on how and whether legal marijuana affects that.

Fairbanks

In Fairbanks, two separate measures will be voted on in the city and the borough. The city of North Pole, where a similar ban passed last year, will not be affected by the outcome of the election.

Fairbanks is home to the most cultivation facilities in the state. In July, 12 growers within the borough paid taxes out of a total of 46 across Alaska.

Fairbanks was an early hot spot for the industry, and the 2014 ballot initiative was popular with Fairbanks voters, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported at the time.

"We certainly are the underdog," said Jim Ostlind, chair of the campaign leading the initiatives for both the city and borough, "Safe neighborhoods Fairbanks – Yes on A and 1."

The group saysin his own neighborhood.

If both Fairbanks bans pass, it would likely affect the rest of the state's marijuana market, given the sheer number of cultivators in the Interior.

"It will bottleneck the supply chain, because there's already a shortage, so it will just further cripple the industry," Bloom said.

While Fairbanks voted overall in favor of the marijuana industry in 2014, Bloom said that she's spoken with many people who didn't realize that the issue is back on the ballot.

"From a business perspective, having your business shut down based on the words of the few, from the fear of a few, it's almost archaic. … Do people need to be good stewards of their neighbors? Absolutely," Bloom said.

Those in support of the ban say that marijuana businesses have always known