Boroughs in Alaska
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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Counties are referred to in Alaska as boroughs.
This page includes the following resources:
- The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in Alaska
- A list and map of counties in Alaska
- An overview of local elections in Alaska
- An overview of the initiative process in Alaska
Counties
County government
Click the link below for information about the county government in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:
Full list of counties
According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 15 counties, 149 cities, towns, and villages, and 17 special districts.[1]
The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties and county equivalents at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.
Map of counties
Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:
Elections
Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
Past elections
Initiative process availability
An initiative process is available in:
- All general law cities, which have a mandated initiative process for ordinances.
- All 11 charter cities, which must include initiative for ordinances in the charter. Charters may also permit initiative for charter amendments.
- All general law boroughs, which have a mandated initiative process for ordinances.
- All 10 charter boroughs which must include initiative for ordinances in the charter. Charters may also permit initiative for charter amendments.[2]
See also
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