A regular election shall be held annually on the first Tuesday in October, unless otherwise specified by ordinance.[1]
(AO No. 88-129(S-1))
[1]
Editor’s Notes – AO No. 99-113 changed the regular municipal election to the first Tuesday in April beginning in 2000.
(a) 
All municipal elections shall be nonpartisan. The assembly by ordinance shall establish procedures for regular and special municipal elections, including provisions for absentee voting. In case of ties, the assembly shall determine the successful candidate by lot.
(b) 
If no candidate for the office of Mayor receives more than 45 percent of the votes cast for the office of Mayor, the Assembly within three weeks from the date of certification of the election, shall hold a run off election between the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the office. Run-off elections under this section are not required, however, in races where the names of no more than two candidates appeared on the initial ballot unless a write-in candidate received more votes than a candidate whose name is on the ballot.
(AO No. 252-76, prop. 1, 10-4-1977; prop. 10, 5-4-1999; AO No. 2001-42(S), prop. 4, 4-2-2001; AO No. 2002-79, 4-1-2003)
To vote in any municipal election, a person must be:
(a) 
A qualified voter of the State of Alaska; and
(b) 
A resident of Anchorage for 30 days immediately preceding the election and a resident of the precinct in which the resident seeks to vote.
(AO No. 2013-93, prop. 8, 4-1-2014)