With the Nov. 3 election less than a week away, as of Wednesday afternoon, 286 people in the Chilkat Valley had already voted at the borough administration building.
Nationwide, media outlets are reporting a surge in early and absentee voting this year linked to COVID-19 pandemic concerns. In Alaska, more than 75,000 people have already cast absentee ballots, roughly a quarter of all votes cast in the state in the 2016 general election.
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