Candidate Information

For specific candidate ​​information, visit Anchorage Municipal Code AMC 28.30 - QUALIFICATIONS. 

2022 Filing for Office​

Filing for office opens January 14, 2022, at 8:00 a.m., and closes January 28, 2022, at 5:00 p.m.

Both locations, MOA Election Center and Municipal Clerk's Office, will be closed on Monday, January 17, 2022, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. ​​

​​You may file at the ​Election Center, located at 619 East Ship Creek Avenue, Door D or at the Municipal Clerk's Office, located at 632 West 6th Avenue, Suite 250. Filing at Municipal Clerk's Office is by appointment only. Appointments at the Municipal Clerk's Office will be available from 9 a.m. - 12 noon, daily. To make an appointment, please call the Voter Hotline at 907-243-8683. 

A Candidate for Municipal office must be ...​

• a resident of the Municipality of Anchorage, and
• a qualified voter of the Municipality of Anchorage and the State of Alaska,
• among other specific qualifications. 

There are very specific steps you must take in order to appear on the Regular Municipal Election ballot as a candidate for office. Municipal and state requirements for filing for Municipal office are detailed below.​

2022 Filing P​ac​kets 

Candidates for Anchorage Assembly Seats - Filing Packet

Candidates for Anchorage School Board Seats - Filing Packet

Candidates for Board of Supervisors, including LRSA Seats - Filing Packet​​

A message to Service Area Board of Supervisors candidates, including write-ins:

 AMC 28.30.020 - Qualifications of candidates for service area board of supervisors; declaration of candidacy required.

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B. A person who has not filed a declaration of candidacy for a seat on a service area board of supervisors, including as a write-in candidate, in accordance with this section, is disqualified.

C. For write-in candidates for a seat on a service area board of supervisors, declarations of candidacy shall be filed with the municipal clerk no earlier than 67 days and at least seven days before a regular election, and no earlier than 42 days and at least seven days before a special election.​

Municipal Requirements

1.  Access and print a filing packet (above) for the office for which you would like to declare candidacy.

2.  File your Declaration of Candidacy along with your POFD Statement with the Municipal Clerk's Office. The first day to file for office is on Friday, January 14, 2022, starting at 8:00 a.m. The last day to file for office is on Friday, January 28, 2022, by 5:00 p.m.

State Requirements

Please contact the Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) directly by calling (907) 276-4176 with any questions regarding the state requirements listed below.

1. Public Official Financial Disclosure (POFD) Statement

All candidates, except candidates for service area boards, must file a POFD Statement online at https://my.alaska.gov/.

After you have completed your POFD Statement, the form must be printed and included with your municipal filing packet.

2. Candidate Registration Statement or Municipal Exemption Statement

Within seven days of filing a declaration of candidacy for municipal office, candidates must file either a Candidate Registration Statement or a Municipal Exemption ​Statement online at https://my.alaska.gov/.

Candidate Registration Statement - Must be filed by candidates who will have more than $5,000 in campaign financial activity. Additionally, the candidate is required to file campaign disclosure reports to disclose all campaign financial activity throughout the course of the election.

Municipal Exemption Statement - Must be filed by candidates intending to raise and spend less than $5,000 on campaign activity. In this case, the candidate is exempted from filing campaign disclosure reports.

3. Letter of Intent

Individuals who have not already filed a Declaration of Candidacy with the Clerk's Office must file a Letter of Intent online at https://my.alaska.gov/ before they begin campaigning and raising funds for an election.

For all State of Alaska filing requirements, you may access online filing by logging into your MyAlaska account. If you already have a username and password established for filing your Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) application, you may use the same log-in information for access to candidate disclosure filing. (Otherwise, please visit https://my.alaska.gov/ to register for a MyAlaska account.) After logging into your MyAlaska account, you may access online filing by selecting APOC - Disclosure Forms under Services for Individuals.  

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