Petersburg Pilot -

As the state continues to count absentee and early ballots for the Nov. 3 election, Alaska House District 35 has seen its voter turnout rate jump from 26.25 percent to 64.74 percent as of Nov. 18, according to statistics from the Alaska Division of Elections.

Only the ballots that were cast in person on Election Day were tabulated into the initial unofficial results, resulting in a 26.25 percent voter turnout for District 35 and a 23.88 percent voter turnout for the Petersburg Borough, including the City of Kupreanof.

Since then, 6,032 absentee and early ballot votes have been added to the...