. The State absentee ballot will be counted instead of the back-up ballot if it's received in time.