Ketchikan’s municipal election is on October 6.

We asked candidates running for borough assembly, school board and city council their stances on some of the most relevant issues facing our community to help you get informed. You can find their answers below.

View a City of Ketchikan sample ballot

View a Ketchikan Gateway Borough sample ballot

KRBD hosted live, on-air candidate forums for all three races. Want to hear candidates answer the most pressing questions from the community, but missed the forums when they aired? We’ll be rebroadcasting them on KRBD.

City council candidate forum – Sept. 28 – 12 p.m.

Borough assembly candidate forum – Sept. 29 – 12 p.m.

School board candidate forum – Sept. 30 – 12 p.m.

Click here to listen to the forums

Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly Candidates

There are three seats available on Ketchikan’s borough assembly. All three seats are for three-year terms.

Click on a candidate to learn more

Ketchikan School Board Candidates

There are two seats available on the Ketchikan School Board. Both seats are for three-year terms.

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Ketchikan City Council Candidates

There are four seats available on the Ketchikan City Council. Three of the seats are for a three-year term. One seat is for a one-year term.

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Ballot propositions

There is one ballot proposition on the borough ballot. It asks voters if the borough should be granted areawide library powers. Right now, that power belongs to the city.

Here’s the full language of ballot proposition no.1 on the borough ballot:

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough’s nonareawide library powers (outside the Cities of Ketchikan and Saxman) were adopted through voter approval in 1985. Resolution 3196-CI proposes to adopt library powers on an areawide basis. If this proposition is approved, the Ketchikan Public Library assets and the responsibility for operations and funding would be transferred from the City of Ketchikan to the Borough. Shall the Ketchikan Gateway Borough be granted a new areawide power to provide public library services on an areawide basis in the area of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, as proposed in Resolution 3196-CI?

From the newsroom: Ketchikan’s local governments weigh library powers ballot measure

City residents will also be able to vote on an additional ballot proposition on the city ballot.

Here’s the full language of ballot proposition no.1 on the city ballot:

To pay costs of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, improvement, extension, enlargement and/or equipment of various electric utility facilities, including Bailey Generator, Port West Substation, Bailey Substation, Mountain Point Substation, Electric Division Service Center, and Ward Cove Substation (the “Projects”), shall the City issue and sell revenue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000 maturing within a maximum term of not more than 20 years from their issue date, the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely from revenues of Ketchikan Public Utilities, all as provided in more detail in Resolution No.26-3032 of the City Council?

From the newsroom: Ketchikan ballot measure asks to authorize spending powers for electric upgrades

Early voting is happening now.

Where to vote early: Borough Clerk’s Office or City Clerk’s Office

When: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday — Friday

Apply to vote absentee-by-mail no later than 7 days prior to the election. More information, including ballot request forms, can be found here.

Voting on Election Day

Ketchikan’s municipal election is on October 6. Borough and city voters must be registered to vote in state elections at a residence within the Ketchikan Gateway Borough not less than 30 days before the election.

In-person voting:

Polls on Election Day will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. There are seven voting precincts in the borough:

Ketchikan No. 1	Gateway Recreation Center 601 Schoenbar Rd.
Ketchikan No. 2	The Plaza 2417 Tongass Avenue
Ketchikan No. 3	AMHS Ferry Terminal 3501 Tongass Avenue
North Tongass No. 1	North Tongass Fire Station 6 7550 North Tongass Hwy
North Tongass No. 2	North Tongass Fire Station 8 13110 North Tongass Hwy
Saxman	Saxman Community Center 2841 South Tongass Hwy
South Tongass	South Tongass Alliance Church 376 Old Homestead Road