Ken Demmert of Reliable Transfer sets up voting booths Monday at the downtown fire station in preparation for today's election.
Number Precinct name Precinct address
03 300 Douglas Douglas Library, 1016 Third Street, Douglas
03 310 Juneau No. 1 Juneau Arts and Culture Center, 350 Whittier Ave., Juneau
03 320 Juneau No. 2 Juneau Arts and Culture Center, 350 Whittier Ave., Juneau
03 330 Juneau No. 3 Juneau Senior Center, 895 W. 12th St., Juneau
03 340 Juneau No. 4 Cedar Park, 3414 Foster Ave., Juneau
03 350 Juneau Airport Nugget Mall, 8745 Glacier Highway, Juneau
03 360 Lemon Creek Alaska Electric Light & Power Co., 5601 Tonsgard Court, Juneau
03 370 North Douglas Juneau Fire Station, 820 Glacier Ave., Juneau
03 380 Salmon Creek Tlingit & Haida Community Council Building, 3235 Hospital Drive, Juneau
03 390 Switzer Creek Gruening Park Recreation Center, 1800 Northwood Drive, Juneau
04 410 Mendenhall Valley No. 1 Mendenhall Mall 9105 Mendenhall Mall Road, Juneau
04 420 Mendenhall Valley No. 2 Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 9161 Cinema Drive, Juneau
04 430 Mendenhall Valley No. 3 Glacier Valley Baptist Church, 3921 Mendenhall Loop Road, Juneau
04 440 Mendenhall Valley No. 4 Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 4212 Mendenhall Loop Road., Juneau
04 450 Auke Bay - Fritz Cove Auke Bay Fire Station, 11900 Glacier Highway, Juneau
04 460 Lynn Canal Auke Bay Ferry Terminal, 13.8 Mile Glacier Highway, Juneau
Call the state's hotline at 1-888-383-8683 to determine your poll site.
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Story last updated at 10/6/2009 - 10:18 am
Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. today in a municipal election to determine who will hold three seats on the Juneau Assembly, three seats on the Juneau School Board, and two ballot propositions asking voters to hike up tobacco taxes and to authorize borrowing for renovations at Gastineau Elementary School.
There were 24,666 registered voters as of the Sept. 6 cutoff date to be eligible to vote today, Elections Clerk Laurie Sica reported. Voter turnout rates have fluctuated a lot in recent years, ranging from more than 40 percent in 2007 to just over 26 percent in 2008.
As of Saturday, 896 ballots had already been cast via absentee voting, Sica said, which had been underway since Sept. 21.
While Assembly candidates in some cases run to represent certain districts, all city voters vote in all races.
There are two candidates for each of the three Assembly seats:
• For mayor, Mark Farmer is challenging incumbent Bruce Botelho.
• In District 1, Karen Lawfer is challenging incumbent David Stone.
• In District 2, incumbent Sara Chambers did not seek re-election, leaving the field to newcomers Ruth Danner and Stephanie Madsen.
In School Board elections, five candidates are vying for three seats: Incumbents Phyllis Carlson, Mark Choate and Andi Story, and challengers Mary Marks and former school board member Bill Peters.
Finally, the Assembly authorized two municipal ballot propositions.
Proposition 1 asks voters to authorize the city to borrow $11.8 million for renovations at Gastineau Elementary School. Up to 70 percent of that cost is eligible for reimbursement from the state, leaving property owners a burden of about $12 per $100,000 of assessed value for 10 years, if approved.
Proposition 2 asks voters to authorize an increase in excise taxes on tobacco products. If approved, the tax on cigarettes would increase to $1 a pack from 30 cents. On wholesale tobacco products, it would increase to 45 percent from 12 percent. The new taxes would take effect Jan. 1.
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