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Voting history · Alaska

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A dated list of changes to how Americans vote: district maps, polling places and drop boxes, voting laws and rules, and courts and election officials. Each entry says who did what and when, shows what became of it, and links to the page it rests on. Attempts that failed are listed as failed. Entries that rest on a news report name the outlet.

This is the state view: events recorded for Alaska, then national events that apply here. See the national timeline.

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In Alaska

1993

  1. Sep 28, 1993 State Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Justice Department objects to Alaska's 1993 legislative redistricting plans

    Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, the Justice Department objected to the state House and Senate plans to the extent they changed House District 36. The letter says the plan would reduce the Alaska Native share of the voting age population in the district from 55.7 percent to 50.6 percent.

    Related: Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed into law

    Source last checked Oct 21, 2026

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How this timeline is built

Every entry rests on at least one source that was opened and read, and that source states the date and the fact. Courts, legislatures, election offices, the Justice Department, the Census Bureau, the Federal Register and Congress.gov come first. A news report is used only when no official page states the fact, and it is labeled with the outlet's name. Encyclopedias are not used as sources. History starts in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act. County names come from the Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer. Congressional district numbers are those in use for the 2026 election; an event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district.

When a later event changes an earlier one, such as a law later struck down, both entries are listed and point to each other. This page does not predict outcomes or say which party a change helps. U.S. House maps for 2026 · How people voted in past elections, by county · Back to the 2026 voting center.