Alaska Stat. § 15.05.012 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.05 / Section 15.05.012
Voter qualification for presidential election.
Status: in_force

A person who is otherwise qualified under AS 15.05.010 but who has not been a resident of the house district in which the person seeks to vote for at least 30 days preceding the date of a presidential election is entitled to register and vote for presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
Alaska Stat. § 15.25.043 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.25 / Section 15.25.043
Determination of residency of a candidate.
Status: in_force

In determining the residence within a house district of a qualified voter for the purposes of compliance with art. II, sec. 2, Constitution of the State of Alaska, the director shall apply the rules established in AS 15.05.020 together with the following rules: (1) a person establishes residence within a house district (A) by actual physical presence at a specific location within the district; and

(B) by maintaining a habitation at the specific location;

(2) a person may maintain a place of residence at a specific location within a district while away from the location for purposes of employment, education, military service, or vacation if the person does not establish residency at another location; and

(3) a qualified voter loses residence by voting in another house district or in another state's elections.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.100 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.100
Time off for voting.
Status: in_force

A qualified voter who does not have sufficient time outside working hours within which to vote at a state election may, without loss of pay, take off as much working time as will enable voting. If any employee has two consecutive hours in which to vote, either between the opening of the polls and the beginning of the employee's regular working shift, or between the end of the regular working shift and the closing of the polls, the employee shall be considered to have sufficient time outside working hours within which to vote.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.225 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.225
Definition of state election.
Status: in_force

In AS 15.20.010  15.20.225, state election means a primary, general, or special election a purpose of which is to (1) select, nominate, or elect a governor, a lieutenant governor, an acting governor, a state senator, or a state representative;

(2) select, nominate, or elect delegates to a constitutional convention;

(3) approve or reject an initiative submitted under art. XI, Constitution of the State of Alaska, and AS 15.45.190  15.45.200 or a referendum submitted under art. XI, Constitution of the State of Alaska, and AS 15.45.420  15.45.440;

(4) recall an official identified in (1) of this section when authorized by art. XI, Constitution of the State of Alaska, and AS 15.45.650  15.45.690;

(5) approve or reject a proposed constitutional amendment submitted under AS 15.50 ; or

(6) ratify or reject a state general obligation bond when authorized by AS 37.15 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.060 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.060
Notification of electors.
Status: in_force

When the results of the election of presidential electors have been determined, the director shall send a certificate of election to each elector and shall notify the electors of the time and place of their meeting and of their duties as electors.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.300 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.300
Prohibiting the count of exhibited ballots.
Status: in_force

An election official may not allow a ballot to be placed in the ballot box that the official knows to have been unlawfully exhibited by the voter. A ballot unlawfully exhibited shall be recorded as a spoiled ballot and destroyed.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.081 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.081
Absentee voting in general; applying for absentee ballot by mail or electronic transmission.
Status: reserved

(a) A qualified voter may apply in person, by mail, or by facsimile, scanning, or other electronic transmission to the director for an absentee ballot under this section. Another individual may apply for an absentee ballot on behalf of a qualified voter if that individual is designated to act on behalf of the voter in a written general power of attorney or a written special power of attorney that authorizes the other individual to apply for an absentee ballot on behalf of the voter. The application must include the address or, if the application requests delivery of an absentee ballot by electronic transmission, the telephone electronic transmission number, to which the absentee ballot is to be returned, the applicant's full Alaska residence address, and the applicant's signature. However, a person residing outside the United States and applying to vote absentee in federal elections in accordance with AS 15.05.011 need not include an Alaska residence address in the application. A person may supply to a voter an absentee ballot application form with a political party or group affiliation indicated only if the voter is already registered as affiliated with the political party or group indicated. The application must be made on a form prescribed or approved by the director. The voter or registration official shall submit the application directly to the division of elections. For purposes of this subsection, directly to the division of elections means that an application may not be submitted to any intermediary that could control or delay the submission of the application to the division or gather data on the applicant from the application form. However, nothing in this subsection is intended to prohibit a voter from giving a completed absentee ballot application to a friend, relative, or associate for transfer to the United States Postal Service or a private commercial delivery service for delivery to the division.

(b) An application requesting delivery of an absentee ballot to the applicant by mail must be received by the division of elections not less than 10 days before the election for which the absentee ballot is sought. An application for an absentee ballot for a state election from a qualified voter requesting delivery of an absentee ballot to the applicant by electronic transmission must be received by the division of elections not later than 5:00 p.m. Alaska time on the day before the election for which the absentee ballot is sought. An absentee ballot application submitted by mail under this section must permit the person to register to vote under AS 15.07.070 and to request an absentee ballot for each state election held within that calendar year for which the voter is eligible to vote. An absentee ballot application submitted by electronic transmission under this section may not include a provision that permits a person to register to vote under AS 15.07.070 .

(c) After receipt of an application, the director shall send the absentee ballot and other absentee voting material to the applicant by the most expeditious mail service. However, if the application requests that an absentee ballot for a state election be sent by electronic transmission, the director shall send the absentee ballot and other absentee voting material to the applicant by electronic transmission. Except as provided in (k) of this section, the absentee ballot and other absentee voting material shall be sent as soon as they are ready for distribution. If the absentee ballot and other absentee voting material are mailed to the applicant, the return envelope sent with the ballot and other materials shall be addressed to the election supervisor in the district in which the voter is a resident.

(d) Upon receipt of an absentee ballot by mail, the voter, in the presence of a notary public, commissioned officer of the armed forces including the National Guard, district judge or magistrate, United States postal official, registration official, or other person qualified to administer oaths, may proceed to mark the ballot in secret, to place the ballot in the secrecy sleeve, to place the secrecy sleeve in the envelope provided, and to sign the voter's certificate on the envelope in the presence of an official listed in this subsection who shall sign as attesting official and shall date the signature. If none of the officials listed in this subsection is reasonably accessible, an absentee voter shall sign the voter's certificate in the presence of an individual who is 18 years of age or older, who shall sign as a witness and attest to the date on which the voter signed the certificate in the individual's presence, and, in addition, the voter shall certify, as prescribed in AS 09.63.020 , under penalty of perjury, that the statements in the voter's certification are true.

(e) An absentee ballot must be marked on or before the date of the election. Except as provided in (h) of this section, a voter who returns the absentee ballot by mail, whether provided to the voter by mail or by electronic transmission, shall use a mail service at least equal to first class and mail the ballot not later than the day of the election to the election supervisor for the house district in which the voter seeks to vote. Except as provided in AS 15.20.480 , the ballot may not be counted unless it is received by the close of business on the 10th day after the election. If the ballot is postmarked, it must be postmarked on or before election day. After the day of the election, ballots may not be accepted unless received by mail.

(f) The director shall require a voter casting an absentee ballot by mail to provide proof of identification or other information to aid in the establishment of the voter's identity as prescribed by regulations adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). If the voter is a first-time voter who initially registered by mail or by facsimile or other electronic transmission approved by the director under AS 15.07.050 and has not met the identification requirements set out in AS 15.07.060 , the voter must provide one of the following forms of proof of identification: (1) a copy of a driver's license, state identification card, current and valid photo identification, birth certificate, passport, or hunting or fishing license; or

(2) a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or other government document; an item provided under this paragraph must show the name and current address of the voter.

(g) The director shall maintain a record of the name of each voter to whom an absentee ballot is sent under this section. The record must list the date on which the ballot is mailed or provided by electronic transmission and the date on which the ballot is received by the election supervisor and the dates on which the ballot was executed and postmarked.

(h) Except as provided in AS 15.20.480 , an absentee ballot returned by mail from outside the United States or from an overseas voter qualifying under AS 15.05.011 that has been marked and mailed not later than election day may not be counted unless the ballot is received by the election supervisor not later than the close of business on the (1) 10th day following a primary election or special primary election under AS 15.40.140 ; or

(2) 15th day following a general election or special election, other than a special primary election described in (1) of this subsection.

(i) [Repealed, § 44 ch 73 SLA 2013.] (j) The director shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) specifying the information required to be included on an absentee ballot application form. The regulations must require that an absentee ballot application form (1) contain only that information required under regulations adopted by the director;

(2) conceal the personal information of the individual requesting delivery of an absentee ballot while the application is in the custody of the United States Postal Service or other person delivering the application to the division;

(3) specify that the form is to be returned by the voter directly to the division, and not to another person providing the form; and

(4) if not prepared by the division, be approved by the director before distribution to the public.

(k) In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1(a)(8)(A), if an application is received at least 45 days before an election and is from an absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter, the director shall send an absentee ballot and other voting material to the applicant not later than 45 days before the election.

(l) If an application is received at least 45 days before an election and is from a voter who notifies the director in writing that the voter expects to be living, working, or traveling outside the United States at the time of the election or expects to be living, working, or traveling in a remote area of the state where distance, terrain, or other natural conditions deny the voter reasonable access to a polling place at the time of the election, the director shall send an absentee ballot and other voting material to the applicant not later than 45 days before the election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.380 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.380
Violations; limitations on actions.
Status: in_force

(a) Promptly after the final date for filing statements and reports under this chapter, the commission shall notify all persons who have become delinquent in filing them, including contributors who failed to file a statement in accordance with AS 15.13.040 , and shall make available a list of those delinquent filers for public inspection. The commission shall also report to the attorney general the names of all candidates in an election whose campaign treasurers have failed to file the reports required by this chapter.

(b) A person who believes a violation of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter has occurred or is occurring may file an administrative complaint with the commission within five years after the date of the alleged violation. If a member of the commission has filed the complaint, that member may not participate as a commissioner in any proceeding of the commission with respect to the complaint. The commission may consider a complaint on an expedited basis or a regular basis.

(c) The complainant or the respondent to the complaint may request in writing that the commission expedite consideration of the complaint. A request for expedited consideration must be accompanied by evidence to support expedited consideration and be served on the opposing party. The commission shall grant or deny the request within two days after receiving it. In deciding whether to expedite consideration, the commission shall consider such factors as whether the alleged violation, if not immediately restrained, could materially affect the outcome of an election or other impending event; whether the alleged violation could cause irreparable harm that penalties could not adequately remedy; and whether there is reasonable cause to believe that a violation has occurred or will occur. Notwithstanding the absence of a request to expedite consideration, the commission may independently expedite consideration of the complaint if the commission finds that the standards for expedited consideration set out in this subsection have been met.

(d) If the commission expedites consideration, the commission shall hold a hearing on the complaint within two days after granting expedited consideration. Not later than one day after affording the respondent notice and an opportunity to be heard, the commission shall (1) enter an emergency order requiring the violation to be ceased or to be remedied and assess civil penalties under AS 15.13.390 if the commission finds that the respondent has engaged in or is about to engage in an act or practice that constitutes or will constitute a violation of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter;

(2) enter an emergency order dismissing the complaint if the commission finds that the respondent has not or is not about to engage in an act or practice that constitutes or will constitute a violation of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter; or

(3) remand the complaint to the executive director of the commission for consideration by the commission on a regular rather than an expedited basis.

(e) If the commission accepts the complaint for consideration on a regular rather than an expedited basis, the commission shall notify the respondent within seven days after receiving the complaint and shall investigate the complaint. The respondent may answer the complaint by filing a written response with the commission within 15 days after the commission notifies the respondent of the complaint. The commission may grant the respondent additional time to respond to the complaint only for good cause. The commission shall hold a hearing on the complaint not later than 45 days after the respondent's written response is due. Not later than 10 days after the hearing, the commission shall issue its order. If the commission finds that the respondent has engaged in or is about to engage in an act or practice that constitutes or will constitute a violation of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter, the commission shall enter an order requiring the violation to be ceased or to be remedied and shall assess civil penalties under AS 15.13.390 .

(f) If the complaint involves a challenge to the constitutionality of a statute or regulation, necessary witnesses that are not subject to the commission's subpoena authority, or other issues outside the commission's authority, the commission may request the attorney general to file a complaint in superior court alleging a violation of this chapter. The commission may request the attorney general to file a complaint in superior court to remedy the violation of a commission order.

(g) A commission order under (d) or (e) of this section may be appealed to the superior court by either the complainant or respondent within 30 days in accordance with the Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure.

(h) If the commission does not complete action on an administrative complaint within 90 days after the complaint was filed, the complainant may file a complaint in superior court alleging a violation of this chapter by a respondent as described in the administrative complaint filed with the commission. The complainant shall provide copies of the complaint filed in the superior court to the commission and the attorney general. This subsection does not create a private cause of action against the commission; against the commission's members, officers, or employees; or against the state.

(i) If a person who was a successful candidate or the campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer of a person who was a successful candidate is convicted of a violation of this chapter, after the candidate is sworn into office, proceedings shall be held and appropriate action taken in accordance with (1) art. II, sec. 12, Constitution of the State of Alaska, if the successful candidate is a member of the state legislature;

(2) art. II, sec. 20, Constitution of the State of Alaska, if the successful candidate is governor or lieutenant governor;

(3) the provisions of the call for the constitutional convention, if the successful candidate is a constitutional convention delegate;

(4) art. IV, sec. 10, Constitution of the State of Alaska, if the successful candidate is a judge.

(j) Information developed by the commission under (b)  (e) of this section shall be considered during a proceeding under (i) of this section.

(k) If, after a successful candidate is sworn into office, the successful candidate or the campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer of the person who was a successful candidate is charged with a violation of this chapter, the case shall be promptly tried and accorded a preferred position for purposes of argument and decision so as to ensure a speedy disposition of the matter.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.390 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.390
Date of special primary election and special election.
Status: in_force

The special primary election to fill a vacancy in the state senate shall be held on the date of the first primary election held more than 60 days after the senate vacancy occurs, and the special election shall be held on the date of the first general election thereafter.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.016 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.016
Campaign misconduct in the third degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the offense of campaign misconduct in the third degree if (1) the person violates a provision of AS 15.13 or a regulation adopted under AS 15.13 ; or

(2) during the hours the polls are open and after election officials have posted warning notices as required by AS 15.15.170 or at the required distance in the form and manner prescribed by the chief municipal elections official in a local election, the person is within 200 feet of an entrance to a polling place, and (A) violates AS 15.15.170 ; or

(B) circulates cards, handbills, or marked ballots, or posts political signs or posters relating to a candidate at an election or election proposition or question.

(b) Campaign misconduct in the third degree is a violation.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.207 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.207
Procedure for district questioned ballot review.
Status: in_force

(a) The district questioned ballot counting board shall examine each questioned ballot envelope and shall determine whether the questioned voter is qualified to vote at the election and whether the questioned ballot has been properly cast.

(b) A questioned ballot may not be counted if the voter (1) has failed to properly execute the certificate;

(2) is a first-time voter who initially registered by mail or by facsimile or other electronic transmission approved by the director under AS 15.07.050 , has not provided the identification required by AS 15.15.225 (a), was not eligible for waiver of the identification requirement under AS 15.15.225 (b), and has not provided the identifiers required in AS 15.07.060 (a)(2) and (3) that can be verified through state agency records described in AS 15.07.055 (e); or

(3) is a voter other than one described in (2) of this subsection, did not provide identification described in AS 15.15.225 (a), was not personally known by the election official, and has not provided the identifiers required in AS 15.07.060 (a)(2) and (3).

(c) Any person present at the district questioned ballot review may challenge the name of a questioned voter when read from the voter's certificate on the envelope if the person has good reason to suspect that the questioned voter is not qualified to vote, is disqualified, or has voted at the same election. The person making the challenge shall specify the basis of the challenge in writing. The district questioned ballot counting board by majority vote may refuse to accept and count the questioned ballot of a person properly challenged under grounds listed in (b) of this section.

(d) The election supervisor shall place all rejected questioned ballots in a separate envelope with statements of challenge. The envelope shall be labeled rejected questioned ballots and shall be forwarded to the director with the election certificates and other returns.

(e) If a questioned ballot is not rejected, the envelope shall be opened and the secrecy sleeve containing the questioned ballot shall be placed in a container and mixed with other secrecy sleeves containing questioned ballots.

(f) The secrecy sleeves shall be drawn from the container, the questioned ballots shall be removed from the secrecy sleeves, and the questioned ballots counted at the times specified in AS 15.20.205 and according to the rules for determining properly marked ballots in AS 15.15.360 .

(g) Upon completion of the questioned ballot review, the election supervisor shall prepare an election certificate for execution by the district questioned ballot counting board, and shall forward the original certificate and returns to the director as soon as the count is completed but no later than the 16th day following the election.

(h) The director shall prepare and mail to each questioned voter whose questioned ballot was rejected under this section a summary of the reason that the challenge to the questioned ballot was upheld and the questioned ballot was rejected.

(i) The director shall mail the materials described in (h) of this section to the voter not later than (1) 10 days after completion of the review of ballots by the state review board for a primary election or a special primary election under AS 15.40.140 ;

(2) 60 days after certification of the results of a general or special election, other than a special primary election described in (1) of this subsection.

(j) In addition to mailing the materials under (i)(1) of this section, for a questioned voter whose questioned primary election ballot was rejected, not later than the deadline set out in (i)(1) of this section, the director shall (1) determine whether, from the information obtained under AS 15.07.070 (h), the voter's name may be entered on the voter registration list;

(2) if the voter is eligible, register the voter in accordance with the information submitted by the voter under AS 15.07.070 (h); and

(3) confirm or deny the registration by written notice mailed to the voter.

(k) The director shall make available through a free access system to each voter voting a questioned ballot a system to check to see whether the voter's ballot was counted and, if not counted, the reason why the ballot was not counted. The director shall make this information available through the free access system not less than (1) 10 days after certification of the results of a primary election or a special primary election under AS 15.40.140 ; and

(2) 30 days after certification of the results of a general or special election, other than a special primary election described in (1) of this subsection.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.410 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.410
Plural voting.
Status: in_force

Upon a determination that a person has voted more than once in the same election, the director shall notify the attorney general.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.470 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.470
Preservation of election ballots, papers, and materials.
Status: in_force

The director shall preserve all precinct election certificates, tallies, and registers for four years after the election. All ballots and stubs for elections other than national elections may be destroyed 30 days after the certification of the state ballot counting review unless an application for recount has been filed and not completed, or unless their destruction is stayed by an order of the court. All ballots for national elections may be destroyed in accordance with federal law. The director may permit the inspection of election materials upon call by the Congress, the state legislature, or a court of competent jurisdiction.
Alaska Stat. § 15.50.010 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.50 / Section 15.50.010
Preparation of proposition for constitutional amendment.
Status: in_force

(a) The lieutenant governor shall prepare a proposed ballot title and proposition for each amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska proposed by the legislature or by a constitutional convention. Each amendment shall be confined to one subject. Within 30 days of the date of adjournment of a legislative session or of the date of adjournment of a constitutional convention, the lieutenant governor shall provide one copy of the proposed ballot title and proposition for each amendment to each member of the legislature and shall make copies available to the public.

(b) The proposition prepared under (a) of this section shall comply with AS 15.80.005 and shall be worded so that a Yes vote on the proposition is a vote to adopt the proposed constitutional amendment.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.050 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.050
Manner of registration; party affiliation.
Status: in_force

(a) Registration may be made (1) in person before a registration official or through a voter registration agency;

(2) by another individual on behalf of the voter if the voter has executed a written general power of attorney or a written special power of attorney authorizing that other individual to register the voter;

(3) by mail;

(4) by facsimile transmission, scanning, or another method of electronic transmission that the director approves; or

(5) by completing a permanent fund dividend application under AS 43.23.015 .

(b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, only the voter or the individual authorized by the voter in a written power of attorney under (a) of this section may mark the voter's choice of party affiliation on the voter registration application form.

(c) A person may supply a voter registration application form with a political party or group affiliation indicated to a voter only if the voter is already registered as affiliated with the political party or group indicated.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.074 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.074
Prohibited contributions.
Status: in_force

(a) A person, group, or nongroup entity may not make a contribution if the making of the contribution would violate this chapter.

(b) A person or group may not make a contribution anonymously, using a fictitious name, or using the name of another. Individuals, persons, nongroup entities, or groups subject to AS 15.13.040 (r) may not contribute or accept $2,000 or more of dark money as that term is defined in AS 15.13.400 (5), and may not make a contribution while acting as an intermediary without disclosing the true source of the contribution as defined in AS 15.13.400 (19).

(c) A person or group may not make a contribution (1) to a candidate or an individual who files with the commission the document necessary to permit that individual to incur certain election-related expenses as authorized by AS 15.13.100 when the office is to be filled at a general election before the date that is 18 months before the general election;

(2) to a candidate or an individual who files with the commission the document necessary to permit that individual to incur certain election-related expenses as authorized by AS 15.13.100 for an office that is to be filled at a special election or municipal election before the date that is 18 months before the date of the regular municipal election or that is before the date of the proclamation of the special election at which the candidate or individual seeks election to public office; or

(3) to any candidate later than the 45th day (A) after the date of the primary or special primary election if the candidate was not chosen to appear on the general or special election ballot at the primary or special primary election; or

(B) after the date of the general or special election, or after the date of a municipal or municipal runoff election.

(d) A person or group may not make a contribution to a candidate or a person or group who is prohibited by AS 15.13.072 (c) from accepting it.

(e) A person or group may not make a cash contribution that exceeds $100.

(f) A corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, entity recognized as tax-exempt under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) (Internal Revenue Code), organization, business trust or surety, labor union, or publicly funded entity that does not satisfy the definition of group or nongroup entity in AS 15.13.400 may not make a contribution to a candidate, group, or nongroup entity.

(g) An individual required to register as a lobbyist under AS 24.45 may not make a contribution to a candidate for the legislature at any time the individual is subject to the registration requirement under AS 24.45 and for one year after the date of the individual's initial registration or its renewal. However, the individual may make a contribution under this section to a candidate for the legislature in a district in which the individual is eligible to vote or will be eligible to vote on the date of the election. An individual who is subject to the restrictions of this subsection shall report to the commission, on a form provided by the commission, each contribution made while required to register as a lobbyist under AS 24.45 . Upon request of the commission, the information required under this subsection shall be submitted electronically. This subsection does not apply to a representational lobbyist as defined in regulations of the commission.

(h) Notwithstanding AS 15.13.070 , a candidate for governor or lieutenant governor and a group that is not a political party and that, under the definition of the term group, is presumed to be controlled by a candidate for governor or lieutenant governor, may not make a contribution to a candidate for another office, to a person who conducts a write-in campaign as a candidate for other office, or to another group of amounts received by that candidate or controlled group as contributions between January 1 and the date of the general election of the year of a general election for an election for governor and lieutenant governor. This subsection does not prohibit (1) the group described in this subsection from making contributions to the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor whom the group supports; or

(2) the governor or lieutenant governor, or the group described in this subsection, from making contributions under AS 15.13.116 (a)(2)(A).

(i) A nongroup entity may not solicit or accept a contribution to be used for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election unless the potential contributor is notified that the contribution may be used for that purpose.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.710 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.710
Insufficiency of grounds, application, or petition.
Status: in_force

A recall submitted to the voters may not be held void because of the insufficiency of the grounds, application, or petition by which the submission was procured.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.190 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.190
Violation of AS 15.07.180.
Status: in_force

A person who violates AS 15.07.180 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.064 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.064
Information required for voter registration.
Status: in_force

(a) A voter requesting registration or reregistration shall provide the director with sufficient information to determine (1) the location of the residence of the voter within the district;

(2) the precinct in which the voter is qualified to vote;

(3) the other local or regional election jurisdictions in which the voter is eligible to vote.

(b) In determining the sufficiency of the registration information provided by the voter in an application to register, the director may consider (1) whether the voter is applying in person, by mail from a location within the state, or by mail from a location outside the state;

(2) the location, size, or density of the population within the municipality, established village, or geographic area in which the voter claims residence;

(3) whether the municipality, established village, or geographic area has been divided into precincts or local or regional election subdivisions;

(4) whether specific locations within the municipality, established village, or geographic area have been identified by street name, subdivisions, or other commonly known official descriptions; or

(5) other circumstances considered significant by the director.

(c) A voter requesting registration in a municipality or established village that has been divided into more than one precinct or that includes more than one section of a local or regional election subdivision shall provide the director with information that describes the location of the residence of the voter. In this subsection, the use of a post office box, a postal service center box, a rural route number, general delivery, or other description identified only as a mailing address does not establish the residence of the voter. In addition to the name of the municipality or established village, the voter shall provide the director with information that describes a physical location that may be (1) a street name, including a number on the street if one exists;

(2) a highway name and mile post number;

(3) a mobile home court and space number;

(4) a boat harbor and slip number;

(5) the name of a subdivision;

(6) the name of a building, institution, military or other reservation for which the location is fixed; or

(7) another descriptive phrase from which the specific physical location of the residence of the voter within the municipality or established village can be determined.

(d) The director is not required to request a voter who claims residence within a municipality or established village to provide the information required under (c) of this section if (1) the municipality or established village is entirely within a single precinct; and

(2) a local or regional election subdivision is not divided into sections within the boundaries of the municipality or the area of the established village.

(e) The director shall review the information contained within an application by a voter for registration. The director may not reject an application of a voter who qualifies under (d) of this section because the voter provided information in excess of that required to establish qualifications, including excess information qualifying as a mailing address. The director may consider an application for registration within a municipality or established village described in (d) of this section to comply with law based on other information contained in the application, including evidence that (1) the application was made in person before a voting registrar, election official, or absentee voting official appointed to serve in the municipality or established village;

(2) the application of a voter registering by mail was postmarked by the postal official in the municipality or established village; and

(3) other information contained in the application does not negate the presumption of residency provided under (a) of this section.

(f) A voter who resides in a building, institution, military or other reservation may establish residency for voting purposes by naming that place instead of naming a municipality or established village. In this subsection the use of a post office box, a postal service center box, a rural route number, general delivery, or other description qualifying as a mailing address does not establish the residence of the voter. The director is not required to request a voter who claims residence by naming the building, institution, military or other reservation to provide the information required under (c) of this section if (1) the physical location of the place named in the application is fixed; and

(2) the place named in the application is contained within the boundaries of a single precinct.

(g) Notwithstanding (a)  (f) of this section, the director may substitute a mailing address provided by the voter for the permanent fund dividend program under AS 43.23 as the mailing address for the voter on the registration records of the director under procedures specified in regulations of the director if necessary to maintain accuracy of voting registration records.

(h) In this section, established village means an unincorporated community that is in (1) the unorganized borough and that has 25 or more permanent residents; or

(2) an organized borough, has 25 or more permanent residents, and (A) is on a road system and is located more than 50 miles outside the boundary limits of a unified municipality, or

(B) is not on a road system and is located more than 15 miles outside the boundary limits of a unified municipality.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.052 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.052
Independent expenditures; political activities accounts.
Status: in_force

(a) Before making an independent expenditure in support of or in opposition to a candidate or before making an independent expenditure in support of or in opposition to a ballot proposition or question, each person other than an individual, candidate, or nongroup entity with an annual operating budget of $250 or less shall establish a political activities account. The political activities account may be a separate account in the person's general treasury. The political activities account must be administered using generally accepted accounting principles. All funds used by the person to make independent expenditures must be drawn from the person's political activities account.

(b) Records necessary to substantiate that the requirements of (a) of this section have been met must be made available for inspection by the commission.

(c) Each person who has established a political activities account under this section shall preserve all records necessary to substantiate the person's compliance with the requirements of this section for each of the six preceding years.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.020 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.020
Precinct boundaries and polling places modified by director.
Status: reserved

(a) The director shall have the exclusive power to modify the boundary of a precinct and to establish or abolish a precinct and polling place in the state by regulations adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).

(b) [Repealed, § 61 ch 2 FSSLA 2005.]
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.060 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.060
Polling places, voting booths, and supplies.
Status: in_force

(a) Immediately following the appointment of the election board, the election supervisor in conjunction with the election board chair shall secure polling places for holding the election, suitable ballot boxes that will assure security, and an adequate number of voting booths or screens, national flags, pens, and pencils. At every polling place, at least one voting booth shall be furnished and not less than one voting booth or screen shall be furnished for each 100 votes or fractional part of 100 votes cast in the previous election. At every polling place, at least one-half of the voting booths used shall be not less than six feet in height, enclosed on three sides, and provided with a curtain extending from the top of the voting booth to within approximately 30 inches of the floor. The curtain of the voting booth must conceal the voter while voting. The election supervisor and the election board chair may, in an emergency, secure an alternate location for a polling place.

(b) To assure administrative economy and to protect the secrecy of the ballot, the director may adopt regulations prescribing (1) the type of polling place for holding the election;

(2) the requirements regarding ballot boxes, voting screens, national flags, and other supplies; and

(3) subject to the specifications of (a) of this section, the requirements regarding voting booths.

(c) The director shall pay the cost of necessary election expenses incurred in securing a place for holding the election, a suitable ballot box, and an adequate number of voting booths, screens, national flags, and other supplies. The national flag shall be displayed over or near the entrance of each polling place.

(d) When the director determines that there is an area in the state where a voter may be confused as to the voter's correct precinct polling place, the director shall provide each polling place in that area with maps and materials that indicate house district boundaries, precinct boundaries, and polling places.

(e) In each polling place, the director shall require to be posted, in a location conspicuous to a person who will be voting, the following notice, written in bold:

A candidate's designated affiliation does not imply that the candidate is nominated or endorsed by the political party or group or that the party or group approves of or associates with that candidate, but only that the candidate is registered as affiliated with the party or group.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.057 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.057
Requirement of filing fee for court of appeals.
Status: in_force

At the time the declaration is filed, each candidate for retention shall pay a filing fee to the director. The filing fee for a candidate for retention on the court of appeals is $100.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.061 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.061
Absentee voting in person.
Status: in_force

(a) A qualified voter may apply in person for an absentee ballot to the following election officials at the times specified: (1) to an absentee voting official on or after the 15th day before an election up to and including the date of the election;

(2) to an election supervisor on or after the 15th day before an election up to and including the date of the election;

(3) to an absentee voting official at an absentee voting station designated under AS 15.20.045 (b) on or after the 15th day before an election up to and including the date of the election;

(4) to an absentee voting official in the precinct in which no volunteers can be located to serve on the election board on or after the 15th day before an election up to and including election day.

(b) On receipt of an application in person for an absentee ballot and exhibition of proof of identification as required in AS 15.15.225 , the absentee voting official or election supervisor shall issue the ballot to the applicant.

(c) On receipt of an absentee ballot in person, the voter shall proceed to mark the ballot in secret, to place the ballot in the secrecy sleeve, to place the secrecy sleeve in the envelope provided, and to sign the voter's certificate on the envelope in the presence of the election official who shall sign as attesting official and date that signature. The election official shall then accept the ballot.

(d) The election official may not accept a marked ballot that has been exhibited by an absentee voter with intent to influence other voters. If the absentee voter spoils a ballot, the voter may request and the election official shall provide another ballot up to a maximum of three. Exhibited or spoiled ballots shall be destroyed. The numbers of all ballots destroyed shall be noted on the ballot statement.

(e) Each election official shall keep a record of the names and signatures of voters who cast absentee ballots before the election official and the dates on which the ballots were cast.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.160 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.160
Prohibition of political discussion by election board.
Status: in_force

During the hours that the polls are open, an election board member may not discuss any political party, candidate, or issue while on duty.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.340 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.340
Date of office of appointee.
Status: in_force

If the appointment is not subject to confirmation, the term of the appointee shall begin on the first day the appointee is present when the legislature meets, convenes, or reconvenes after the date of the appointment. If the appointment is subject to confirmation, the term of the appointee shall begin on the date the appointment is confirmed.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.140 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.140
General administrative supervision by director.
Status: in_force

The director shall provide general administrative supervision over the registration and reregistration of voters. The director shall, no later than 120 days before any general election, arrange to have the list of registered voters in a usable electronic format provided free of charge to each political party. Upon request by the mayor or manager of a municipality, the director shall furnish registration information for all precincts all or part of which are within the boundaries of the local government unit.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.090 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.090
Preparation of petition.
Status: in_force

(a) If the application is certified, the lieutenant governor shall prepare a sufficient number of sequentially numbered petitions to allow full circulation throughout the state. Each petition must contain (1) a copy of the proposed bill;

(2) an impartial summary of the subject matter of the bill;

(3) a statement of minimum costs to the state associated with certification of the initiative application and review of the initiative petition, excluding legal costs to the state and the costs to the state of any challenge to the validity of the petition;

(4) an estimate of the cost to the state of implementing the proposed law;

(5) the statement of warning prescribed in AS 15.45.100 ;

(6) sufficient space for the printed name, a numerical identifier, the signature, the date of signature, and the address of each person signing the petition; and

(7) other specifications prescribed by the lieutenant governor to ensure proper handling and control.

(b) Upon request of the initiative committee, the lieutenant governor shall report to the committee the number of persons who voted in the preceding general election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.055 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.055
Voter registration agencies.
Status: in_force

(a) The following agencies are designated voter registration agencies: (1) the administrative component of the Department of Administration that administers motor vehicle and driver's license laws;

(2) divisions of the Department of Health that provide public assistance through the food stamp program, Medicaid program, Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and Alaska temporary assistance program;

(3) the division of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development that is responsible for municipal and regional assistance programs; and

(4) all recruitment offices of the armed forces of the United States located in Alaska.

(b) The director shall designate state-funded agencies that primarily provide services to persons with disabilities as voter registration agencies.

(c) The director may designate other state or local agencies as voter registration agencies. The director may designate a federal or nongovernmental office as a voter registration agency with the agreement of that office.

(d) A voter registration agency shall distribute voter registration materials, assist applicants in completing voter registration forms, and accept and transmit completed voter registration forms to the director in accordance with regulations adopted by the director to comply with 42 U.S.C. 1973gg (National Voter Registration Act of 1993) and other requirements of federal law.

(e) The director shall enter into an agreement with the Department of Administration, the Department of Corrections, and the Department of Revenue to match identifying information provided by a voter with existing identification records (1) maintained by the administrative component of the Department of Administration that administers motor vehicle and driver's license laws, by the administrative component of the Department of Corrections that issues identification cards, and by the administrative component of the Department of Revenue that administers the permanent fund dividend laws; and

(2) bearing the same identifying number, name, and date of birth provided on the registration.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.040 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.040
Contributions, expenditures, and supplying of services to be reported.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (g) and (l) of this section, each candidate shall make a full report, upon a form prescribed by the commission, (1) listing (A) the date and amount of all expenditures made by the candidate;

(B) the total amount of all contributions, including all funds contributed by the candidate;

(C) the name, address, date, and amount contributed by each contributor; and

(D) for contributions in excess of $50 in the aggregate during a calendar year, the principal occupation and employer of the contributor; and

(2) filed in accordance with AS 15.13.110 and certified correct by the candidate or campaign treasurer.

(b) Each group shall make a full report upon a form prescribed by the commission, listing (1) the name and address of each officer and director;

(2) the aggregate amount of all contributions made to it; and, for all contributions in excess of $100 in the aggregate a year, the name, address, principal occupation, and employer of the contributor, and the date and amount contributed by each contributor; for purposes of this paragraph, contributor means the true source of the funds, property, or services being contributed; and

(3) the date and amount of all contributions made by it and all expenditures made, incurred, or authorized by it.

(c) The report required under (b) of this section shall be filed in accordance with AS 15.13.110 and shall be certified as correct by the group's treasurer.

(d) Every person making an independent expenditure shall make a full report of expenditures made and contributions received, upon a form prescribed by the commission, unless exempt from reporting.

(e) Each person required to report under (d) of this section shall file a full report in accordance with AS 15.13.110 (h) on a form prescribed by the commission. The report must contain (1) the name, address, principal occupation, and employer of the individual filing the report;

(2) an itemized list of all expenditures made, incurred, or authorized by the person;

(3) the name of the candidate or the title of the ballot proposition or question supported or opposed by each expenditure and whether the expenditure is made to support or oppose the candidate or ballot proposition or question;

(4) the name and address of each officer and director, when applicable;

(5) the aggregate amount of all contributions made to the person, if any, for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election; for all contributions, the date of the contribution and amount contributed by each contributor; and, for a contributor (A) who is an individual, the name and address of the contributor and, for contributions in excess of $50 in the aggregate during a calendar year, the name, address, principal occupation, and employer of the contributor; or

(B) that is not an individual, the name and address of the contributor and the name and address of each officer and director of the contributor.

(f) During each year in which an election occurs, all businesses, persons, or groups that furnish any of the following services, facilities, or supplies to a candidate or group shall maintain a record of each transaction: newspapers, radio, television, advertising, advertising agency services, accounting, billboards, printing, secretarial, public opinion polls, or research and professional campaign consultation or management, media production or preparation, or computer services. Records of provision of services, facilities, or supplies shall be available for inspection by the commission.

(g) The provisions of (a) and (l) of this section do not apply to a delegate to a constitutional convention, a judge seeking judicial retention, or a candidate for election to a municipal office under AS 15.13.010 , if that delegate, judge, or candidate (1) indicates, on a form prescribed by the commission, an intent not to raise and not to expend more than $5,000 in seeking election to office, including both the primary and general elections;

(2) accepts contributions totaling not more than $5,000 in seeking election to office, including both the primary and general elections; and

(3) makes expenditures totaling not more than $5,000 in seeking election to office, including both the primary and general elections.

(h) The provisions of (d) of this section do not apply to one or more expenditures made by an individual acting independently of any other person if the expenditures (1) cumulatively do not exceed $500 during a calendar year; and

(2) are made only for billboards, signs, or printed material concerning a ballot proposition as that term is defined by AS 15.13.065 (c).

(i) The permission of the owner of real or personal property to post political signs, including bumper stickers, or to use space for an event or to store campaign-related materials is not considered to be a contribution to a candidate under this chapter unless the owner customarily charges a fee or receives payment for that activity. The fact that the owner customarily charges a fee or receives payment for posting signs that are not political signs is not determinative of whether the owner customarily does so for political signs.

(j) Except as provided in (l) of this section, each nongroup entity shall make a full report in accordance with AS 15.13.110 upon a form prescribed by the commission and certified by the nongroup entity's treasurer, listing (1) the name and address of each officer and director of the nongroup entity;

(2) the aggregate amount of all contributions made to the nongroup entity for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election;

(3) for all contributions described in (2) of this subsection, the name, address, date, and amount contributed by each contributor, for all contributions described in (2) of this subsection in excess of $250 in the aggregate during a calendar year, the principal occupation and employer of the contributor, and for all contributions described in (2) of this subsection in excess of $2,000 in the aggregate during a calendar year, the true source of such contributions and all intermediaries, if any, who transferred such funds, and a certification from the treasurer that the report discloses all of the information required by this paragraph; and

(4) the date and amount of all contributions made by the nongroup entity, and, except as provided for certain independent expenditures in AS 15.13.135 (a), all expenditures made, incurred, or authorized by the nongroup entity, for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election; a nongroup entity shall report contributions made to a different nongroup entity for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election and expenditures made on behalf of a different nongroup entity for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election as soon as the total contributions and expenditures to that nongroup entity for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election reach $500 in a year and for all subsequent contributions and expenditures to that nongroup entity in a year whenever the total contributions and expenditures to that nongroup entity for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election that have not been reported under this paragraph reach $500.

(k) Every individual, person, nongroup entity, or group contributing a total of $500 or more to a group organized for the principal purpose of influencing the outcome of a proposition, and every individual, person, nongroup entity, or group contributing a total of $500 or more to a group organized for the principal purpose of filing an initiative proposal application under AS 15.45.020 or that has filed an initiative proposal application under AS 15.45.020 , shall report the contribution or contributions on a form prescribed by the commission not later than 30 days after the contribution that requires the contributor to report under this subsection is made. The report must include the name, address, principal occupation, and employer of the individual filing the report and the amount of the contribution, as well as the total amount of contributions made to that group by that individual, person, nongroup entity, or group during the calendar year.

(l) Notwithstanding (a), (b), and (j) of this section, for any fund-raising activity in which contributions are in amounts or values that do not exceed $50 a person, the candidate, group, or nongroup entity shall report contributions and expenditures and supplying of services under this subsection as follows: (1) a report under this subsection must (A) describe the fund-raising activity;

(B) include the number of persons making contributions and the total proceeds from the activity;

(C) report all contributions made for the fund-raising activity that do not exceed $50 a person in amount or value; if a contribution for the fund-raising activity exceeds $50, the contribution shall be reported under (a), (b), and (j) of this section;

(2) for purposes of this subsection, (A) contribution means a cash donation, a purchase such as the purchase of a ticket, the purchase of goods or services offered for sale at a fund-raising activity, or a donation of goods or services for the fund-raising activity;

(B) fund-raising activity means an activity, event, or sale of goods undertaken by a candidate, group, or nongroup entity in which contributions are $50 a person or less in amount or value.

(m) Information required under this chapter shall be submitted to the commission electronically, except that the following information may be submitted in clear and legible black typeface or hand-printed in dark ink on paper in a format approved by the commission or on forms provided by the commission: (1) information submitted by (A) a candidate for election to a borough or city office of mayor, membership on a borough assembly, city council, or school board, or any state office, who (i) meets the requirements of (g)(1)  (3) of this section; or

(ii) does not have reasonable access to the technology necessary to file electronically; in this sub-subparagraph, a candidate is considered not to have reasonable access to the technology necessary to file electronically if the candidate does not own a personal computer or does not have broadband Internet access at the candidate's residence; in this sub-subparagraph, broadband Internet access means high-speed Internet access that is always on and that is faster than traditional dial-up access; or

(B) a candidate for municipal office for a municipality with a population of less than 15,000; in this subparagraph, municipal office means the office of an elected borough or city (i) mayor; or

(ii) assembly, council, or school board member;

(2) any information if the commission determines that circumstances warrant an exception to the electronic submission requirement.

(n) The commission shall print the forms to be provided under this chapter so that the front and back of each page have the same orientation when the page is rotated on the vertical axis of the page.

(o) Information required by this chapter that is submitted to the commission on paper and not electronically shall be electronically scanned and published on the Internet by the commission, in a format accessible to the general public, within two working days after the commission receives the information.

(p) Notwithstanding the requirement in (a) of this section that a candidate shall make a full report upon a form prescribed by the commission, the commission shall accept information submitted electronically by a candidate if the information is (1) entered onto a version of a form accessed on the Internet website of the commission; or

(2) in the form of an electronic spreadsheet or data file that contains field names and data types that conform to a standard defined by the commission.

(q) For purposes of (b), (e), and (j) of this section, contributor means the true source of the funds, property, or services being contributed.

(r) Every individual, person, nongroup entity, or group that contributes more than $2,000 in the aggregate in a calendar year to an entity that made one or more independent expenditures in one or more candidate elections in the previous election cycle, that is making one or more independent expenditures in one or more candidate elections in the current election cycle, or that the contributor knows or has reason to know is likely to make independent expenditures in one or more candidate elections in the current election cycle shall report making the contribution or contributions on a form prescribed by the commission not later than 24 hours after the contribution that requires the contributor to report under this subsection is made. The report must include the name, address, principal occupation, and employer of the individual filing the report and the amount of the contribution, as well as the total amount of contributions made to that entity by that individual, person, nongroup entity, or group during the calendar year. For purposes of this subsection, the reporting contributor is required to report and certify the true sources of the contribution, and intermediaries, if any, as defined by AS 15.13.400 (19). This contributor is also required to provide the identity of the true source to the recipient of the contribution simultaneously with providing the contribution itself.

(s) For purposes of (e) of this section, (1) director means a member of the board of directors of a corporation or any person performing a similar function with respect to any organization;

(2) officer means a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, principal financial officer, or comptroller of a corporation, or any person routinely performing functions similar to those of a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, principal financial officer, or comptroller with respect to any organization.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.110 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.110
Filing of reports.
Status: reserved

(a) Each candidate, group, and nongroup entity shall make a full report in accordance with AS 15.13.040 for the period ending three days before the due date of the report and beginning on the last day covered by the most recent previous report. If the report is a first report, it must cover the period from the beginning of the campaign to the date three days before the due date of the report. If the report is a report due February 15, it must cover the period beginning on the last day covered by the most recent previous report or on the day that the campaign started, whichever is later, and ending on February 1 of that year. The report shall be filed (1) 30 days before the election; however, this report is not required if the deadline for filing a nominating petition or declaration of candidacy is within 30 days of the election;

(2) one week before the election;

(3) 105 days after a special election; and

(4) February 15 for expenditures made and contributions received that were not reported previously, including, if applicable, all amounts expended from a public office expense term account established under AS 15.13.116 (a)(8) and all amounts expended from a municipal office account under AS 15.13.116 (a)(9), or when expenditures were not made or contributions were not received during the previous year.

(b) Each contribution that exceeds $250 and that is made within nine days of the election shall be reported to the commission by date, amount, and contributor within 24 hours of receipt by the candidate, group, campaign treasurer, or deputy campaign treasurer. Each contribution to a nongroup entity for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election that exceeds $250 and that is made within nine days of the election shall be reported to the commission by date, amount, and contributor within 24 hours of receipt by the nongroup entity.

(c) All reports required by this chapter shall be filed with the commission's central office and shall be kept open to public inspection. The commission shall keep a report filed on paper under AS 15.13.040 (m) open to public inspection by scanning the report and posting a copy of the scanned image on the commission's Internet website within two working days after the report is filed. The commission shall prepare a summary of each report, which shall be made available to the public at cost upon request. Each summary must use uniform categories of reporting. Summaries for reports filed (1) electronically shall be made available within 30 days after the report is filed; and

(2) on paper shall be made available within 30 days after each election.

(d) [Repealed, § 35 ch 126 SLA 1994.] (e) A group formed to sponsor a referendum or a recall shall report 30 days after its first filing with the lieutenant governor. Thereafter, each group shall report within 10 days after the end of each calendar quarter on the contributions received and expenditures made during the preceding calendar quarter until reports are due under (a) of this section.

(f) During the year in which the election is scheduled, each of the following shall file the campaign disclosure reports in the manner and at the times required by this section: (1) a person who, under the regulations adopted by the commission to implement AS 15.13.100 , indicates an intention to become a candidate for elective state executive or legislative office;

(2) a person who campaigns as a write-in candidate for elective state executive or legislative office at the general election; and

(3) a group or nongroup entity that receives contributions or makes expenditures on behalf of or in opposition to a person described in (1) or (2) of this subsection, except as provided for certain independent expenditures by nongroup entities in AS 15.13.135 (a).

(g) An initiative committee, person, group, or nongroup entity receiving contributions exceeding $500 or making expenditures exceeding $500 in a calendar year in support of or in opposition to an initiative on the ballot in a statewide election or an initiative proposal application filed with the lieutenant governor under AS 15.45.020 shall file a report within 10 days after the end of each calendar quarter on the contributions received and expenditures made during the preceding calendar quarter until reports are due under (a) and (b) of this section. If the report is a first report, it must cover the period beginning on the day an initiative proposal application is filed under AS 15.45.020 and ending three days before the due date of the report.

(h) An independent expenditure report required under AS 15.13.040 (e) shall be filed with the commission not later than 10 days after an independent expenditure has been made. However, an independent expenditure that exceeds $250 and that is made within nine days of an election shall be reported to the commission not later than 24 hours after the expenditure is made.

(i) During a campaign period, the commission may not change the manner or format in which reports required of a candidate under this chapter must be filed. In this subsection, campaign period means the period beginning on the date that a candidate becomes eligible to receive campaign contributions under this chapter and ending on the date that a final report for that same campaign must be filed.

(j) Before the primary election, a candidate seeking nomination by petition under AS 15.25.140  15.25.200 for the office of governor, lieutenant governor, state senator, or state representative shall file the reports under (a)(1) and (2) of this section.

(k) Once contributions from an individual, person, nongroup entity, or group to an entity that made one or more independent expenditures in one or more candidate elections in the previous election cycle, that is making one or more independent expenditures in one or more candidate elections in the current election cycle, or that the contributor knows or has reason to know is likely to make independent expenditures in one or more candidate elections in the current election cycle exceed $2,000 in a single year, that entity shall report that contribution, and all subsequent contributions, not later than 24 hours after receipt. For purposes of this subsection, the entity is required to certify and report the true source, and all intermediaries, if any, of the contribution as defined by AS 15.13.400 (18).
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.120 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.120
Filling vacancies in election board.
Status: in_force

If an appointed election board member fails to appear and subscribe to the oath on election day or becomes incapacitated during the time of the election or the counting of the ballots, the election board members present shall elect, by a majority voice vote, a qualified voter to fill the vacancy. The qualified voter elected to fill the vacancy shall be of the same political party as the person for whom the substitution is made unless, after reasonable effort, the election board members determine that a qualified voter of the same political party is not available.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.081 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.081
Registration officials.
Status: in_force

The director shall appoint one or more registration officials to serve in each precinct polling place in all elections during the hours the polling places are open. An election official appointed under AS 15.10 may also serve as a registration official.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.250 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.250
Provision and scope of use of referendum.
Status: in_force

The people may approve or reject acts of the legislature by referendum. However, a referendum may not be applied to dedication of revenue, to an appropriation, to local or special legislation, or to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.078 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.078
Contributions and loans from the candidate.
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of this chapter do not prohibit the individual who is a candidate from giving any amount of the candidate's own money or other thing of value to the campaign of the candidate. Donations made by the candidate to the candidate's own campaign shall be reported as contributions in accordance with AS 15.13.040 and 15.13.110.

(b) The provisions of this chapter do not prohibit the individual who is a candidate from lending any amount to the campaign of the candidate. Loans made by the candidate shall be reported as contributions in accordance with AS 15.13.040 and 15.13.110. However, the candidate may not (1) recover, under this section and AS 15.13.116 (a)(4), the amount of a loan made by the candidate to the candidate's own campaign that exceeds (A) $25,000, if the candidate ran for governor or lieutenant governor;

(B) $10,000, if the candidate ran for (i) the legislature; or

(ii) delegate to a constitutional convention;

(C) $10,000, if the candidate was a judge seeking retention;

(D) $5,000, if the candidate ran in a municipal election; or

(2) repay a loan that the candidate has made to the candidate's own campaign unless, within five days of making the loan, the candidate notifies the commission, on a form provided by the commission, of the candidate's intention to repay the loan under AS 15.13.116 (a)(4).

(c) On and after the date determined under AS 15.13.110 as the last day of the period ending three days before the due date of the report required to be filed under AS 15.13.110 (a)(1) and until the date of the election for which the report is filed, a candidate may not give or loan to the candidate's campaign the candidate's money or other thing of value of the candidate in an amount that exceeds $5,000.

(d) The provisions of this section apply only to the individual who is a candidate, as that term is defined by AS 15.13.400 (1)(A), and do not apply to authorize a contribution or loan under this section by an individual described in the definition of the term candidate under AS 15.13.400 (1)(B).
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.130 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.130
Majority decision of election board.
Status: in_force

The decision of the majority of election board members determines the action that the election board shall take regarding any question that arises during the course of the election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.210 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.210
Expenditures for population surveys or sampling prohibited.
Status: in_force

An expenditure of public funds may not be made for a population survey or sampling conducted for purposes of redistricting the legislature without an express appropriation by the legislature for that purpose.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.270 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.270
Form of application.
Status: in_force

The application must include (1) the act to be referred;

(2) a statement of approval or rejection;

(3) the printed name, the signature, the address, and a numerical identifier of not fewer than 100 qualified voters who will serve as sponsors; each signature page must include a statement that the sponsors are qualified voters who signed the application with the act to be referred and the statement of approval or rejection attached; and

(4) the designation of a referendum committee consisting of three of the sponsors who subscribed to the application and represent all sponsors and subscribers in matters relating to the referendum; the designation must include the name, mailing address, and signature of each committee member.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.010 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.010
Precinct boundaries initially established.
Status: in_force

The state is divided into the election precincts as established for the general election of October 1958, or as subsequently amended as prescribed by law, and shall remain so divided until the precinct boundaries are modified, or the precinct is abolished or a precinct is established as required by the provisions of this title.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.230 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.230
Condition and time of calling special primary election and special election.
Status: in_force

When a person appointed to succeed to the office of lieutenant governor succeeds to the office of acting governor, the acting governor shall, by proclamation, call a special primary election to be held on a date not less than 60, nor more than 90, days after the date the vacancy in the office of the governor occurred and a subsequent special election to be held on the first Tuesday that is not a state holiday occurring not less than 60 days after the special primary election. However, if the vacancy occurs on a date that is less than 60 days before or is on or after the date of the primary election in years in which a governor is regularly elected, the acting governor shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term and may not call a special election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.071 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.071
Requirement of filing fee for superior court candidate.
Status: in_force

At the time the declaration is filed, each candidate for retention shall pay a filing fee to the director. The filing fee for a candidate for retention on the superior court is $30.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.220 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.220
Procedure for state review.
Status: in_force

(a) When the director and appointed party representatives have completed the review of ballots cast at the voting precincts, they shall proceed to review the absentee and questioned ballot votes certified by the district counting boards. The review of the absentee and questioned ballot vote certified by the district counting boards shall be accomplished by reviewing the tallies of the recorded vote to check for mathematical error and by comparing the totals with the election certificate of results.

(b) The state review board shall review and count absentee ballots under AS 15.20.081 (e) and (h) and questioned ballots that have been forwarded to the director and that have not been reviewed or counted by a district counting board.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.450 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.450
Costs of recount; requirement of deposit.
Status: in_force

The application must include a deposit in cash, by certified check, or by bond with a surety approved by the director. The amount of the deposit is $1,000 for each precinct, $2,000 for each house district, and $15,000 for the entire state. If the recount includes an office for which candidates received a tie vote, or the difference between the number of votes cast was 20 or less or was less than .5 percent of the total number of votes cast for the two candidates for the contested office, or a question or proposition for which there was a tie vote on the issue, or the difference between the number of votes cast in favor of or opposed to the issue was 20 or less or was less than .5 percent of the total votes cast in favor of or opposed to the issue, the application need not include a deposit, and the state shall bear the cost of the recount. If, on the recount, a candidate other than the candidate who received the original election certificate is declared elected, or if the vote on recount is determined to be four percent or more in excess of the vote reported by the state review for the candidate applying for the recount or in favor of or opposed to the question or proposition as stated in the application, the entire deposit shall be refunded. If the entire deposit is not refunded, the director shall refund any money remaining after the cost of the recount has been paid from the deposit.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.020 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.020
Provision for general administrative supervision.
Status: in_force

The director shall provide general administrative supervision over the conduct of absentee voting. The director shall make available instructions to absentee voters regarding the procedure for absentee voting.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.260 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.260
Filing application.
Status: in_force

A referendum is proposed by filing an application with the lieutenant governor. A deposit of $100 must accompany the application. This deposit shall be retained if a petition is not properly filed. If a petition is properly filed, the deposit shall be refunded.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.030 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.030
Form of application.
Status: in_force

The application must include the (1) proposed bill;

(2) printed name, the signature, the address, and a numerical identifier of not fewer than 100 qualified voters who will serve as sponsors; each signature page must include a statement that the sponsors are qualified voters who signed the application with the proposed bill attached; and

(3) designation of an initiative committee consisting of three of the sponsors who subscribed to the application and represent all sponsors and subscribers in matters relating to the initiative; the designation must include the name, mailing address, and signature of each committee member.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.045 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.045
Investigations, hearings.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may issue subpoenas, administer oaths, hold hearings, and conduct investigations.

(b) In conjunction with (a) of this section, the commission may compel the attendance of witnesses and production of papers, books, records, accounts, documents, and testimony, and may have the deposition of witnesses taken in a manner prescribed by court rule or law for the taking of depositions in civil actions when consistent with the powers and duties assigned to the commission by this chapter.

(c) The commission may examine the papers, books, records, accounts, and documents of any person subject to this chapter to ascertain the correctness of a report filed with the commission, or in conjunction with an investigation or inspection conducted under (a) of this section.

(d) Subpoenas may be issued and shall be served in the manner prescribed by AS 44.62.430 and court rule. The failure, refusal, or neglect to obey a subpoena is punishable as contempt in the manner prescribed by law or court rule. The superior court may compel obedience to the commission's subpoena in the same manner as prescribed for obedience to a subpoena issued by the court.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.370 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.370
Completion of ballot count; certificate.
Status: in_force

When the count of ballots is completed, and in no event later than the day after the election, the election board shall make a certificate in duplicate of the results. The certificate includes the number of votes cast for each candidate, including, for a candidate in a general election, the number of votes at each round of the ranked-choice tabulation process under AS 15.15.350 , the number of votes for and against each proposition, yes or no on each question, and any additional information prescribed by the director. The election board shall, immediately upon completion of the certificate or as soon thereafter as the local mail service permits, send in one sealed package to the director one copy of the certificate and the register. In addition, all ballots properly cast shall be mailed to the director in a separate, sealed package. Both packages, in addition to an address on the outside, shall clearly indicate the precinct from which they come. Each board shall, immediately upon completion of the certification and as soon thereafter as the local mail service permits, send the duplicate certificate to the respective election supervisor. The director may authorize election boards in precincts in those areas of the state where distance and weather make mail communication unreliable to forward their election results by telephone or radio. The director may authorize the unofficial totaling of votes on a regional basis by election supervisors, tallying the votes as indicated on duplicate certificates. To ensure adequate protection, the director shall prescribe the manner in which the ballots, registers, and all other election records and materials are thereafter preserved, transferred, and destroyed.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.210 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.210
Determination of void petition.
Status: in_force

If the lieutenant governor, with the formal concurrence of the attorney general, determines that an act of the legislature that is substantially the same as the proposed law was enacted after the petition had been filed, and before the date of the election, the petition is void and the lieutenant governor shall so notify the committee.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.010 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.010
Provision and scope for use of the initiative.
Status: in_force

The law-making powers assigned to the legislature may be exercised by the people through the initiative. However, an initiative may not be proposed to dedicate revenue, to make or repeal appropriations, to create courts, to define the jurisdiction of courts or prescribe their rules, or to enact local or special legislation.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.510 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.510
Provision for appeal to courts.
Status: in_force

A candidate or any person who requested a recount who has reason to believe an error has been made in the recount (1) involving any question or proposition or the validity of any ballot may appeal to the superior court in accordance with applicable court rules governing appeals in civil matters, and (2) involving candidates for the legislature or Congress or the office of governor and lieutenant governor may appeal to the supreme court in accordance with rules as may be adopted by the court. Appeal shall be filed within five days of the completion of the recount. Upon order of the court, the director shall furnish the record of the recount taken, including all ballots, registers, and other election material and papers pertaining to the election contest. The appeal shall be heard by the court sitting without a jury. The inquiry in the appeal shall extend to the questions whether or not the director has properly determined what ballots, parts of ballots, or marks for candidates on ballots are valid, and to which candidate or division on the question or proposition the vote should be attributed. The court shall enter judgment either setting aside, modifying, or affirming the action of the director on recount.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.199 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.199
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, (1) election includes a local election as defined in AS 15.80.010 in addition to a state election;

(2) knowingly has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 (a).
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.160 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.160
Bases for determining the petition was improperly filed.
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor shall notify the committee that the petition was improperly filed upon determining that (1) there is an insufficient number of qualified subscribers;

(2) the subscribers were not resident in at least three-fourths of the house districts of the state; or

(3) there is an insufficient number of qualified subscribers from each of the house districts described in (2) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.240 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.240
Conditions for holding special primary election and special election with primary or general election.
Status: in_force

If the vacancy occurs on a date not less than 60, nor more than 90, days before the date of the primary election in an election year in which a governor is not regularly elected, the acting governor shall, by proclamation, call the special primary election to be held on the date of the primary election and the special election to be held on the date of the general election, or, if the vacancy occurs on a date not less than 60, nor more than 90, days before the date of the general election in election years in which a governor is not regularly elected, the acting governor shall, by proclamation, call the special primary election to be held on the date of the general election with the subsequent special election to be held on the first Tuesday that is not a state holiday occurring not less than 60 days after the special primary and general election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.025 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.025
Top four nonpartisan open primary.
Status: in_force

A voter qualified under AS 15.05 may cast a vote for any candidate for each elective state executive and state and national legislative office, without limitations based on the political party or political group affiliation of either the voter or the candidate.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.050 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.050
Placing name of supreme court justice on ballot.
Status: in_force

The director shall place the name of a supreme court justice who has properly filed a declaration of candidacy for retention on the ballot in each judicial district of the state for the general election at which approval is sought.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.390 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.390
Bases for determining the petition was improperly filed.
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor shall notify the committee that the petition was improperly filed upon determining that (1) there is an insufficient number of qualified subscribers;

(2) the subscribers were not resident in at least three-fourths of the house districts of the state;

(3) there is an insufficient number of qualified subscribers from each of the house districts described in (2) of this section; or

(4) the petition was not filed within 90 days after the adjournment of the legislative session at which the act was passed.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.180 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.180
Keeping of register.
Status: in_force

The election officials shall keep a register or registers in which each voter before receiving a ballot shall sign the voter's name and give both a residence and mailing address. A record shall be kept in the registration book in space provided of the names of persons who offer to vote but who actually do not vote, and a brief statement of explanation. The signing of the register constitutes a declaration by the voter that the voter is qualified to vote.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.125 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.125
Official registration list.
Status: in_force

The director shall prepare an official registration list for each election consisting of the names of (1) all voters whose registrations are not inactive; and (2) all voters whose names are required to be placed on the list by AS 15.07.070 (c) or (d). A list of persons eligible to vote in each precinct at that election shall be prepared from the official registration list.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.111 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.111
Preservation of records.
Status: in_force

(a) Each person required to report under this chapter shall preserve all records necessary to substantiate information required to be reported under this chapter for a period of six years from the date of the election for which the information was required to be reported, unless the records have been submitted to the commission under (c) of this section.

(b) Information preserved under (a) of this section must be made available for inspection by the commission.

(c) A candidate for state elected office who was not elected or a person who has left state elected office may submit the records required to be preserved under (a) of this section to the commission electronically. Records submitted under this subsection shall be preserved by the commission for a period of six years from the date of the election for which the information was required to be reported.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.440 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.440
Form of application.
Status: in_force

(a) The application must state in substance the basis of the belief that a mistake has been made, the particular election precinct or house district for which the recount is to be held, the particular office, proposition, or question for which the recount is to be held, and that the person making the application is a candidate or that the 10 persons making the application are qualified voters. The candidate or persons making the application shall designate by full name and mailing address two persons who shall represent the applicant and be present and assist during the recount. Any person may be named representative, including the candidate or any person signing the application. Applications by 10 qualified voters must also include the designation of one of the number as chair. The candidate or persons making the application shall sign the application and shall print or type their full names and mailing addresses.

(b) Candidates, political parties, or organized groups having a direct interest in a recount and who are seeking to protect their interests during a recount may provide, at their own expense, two or more observers to witness the recount.
Alaska Stat. § 15.25.105 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.25 / Section 15.25.105
Write-in candidates in the general election.
Status: in_force

(a) If a candidate does not appear on the primary election ballot or is not successful in advancing to the general election and wishes to be a candidate in the general election, the candidate may file as a write-in candidate. Votes for a write-in candidate may not be counted unless that candidate has filed a letter of intent with the director stating (1) the full name of the candidate;

(2) the full residence address of the candidate and the date on which residency at that address began;

(3) the full mailing address of the candidate;

(4) the political party or political group with which the candidate is registered as affiliated, or whether the candidate would prefer a nonpartisan or undeclared designation;

(5) if the candidate is for the office of state senator or state representative, the house or senate district of which the candidate is a resident;

(6) the office that the candidate seeks;

(7) the date of the election at which the candidate seeks election;

(8) the length of residency in the state and in the house district of the candidate;

(9) the name of the candidate as the candidate wishes it to be written on the ballot by the voter;

(10) that the candidate meets the specific citizenship requirements of the office for which the person is a candidate;

(11) that the candidate will meet the specific age requirements of the office for which the person is a candidate; if the candidacy is for the office of state representative, that the candidate will be at least 21 years of age on the first scheduled day of the first regular session of the legislature convened after the election; if the candidacy is for the office of state senator, that the candidate will be at least 25 years of age on the first scheduled day of the first regular session of the legislature convened after the election; if the candidacy is for the office of governor or lieutenant governor, that the candidate will be at least 30 years of age on the first Monday in December following election or, if the office is to be filled by special election under AS 15.40.230  15.40.310, that the candidate will be at least 30 years of age on the date of certification of the results of the special election; or, for any other office, by the time that the candidate, if elected, is sworn into office;

(12) that the candidate is a qualified voter as required by law; and

(13) that the candidate is not a candidate for any other office to be voted on at the general election and that the candidate is not a candidate for this office under any other nominating petition or declaration of candidacy.

(b) If a write-in candidate is running for the office of governor, the candidate must file a joint letter of intent together with a candidate for lieutenant governor.

(c) A letter of intent under (a) of this section must be filed not later than five days before the general election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.195 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.195
Voters on official registration list.
Status: in_force

An election official in a precinct shall allow a voter on the official registration list to vote in the precinct unless the voter is questioned in accordance with AS 15.15.210 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.670 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.670
Conduct of special election.
Status: in_force

Unless specifically provided otherwise, all provisions regarding the conduct of a general election shall govern the conduct of a special election for the recall of a state public official, including provisions concerning voter qualification; provisions regarding duties, powers, rights, and obligations of the director, of other election officials, and of municipalities; provision for notification of the election; provision for the payment of election expenses; provisions regarding employees being allowed time from work to vote; provisions for counting, reviewing, and certification of returns; provision for the determination of votes and of recount contests and court appeal; and provisions for absentee voting.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.084 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.084
Prohibited expenditures.
Status: in_force

A person may not make an expenditure (1) anonymously, unless the expenditure is (A) paid for by an individual acting independently of any person;

(B) made to influence the outcome of a ballot proposition as that term is defined by AS 15.13.065 (c); and

(C) made for (i) a billboard or sign; or

(ii) printed material, other than an advertisement made in a newspaper or other periodical;

(2) using a fictitious name or using the name of another.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.090 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.090
Placing name of superior court judge on ballot.
Status: in_force

The director shall place the name of a superior court judge who has properly filed a declaration of candidacy for retention on the ballot in the judicial district designated in the declaration of candidacy for the general election at which approval is sought.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.105 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.105
Qualifications of circulator.
Status: in_force

To circulate a petition booklet, a person shall be (1) a citizen of the United States;

(2) 18 years of age or older; and

(3) a resident of the state as determined under AS 15.05.020 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.420 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.420
Duty to review the ballot counting.
Status: in_force

The director shall review the counting of the ballots with the assistance of and in the presence of the appointed representatives from the political parties.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.130 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.130
Placing name of district judge on ballot.
Status: in_force

The director shall place the name of a district judge who has properly filed a declaration of candidacy for retention on the ballot in the judicial district designated in the declaration of candidacy for the general election at which approval is sought.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.030 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.030
Who may register.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who has the qualifications of a voter as set out in AS 15.05.010 (1)  (3) or who will have the qualifications at the succeeding primary or general election is entitled to be registered as a voter in the precinct in which the person resides.

(b) A person qualified under AS 15.05.011 to vote by absentee ballot in a federal election is entitled to be registered as a voter in the house district in which the person resided immediately before departure from the United States.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.590 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.590
Manner of signing and withdrawing name from petition.
Status: in_force

Any qualified voter registered to vote in the district represented by the official sought to be recalled may subscribe to the petition by printing the voter's name, a numerical identifier, and an address, by signing the voter's name, and by dating the signature. A person who has signed the petition may withdraw the person's name only by giving written notice to the director before the date the petition is filed.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.340 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.340
Circulation; prohibitions.
Status: in_force

(a) The petitions may be circulated throughout the state only in person.

(b) A circulator may not receive payment or agree to receive payment that is greater than $1 a signature, and a person or an organization may not pay or agree to pay an amount that is greater than $1 a signature, for the collection of signatures on a petition.

(c) A person or organization may not knowingly pay, offer to pay, or cause to be paid money or other valuable thing to a person to sign or refrain from signing a petition.

(d) A person or organization that violates (b) or (c) of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

(e) In this section, (1) organization has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 ;

(2) other valuable thing has the meaning given in AS 15.56.030 ;

(3) person has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.110 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.110
Appointment of election supervisors.
Status: in_force

The director shall appoint election supervisors, including one in each of the municipalities of Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Nome, to assist in the administration of elections in the house districts designated by the director. The director may appoint as an election supervisor a person who is a qualified voter in the area over which the person has jurisdiction and who meets the applicable requirements of AS 15.10.105 (b). An election supervisor is entitled to receive compensation in an amount that is comparable to that received for similar state employment as determined by the director.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.150 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.150
Official opening of polls.
Status: in_force

On the day and hour of election, the election board shall announce that the polls are open and receive the voters.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.032 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.032
Use of electronically generated ballots.
Status: in_force

(a) If the director provides for voting by use of electronically generated ballots, the director shall provide balloting equipment that would allow voters with disabilities, including those who are blind or visually impaired, to cast private, independent, and verifiable ballots. The director may not provide for more than one machine that produces electronically generated ballots in a precinct or in a regional supervisor's office, except where the director determines that additional machines are needed to accommodate the needs of individuals with disabilities, including individuals with physical limitations or visual impairments.

(b) Software for voting by use of electronically generated ballots shall be tested and certified under AS 15.20.900 .

(c) The director shall provide for a paper record of each electronically generated ballot that can be (1) reviewed and corrected by the voter at the time the vote is cast; and

(2) used for a recount of the votes cast at an election in which electronically generated ballots were used.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.070 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.070
Precinct boundary identification.
Status: in_force

Each precinct shall be given an appropriate name or number and be clearly defined so the boundaries can be readily determined.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.114 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.114
Disposition of prohibited contributions.
Status: in_force

(a) A candidate, group, or nongroup entity that receives and accepts a contribution given in violation of AS 15.13.072 or 15.13.074 shall immediately, upon discovery that the contribution is prohibited, return it to the contributor. A candidate, group, or nongroup entity that receives and accepts a contribution in excess of the limitation on contributions set out in AS 15.13.070 shall immediately, upon discovery of the prohibited excess contribution, return the excess to the contributor. If the contribution or excess amount cannot be returned in the same form, the equivalent value of the contribution or excess amount shall be returned.

(b) An anonymous contribution is forfeited to the state unless the contributor is identified within five days of its receipt. Money that forfeits to the state under this subsection shall be delivered immediately to the Department of Revenue for deposit in the general fund.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.108 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.108
Youth vote ambassador program.
Status: in_force

(a) The youth vote ambassador program is established in the division of elections.

(b) In order to serve as a member of the youth vote ambassador program, an individual must (1) be a student age 16 or older (A) enrolled in a public or private high school program in this state; or

(B) being educated in the student's home by a parent or legal guardian in this state under AS 14.30.010 (b)(12);

(2) volunteer to serve in the youth vote ambassador program and be appointed to the youth vote ambassador program by the director of elections; and

(3) if appointed, agree to complete a program of training as determined by the director of elections.

(c) An election supervisor may appoint a member of the youth vote ambassador program to serve on a precinct election board appointed under AS 15.10.120 . A program member who is appointed to serve on an election board under this subsection serves under the supervision of the chairperson for that board.

(d) A member of the program who is appointed under (c) of this section is compensated as provided in AS 15.15.380 only for service on the election board of the precinct.

(e) A member of the program may provide unpaid volunteer services related to education and outreach on state elections as directed by, and under the supervision of, the director of elections.

(f) In this section, program means the youth vote ambassador program.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.060 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.060
Required registration information.
Status: in_force

(a) Each applicant who requests registration or reregistration shall supply the following information: (1) the applicant's name and sex;

(2) if issued, the applicant's State of Alaska driver's license number or State of Alaska identification card number, or the last four digits of the applicant's social security number;

(3) the applicant's date of birth;

(4) the applicant's Alaska residence address;

(5) a statement of whether the applicant has previously been registered to vote in another jurisdiction, and, if so, the jurisdiction and the address of the previous registration;

(6) a declaration that the applicant will be 18 years of age or older within 90 days after the date of registration;

(7) a declaration that the applicant is a citizen of the United States;

(8) the date of application;

(9) the applicant's signature or mark;

(10) any former name under which the applicant was registered to vote in the state;

(11) an attestation that the information provided by the applicant in (1)  (10) of this subsection is true; and

(12) a certification that the applicant understands that a false statement on the application may make the applicant subject to prosecution for a misdemeanor under this title or AS 11 .

(b) If the applicant has been previously registered to vote in another jurisdiction, the director shall notify the chief elections officer in that jurisdiction that the applicant has registered to vote in Alaska and request that that jurisdiction cancel the applicant's voter registration there.

(c) Each applicant who requests registration in person before a registration official shall exhibit one form of identification to the official, including a driver's license, state identification card, current and valid photo identification, birth certificate, passport, or hunting or fishing license. A registration official who knows the identity of the applicant may waive the identification requirement.

(d) If the applicant requests reregistration, the applicant shall supply under oath any former name under which the applicant was registered to vote in the state.

(e) For an applicant requesting initial registration by mail, by facsimile or other electronic transmission approved by the director under AS 15.07.050 , or by completing a permanent fund dividend application, the director shall verify the information provided in compliance with (a)(2) and (3) of this section through state agency records described in AS 15.07.055 (e). If the applicant cannot comply with the requirement of (a)(2) of this section because the applicant has not been issued any of the listed numbers, the applicant may instead submit a copy of one of the following forms of identification: a driver's license, state identification card, current and valid photo identification, birth certificate, passport, or hunting or fishing license.

(f) If an applicant who requests registration cannot comply with the requirement of (a)(2) of this section because the applicant has not been issued any of the listed numbers, the division shall assign the applicant a unique identifying number.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.350 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.350
General procedure for ballot count.
Status: in_force

(a) The director may adopt regulations prescribing the manner in which the precinct ballot count is accomplished so as to ensure accuracy in the count and to expedite the process. The election board shall account for all ballots by completing a ballot statement containing (1) the number of official ballots received; (2) the number of official ballots voted; (3) the number of official ballots spoiled; (4) the number of official ballots unused and either destroyed or returned for destruction to the elections supervisor or the election supervisor's designee. The board shall count the number of questioned ballots and compare that number to the number of questioned voters in the register. Discrepancies shall be noted and the numbers included in the certificate prescribed by AS 15.15.370 . The election board, in hand-count precincts, shall count the ballots in a manner that allows watchers to see the ballots when opened and read. A person handling the ballot after it has been taken from the ballot box and before it is placed in the envelope for mailing may not have a marking device in hand or remove a ballot from the immediate vicinity of the polls.

(b) Ballots may not be counted before 8:00 p.m., local time, on the day of the election.

(c) All general elections shall be conducted by ranked-choice voting.

(d) When counting ballots in a general election, the election board shall initially tabulate each validly cast ballot as one vote for the highest-ranked continuing candidate on that ballot or as an inactive ballot. If a candidate is highest-ranked on more than one-half of the active ballots, that candidate is elected and the tabulation is complete. Otherwise, tabulation proceeds in sequential rounds as follows: (1) if two or fewer continuing candidates remain, the candidate with the greatest number of votes is elected and the tabulation is complete; otherwise, the tabulation continues under (2) of this subsection;

(2) if the candidate with the fewest votes is defeated, votes cast for the defeated candidate shall cease counting for the defeated candidate and shall be added to the totals of each ballot's next-highest-ranked continuing candidate or considered an inactive ballot under (g)(2) of this section, and a new round begins under (1) of this subsection.

(e) When counting general election ballots, (1) a ballot containing an overvote shall be considered an inactive ballot once the overvote is encountered at the highest ranking for a continuing candidate;

(2) if a ballot skips a ranking, then the election board shall count the next ranking. If the next ranking is another skipped ranking, the ballot shall be considered an inactive ballot once the second skipped ranking is encountered; and

(3) in the event of a tie between the final two continuing candidates, the procedures in AS 15.15.460 and AS 15.20.430  15.20.530 shall apply to determine the winner of the general election; in the event of a tie between two candidates with the fewest votes, the tie shall be resolved by lot to determine which candidate is defeated.

(f) The election board may not count an inactive ballot for any candidate.

(g) In this section, (1) continuing candidate means a candidate who has not been defeated;

(2) inactive ballot means a ballot that is no longer tabulated, either in whole or in part, by the division because it does not rank any continuing candidate, contains an overvote at the highest continuing ranking, or contains two or more sequential skipped rankings before its highest continuing ranking;

(3) overvote means an instance where a voter has assigned the same ranking to more than one candidate;

(4) ranking or ranked means the number assigned by a voter to a candidate to express the voter's choice for that candidate; a ranking of 1 is the highest ranking, followed by 2, and then 3, and so on;

(5) round means an instance of the sequence of voting tabulation in a general election;

(6) skipped ranking means a blank ranking on a ballot on which a voter has ranked another candidate at a subsequent ranking.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.080 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.080
Determination of judicial district in which to seek approval.
Status: in_force

The judge shall seek approval in the judicial district to which the judge was originally appointed, except in case of assignments and transfers with the judge's consent, in which case the judge shall seek approval in the district where the judge has served the major portion of the judge's term. The judge shall designate on the declaration of candidacy the judicial district to which the judge was appointed, except in case of assignments and transfers in which case the judge shall designate the district where the judge has served the major portion of the judge's term.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.095 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.095
False statements in telephone polling and calls to convince.
Status: in_force

(a) A candidate who is damaged as the result of a false statement about the candidate made with knowledge that it was false, or with reckless disregard for whether it was false or not, made as part of a telephone poll or an organized series of calls, and made with the intent to convince potential voters concerning the outcome of an election in which the candidate is running may recover damages in an action in superior court under this section against the individual who made the telephone call, the individual's employer, and the person who contracted for or authorized the poll or calls to convince. However, the employer of the individual or the person who contracted for or authorized the poll or calls to convince is liable to the defamed candidate only if the employer or person authorized the statement to be made, knowing that it was false or with reckless disregard for whether it was false or not, as part of the poll or calls to convince.

(b) The court may award damages, including punitive damages. If the court finds that the result of the statement places the integrity of the election process in substantial doubt, the eligibility of the successful candidate to hold the office to which elected shall be determined as provided in AS 15.56.110 (b) or, in the case of a candidate for governor or lieutenant governor, by impeachment under art. II, sec. 20, Constitution of the State of Alaska.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.280 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.280
Requirements of petition for candidates.
Status: in_force

Petitions for the nomination of candidates must be executed under oath, state in substance that which is required for a declaration of candidacy under AS 15.25.030 , and include the fee required under AS 15.25.050 (a).
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.385 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.385
Legal counsel.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general is legal counsel for the commission. The attorney general shall advise the commission in legal matters arising in the discharge of its duties and represent the commission in actions to which it is a party. If, in the opinion of the commission, the public interest warrants, the commission may request the chief justice of the supreme court to appoint a special prosecutor to represent the commission in a proceeding involving an alleged violation of this chapter and to prosecute that violation.

(b) When the public interest warrants, the commission may employ temporary legal counsel from time to time in matters in which the commission is involved.
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.190 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.190
Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision, subsection, part of the subsection, or clause of AS 15.30.150  15.30.190 shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void, invalid, or unconstitutional for any reason, the remaining provisions of AS 15.30.150  15.30.190 shall not be affected, and to this end the provisions of AS 15.30.150  15.30.190 are severable.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.430 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.430
Scope of the review of ballot counting.
Status: in_force

(a) The review of ballot counting by the director shall include only (1) a review of the precinct registers, tallies, and ballots cast;

(2) a review of absentee and questioned ballots as prescribed by law; and

(3) unless the ballot for the house district contains nothing but uncontested offices, a hand count of ballots from one randomly selected precinct in each house district that accounts for at least five percent of the ballots cast in that district.

(b) If, following the ballot review set out in (a) of this section, the director finds there is a discrepancy of more than one percent between the results of the hand count under (a)(3) of this section and the count certified by the election board, the director shall conduct a hand count of the ballots from that district.

(c) If the director finds an unexplained discrepancy in the ballot count in any precinct, the director may count the ballots from that precinct.

(d) The director shall certify in writing to the state ballot counting review board and publish on the division's Internet website any changes resulting from a count performed under (b) or (c) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.340 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.340
Duties, oath, and vacancies of additional election officials.
Status: in_force

Additional election officials shall report to the election board at the polls at the time designated by the election supervisor or the chairperson of the election board to assume their duties to assist the election board in counting the vote. Before undertaking the duties of office, each additional election official shall subscribe to an oath to honestly, faithfully, impartially, and promptly carry out the duties of the position. If an additional election official fails to appear and subscribe to the oath at the time designated by the election supervisor, the election board shall appoint any qualified voter to fill the vacancy.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.400 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.400
Submission of supplementary petition.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of notice that the filing of the petition was improper, the committee may amend and correct the petition by circulating and filing a supplementary petition within 10 days of the date that notice was given if 90 days have not expired after the adjournment of the legislative session at which the act was passed.
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.160 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.160
Findings and declarations.
Status: in_force

The people of the State of Alaska hereby find and declare as follows: (1) federal officeholders who remain in office for extended periods of time become preoccupied with their own reelection and for that reason devote more effort to campaigning for their office than making legislative decisions for the benefit of the people of Alaska;

(2) federal officeholders have become to closely aligned with the special interest groups who provide contributions and support for their reelection campaigns, give them special favors, and lobby the House of Representatives and Senate for special interest legislation, all of which create corruption or the appearance of corruption of the legislative system;

(3) entrenched incumbency has discouraged qualified citizens from seeking office and has led to a lack of competitiveness and a decline in robust debate on issues of importance to the people of Alaska;

(4) due to the appearance of corruption and the lack of competition for the legislative seats held by the entrenched incumbents, there has been a reduction in voter participation which is counter-productive in a representative democracy;

(5) the citizens of Alaska have a compelling interest in preventing corruption and the appearance of corruption by limiting the number of terms which any Senator or Representative representing the people of this state may serve;

(6) the citizens of Alaska have a compelling interest in preserving the integrity of the ballot by promoting competitive elections and limiting the influence of special interests upon entrenched incumbent legislators;

(7) the citizens of Alaska have a compelling interest in voting for the candidate or candidates of their choice, and in standing for and holding elective office, and in preventing the perpetual monopolization of elective offices by incumbents;

(8) the citizens of Alaska have a compelling interest in extending the equal protection of the laws by ensuring that more of the people of this state have an equal opportunity to stand for and hold elective office.
Alaska Stat. § 15.25.042 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.25 / Section 15.25.042
Eligibility of a candidate.
Status: in_force

(a) If the director receives a complaint regarding the eligibility of a candidate for a particular office, the director shall determine eligibility under regulations adopted by the director. The director shall determine the eligibility of the candidate within 30 days of the receipt of the complaint.

(b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, the director shall determine the eligibility of the candidate by a preponderance of the evidence.

(c) If a candidate for the legislature has been registered to vote at any time during the 12 months preceding the filing of the declaration of candidacy in a district other than the district in which the declaration of candidacy has been filed, the director may not determine that a candidate is eligible except under a standard of clear and convincing evidence.

(d) A person may not be a resident of two districts at the same time.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.040 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.040
Distribution of ballots, envelopes, and other material.
Status: in_force

The director shall distribute the absentee ballots, envelopes, and other absentee voting material to the election supervisors for redistribution to absentee voting officials and absentee ballot stations established under AS 15.20.045 (b) before the date upon which a person may first apply for an absentee ballot in person.
Alaska Stat. § 15.58.030 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.58 / Section 15.58.030
Material to be filed by candidate.
Status: in_force

(a) No later than August 30 of a presidential election year, candidates for the offices of the United States President and Vice-President may file with the lieutenant governor photographs and statements advocating their candidacy.

(b) Not later than July 22 of a year in which a state general election will be held, an individual who becomes a candidate for the office of United States senator, United States representative, governor, lieutenant governor, state senator, or state representative under AS 15.25.030 may file with the lieutenant governor a photograph and a statement advocating the candidacy.

(c) Each candidate for an office designated under (a) or (b) of this section is allowed one page of space in the pamphlet for a photograph and statement.

(d) Pages on which candidates' photographs or statements appear must be clearly identified with the words provided and paid for by the candidate.

(e) A candidate's statement must be typewritten and is limited to a position statement of 250 words or less and a biographical statement of 150 words or less.

(f) A candidate's photograph must be 5" x 7" in size and must have been taken within the past five years. The photograph must be limited to the head, neck, and shoulders of the candidate. All photographs shall be printed in black and white.

(g) No later than August 7 of the year in which the state general election will be held, a person seeking retention in office as a justice or judge may file with the lieutenant governor a photograph and a statement advocating the candidacy.

(h) The lieutenant governor shall prepare and publish on the division's Internet website the photograph and statement of a candidate for an office designated under (a), (b), or (g) of this section. The lieutenant governor shall indicate that the photograph and statement are provided and paid for by the candidate. A photograph and a statement of a candidate that have been timely filed with the lieutenant governor shall be published on the website at least 15 days before an election at which the candidate will appear on the ballot.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.050 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.050
Requirement of full public notice.
Status: in_force

The director shall give full public notice of the dates and manner of voting absentee and may select any means of communication permitted to be used in giving notice of the date and time of the general election. The director shall give notice under this section of the location of absentee voting stations at least 45 days before each election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.127 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.127
Preparation of master register.
Status: in_force

The director shall prepare both a statewide list and a list by precinct of the names and addresses of all persons whose names appear on the master register and their political party affiliation. Subject to the limitations of AS 15.07.195 , any person may obtain a copy of the list, or a part of the list, or an electronic format containing both residence and mailing addresses of voters, by applying to the director and paying to the state treasury a fee as determined by the director.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.090 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.090
Improper subscription to petition.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of improper subscription to petition if the person (1) signs a name other than the person's own to a petition proposing an initiative, referendum, recall, or nomination of a candidate for state or local office;

(2) knowingly signs more than once for the same proposition, question, or candidate at one election;

(3) signs a petition proposing an initiative, referendum, recall, or nomination of a candidate for state or local office, while knowingly not being a qualified voter; or

(4) solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept money or other valuable thing in exchange for signing or refraining from signing a petition proposing an initiative; in this paragraph, other valuable thing has the meaning given in AS 15.56.030 (d).

(b) Improper subscription to petition is a class B misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.420 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.420
Selection of nominees in manner provided for general election.
Status: in_force

If the vacancy in the office of state senator occurs one calendar month or more before the filing date for the primary election, candidates for the special election shall be nominated in the manner provided for the nomination of candidates for general elections.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.550 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.550
Bases of denial of certification.
Status: in_force

The director shall deny certification upon determining that (1) the application is not substantially in the required form;

(2) the application was filed during the first 120 days of the term of office of the official subject to recall or within less than 180 days of the termination of the term of office of any official subject to recall;

(3) the person named in the application is not subject to recall; or

(4) there is an insufficient number of qualified subscribers.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.203 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.203
Procedure for district absentee ballot counting review.
Status: in_force

(a) The district absentee ballot counting board shall examine each absentee ballot envelope and shall determine whether the absentee voter is qualified to vote at the election and whether the absentee ballot has been properly cast.

(b) An absentee ballot may not be counted if (1) the voter has failed to properly execute the certificate;

(2) an official or the witnesses authorized by law to attest the voter's certificate fail to execute the certificate, except that an absentee ballot cast in person and accepted by an absentee voting official or election supervisor may be counted despite failure of the absentee voting official or election supervisor to properly sign and date the voter's certificate as attesting official as required under AS 15.20.061 (c);

(3) the ballot is not attested on or before the date of the election;

(4) the ballot, if postmarked, is not postmarked on or before the date of the election;

(5) after the day of election, the ballot was delivered by a means other than mail; or

(6) the voter voted (A) in person and is a (i) first-time voter who initially registered by mail or by facsimile or other electronic transmission approved by the director under AS 15.07.050 , has not provided the identification required by AS 15.15.225 (a), was not eligible for waiver of the identification requirement under AS 15.15.225 (b), and has not provided the identifiers required in AS 15.07.060 (a)(2) and (3) that can be verified through state agency records described in AS 15.07.055 (e); or

(ii) voter other than one described in (i) of this subparagraph, did not provide identification described in AS 15.15.225 (a), was not personally known by the election official, and has not provided the identifiers required in AS 15.07.060 (a)(2) and (3); or

(B) by mail or electronic transmission, is a first-time voter who initially registered by mail or by facsimile or other electronic transmission approved by the director under AS 15.07.050 to vote, has not met the identification requirements set out in AS 15.07.060 , and does not submit with the ballot a copy of a (i) driver's license, state identification card, current and valid photo identification, birth certificate, passport, or hunting or fishing license; or

(ii) current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or other government document; an item described in this sub-subparagraph must show the name and current address of the voter.

(c) Any person present at the district absentee ballot counting review may challenge the name of an absentee voter when read from the voter's certificate on the envelope if the person has good reason to suspect that the challenged voter is not qualified to vote, is disqualified, or has voted at the same election. The person making the challenge shall specify the basis of the challenge in writing. The district absentee ballot counting board by majority vote may refuse to accept and count the absentee ballot of a person properly challenged on grounds listed in (b) of this section.

(d) The election supervisor shall place all rejected absentee ballots in a separate envelope with the statements of challenge. The envelope shall be labeled rejected absentee ballots and shall be forwarded to the director with the election certificates and other returns.

(e) If an absentee ballot is not rejected, the envelope shall be opened and the secrecy sleeve containing the absentee ballot shall be placed in a container and mixed with other secrecy sleeves.

(f) The secrecy sleeves shall be drawn from the container, the absentee ballots shall be removed from the secrecy sleeves, and the absentee ballots counted at the times specified in AS 15.20.201 and according to the rules for determining properly marked ballots in AS 15.15.360 .

(g) Upon completion of the absentee ballot review, the election supervisor shall prepare an election certificate for execution by the district absentee ballot counting board and shall forward the original certificate and other returns to the director no later than the 16th day following the election.

(h) The director shall prepare and mail to each absentee voter whose absentee ballot was rejected under this section a summary of the reason that the challenge to the absentee ballot was upheld and the absentee ballot was rejected.

(i) The director shall mail the materials described in (h) of this section to the voter not later than (1) 10 days after completion of the review of ballots by the state review board for a primary election or a special primary election under AS 15.40.140 ;

(2) 60 days after certification of the results of a general election or special election other than a special primary election described in (1) of this subsection.

(j) The director shall make available through a free access system to each absentee voter a system to check to see whether the voter's ballot was counted and, if not counted, the reason why the ballot was not counted. The director shall make this information available through the free access system not less than (1) 10 days after certification of the results of a primary election or a special primary election under AS 15.40.140 ; and

(2) 30 days after certification of the results of a general or special election, other than a special primary election described in (1) of this subsection.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.030 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.030
Preparation of official ballot.
Status: in_force

The director shall prepare all official ballots to facilitate fairness, simplicity, and clarity in the voting procedure, to reflect most accurately the intent of the voter, and to expedite the administration of elections. The following directives shall be followed when applicable: (1) The director shall determine the size of the ballot, the type of print, necessary additional instruction notes to voters, and other similar matters of form not provided by law.

(2) The director shall number ballots in series to ensure simplicity and secrecy and to prevent fraud.

(3) The director shall contract for the preparation of ballots under AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code).

(4) The director may not include on the ballot, as a part of a candidate's name, any honorary or assumed title or prefix but may include in the candidate's name any nickname or familiar form of a proper name of the candidate.

(5) The names of the candidates shall be placed in separate sections on the state general election ballot under the office designation to which they were nominated. If a candidate is registered as affiliated with a political party or political group, the party affiliation, if any, may be designated after the name of the candidate, upon request of the candidate. If a candidate has requested designation as nonpartisan or undeclared, that designation shall be placed after the name of the candidate. If a candidate is not registered as affiliated with a political party or political group and has not requested to be designated as nonpartisan or undeclared, the candidate shall be designated as undeclared. The lieutenant governor and the governor shall be included under the same section. Provision shall be made for voting for write-in candidates within each section. Paper ballots for the state general election shall be printed on white paper.

(6) The names of the candidates for each office shall be set out in the same order on ballots printed for use in each house district. The director shall randomly determine the order of the names of the candidates for state representative for each house district. The director shall rotate the order of placement of the names of candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, United States senator, United States representative, and state senator on the ballot for each house district.

(7) The general election ballot shall be designed with the names of candidates of each political party, and of any independent candidates qualified under AS 15.30.026 , for the office of President and Vice-President of the United States placed in the same section on the ballot rather than the names of electors of President and Vice-President.

(8) The general or special election ballot shall be designed with the title and proposition for any initiative, referendum, or constitutional amendment formulated as prescribed by law and placed on the ballot in the manner prescribed by the director. When placed on the ballot, a state ballot proposition or ballot question shall carry the number that was assigned to the petition for the proposition or question. Provision shall be made for marking the proposition Yes or No.

(9) The general or special election ballot shall be designed with the question of whether a constitutional convention shall be called placed on the ballot in the following manner: Shall there be a constitutional convention? Provision shall be made for marking the question Yes or No.

(10) A nonpartisan ballot shall be designed for each judicial district in which a justice or judge is seeking retention in office. The ballot shall be divided into four parts. Each part must bear a heading indicating the court to which the candidate is seeking approval, and provision shall be made for marking each question Yes or No. Within each part, the question of whether the justice or judge shall be approved or rejected shall be set out in substantially the following manner: (A) Shall ....... be retained as justice of the supreme court for 10 years?;

(B) Shall ....... be retained as judge of the court of appeals for eight years?;

(C) Shall ....... be retained as judge of the superior court for six years?; or

(D) Shall ....... be retained as judge of the district court for four years?

(11) When the legislature by law authorizes a state debt for capital improvements, the director shall place the question of whether the specific authorization shall be ratified by placing the ballot title and question on the next general election ballot, or on the special election ballot if a special election is held for the purpose of ratifying the state debt for capital improvements before the time of the next general election. Unless specifically provided otherwise in the Act authorizing the debt, the ballot title shall, by the use of a few words in a succinct manner, indicate the general subject of the Act. The question shall, by the use of a few sentences in a succinct manner, give a true and impartial summary of the Act authorizing the state debt. The question of whether state debt shall be contracted shall be assigned a letter of the alphabet on the ballot. Provision shall be made for marking the question substantially as follows:

Bonds....... Yes or Bonds....... No,

followed by an appropriate oval.

(12) The director may provide for the optical scanning of ballots where the requisite equipment is available.

(13) The director may provide for voting by use of electronically generated ballots by a voter who requests to use a machine that produces electronically generated ballots.

(14) The director shall include the following statement on the ballot:

A candidate's designated affiliation does not imply that the candidate is nominated or endorsed by the political party or group or that the party or group approves of or associates with that candidate, but only that the candidate is registered as affiliated with the political party or political group.

(15) Instead of the statement provided by (14) of this section, when candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States appear on a general election ballot, the director shall include the following statement on the ballot:

A candidate's designated affiliation does not imply that the candidate is nominated or endorsed by the political party or political group or that the political party or political group approves of or associates with that candidate, but only that the candidate is registered as affiliated with the party or group. The election for President and Vice-President of the United States is different. Some candidates for President and Vice-President are the official nominees of their political party.

(16) The director shall design the general election ballots so that the candidates are selected by ranked-choice voting.

(17) The director shall design the general election ballot to direct the voter to mark candidates in order of preference and to mark as many choices as the voter wishes, but not to assign the same ranking to more than one candidate for the same office.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.215 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.215
Disposition of questioned votes.
Status: reserved

(a) A voter who casts a questioned ballot shall vote the ballot in the same manner as prescribed for other voters. The voter shall insert the ballot into a secrecy sleeve and put the secrecy sleeve into an envelope on which the statement the voter previously signed is located. The envelope shall be sealed and deposited in the ballot box. When the ballot box is opened, the envelopes shall be segregated, counted, compared to the voting list, and delivered to the official or body supervising the election. The merits of the question shall be determined by this official or body in accordance with the procedure prescribed for questioned votes in AS 15.20.207 .

(b) [Repealed, § 231 ch 100 SLA 1980.]
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.025 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.025
Qualifications for limited political parties.
Status: in_force

(a) A limited political party may be organized for the purpose of selecting candidates for electors of President and Vice-President of the United States by filing with the director at least 90 days before a presidential general election a petition signed by qualified voters of the state equaling in number at least one percent of the number of voters who cast ballots for President at the last presidential election. The petition shall state that the signers intend to organize a limited political party, that they intend to select candidates for electors of President and Vice-President of the United States at the next succeeding presidential election, and the name of the limited political party.

(b) A limited political party organized under this section may not assume a name which is so similar to an existing political party as to confuse or mislead the voters at an election. If the director determines that the name of the limited political party set out in a petition is confusing or misleading, the director may refuse to accept the petition for filing.

(c) A limited political party organized under this section ceases to be a limited political party if its presidential candidate fails to receive at least three percent of the number of voters who cast ballots for the office of President at a presidential election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.50.050 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.50 / Section 15.50.050
Certification of vote.
Status: in_force

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition favor the amendment, the constitutional amendment is adopted, and the lieutenant governor shall so certify.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.010 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.010
General administrative supervision by director.
Status: in_force

The director shall provide general administrative supervision over the conduct of state elections, and may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) necessary for the administration of state elections. The director shall adopt regulations that establish for the broadcasting of notices under AS 15.15.070 the frequency of the broadcasts, appropriate broadcast times, and the locations for the broadcasts. The broadcasting regulations must be reasonably calculated to provide the widest possible exposure of the notices.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.540 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.540
Review of application for certification.
Status: in_force

The director shall review the application and shall either certify it or notify the recall committee of the grounds of refusal.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.150 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.150
Election educational activities not prohibited.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not prohibit a person from engaging in educational election-related communications and activities, including (1) the publication of the date and location of an election;

(2) the education of students about voting and elections;

(3) the sponsorship of candidate debate forums open to the public;

(4) participation in get-out-the-vote or voter registration drives that do not favor a particular candidate, political party, or political position;

(5) the dissemination of the views of all candidates running for a particular office.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.575 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.575
Qualifications of circulator.
Status: in_force

To circulate a petition booklet, a person shall be (1) a citizen of the United States;

(2) 18 years of age or older; and

(3) a resident of the state as determined under AS 15.05.020 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.130 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.130
Voter registration list maintenance.
Status: in_force

(a) Periodically, at times of the director's choosing, but no less frequently than in January of each calendar year, the director shall examine the master register maintained under AS 15.07.120 and shall send, by nonforwardable mail to the voter's registration mailing address, a notice requesting address confirmation or correction to each voter (1) whose mail from the division has been returned to the division in the two years immediately preceding the examination of the register;

(2) who has not contacted the division in the two years immediately preceding the examination of the register; or

(3) who has not voted or appeared to vote in the two general elections immediately preceding the examination of the register.

(b) If a registered voter has not, within the preceding four calendar years, contacted the division and has neither voted nor appeared to vote in a local, regional school board, primary, special, or general election during the last four calendar years and a notice sent to the voter under (a) of this section was returned as undeliverable, the voter shall be advised by a notice sent by forwardable mail to the voter's last known address that registration will be inactivated unless the voter responds to the notice no later than 45 days after the date of the notice sent under this section. The director shall maintain on the master register the name of a voter whose registration is inactivated. The director shall cancel a voter's inactive registration in accordance with the procedures set out in 42 U.S.C. 1973gg-6 (sec. 8, National Voter Registration Act of 1993) after the second general election that occurs after the registration becomes inactive if the voter does not contact the division or vote or appear to vote.

(c) The director shall obtain from the bureau of vital statistics a certified list of all residents over 18 years of age who have died or who have been presumptively declared dead. Promptly after receipt of each list, but, in any event, at least once each month, the director shall cancel the registration of all deceased voters.

(d) The notice sent under (b) of this section must include a postage prepaid and pre-addressed return card on which the voter may state the voter's current address. The notice must indicate (1) that the voter should return the card not later than 45 days after the date of the notice if the voter did not change residence;

(2) that failure to return the card by the 45-day deadline could result in removal of the voter's name from the official registration list for a subsequent election;

(3) that the voter's registration will be cancelled if the voter does not contact the division during, or vote or appear to vote in an election held during, the period beginning on the date of the notice and ending on the day after the last day of the fourth calendar year that occurs after the date of notice; and

(4) how the voter can continue to be eligible to vote if the voter has changed residence.

(e) For purposes of (b) and (d) of this section, a voter appears to vote if (1) the voter is present at a polling place or at an absentee voting station at a time when the polling place or absentee voting station is operating, for the purpose of casting a vote;

(2) the voter applies to the division to obtain an absentee ballot; or

(3) in an election conducted by mail under AS 15.20.800 , a voter who has not received a ballot by mail makes a timely request to the division for a ballot.

(f) For the purpose of this section, a voter contacts the division if the voter notifies the division of a change of address, responds to a notice sent under this section, signs a petition for a ballot measure, requests a new voter registration card, or otherwise communicates with the division other than to vote or register to vote.
Alaska Stat. § 15.50.100 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.50 / Section 15.50.100
Certification of constitutional amendment by convention.
Status: in_force

The president of the constitutional convention shall certify to the lieutenant governor each proposed amendment to the constitution adopted by the constitutional convention.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.350 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.350
Manner of signing and withdrawing name from petition.
Status: in_force

Any qualified voter may subscribe to the petition by printing the voter's name, a numerical identifier, and an address, by signing the voter's name, and by dating the signature. A person who has signed the referendum petition may withdraw the person's name only by giving written notice to the lieutenant governor before the date the petition is filed.
Alaska Stat. § 15.80.007 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.80 / Section 15.80.007
Sale of voter registration and election management software.
Status: in_force

The director may sell voter registration and election management system data processing software.
Alaska Stat. § 15.80.010 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.80 / Section 15.80.010
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this title, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) absent uniformed services voter has the meaning given in 52 U.S.C. 20310;

(2) absentee voting official means a person appointed to serve as an absentee voting official in accordance with AS 15.20.045 ;

(3) ballot means any document provided by the director on which votes may be cast for candidates, propositions, or questions;

(4) director means the director of elections who is the chief elections officer of the state appointed in accordance with AS 15.10.105 (a);

(5) division means the division of elections created under AS 15.10.105 ;

(6) election board means the board appointed in accordance with AS 15.10.120 ;

(7) election official means election board members, members of counting or review boards, employees of the division of elections, and absentee voting officials;

(8) electronically generated ballot means any ballot other than a paper ballot that is physically marked by the voter using a writing instrument or a mechanical device;

(9) federal election means a general, special, special primary, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting, nominating, or electing a candidate for the office of President, Vice-President, presidential elector, United States senator, or United States representative;

(10) felony involving moral turpitude includes those crimes that are immoral or wrong in themselves such as murder, manslaughter, assault, sexual assault, sexual abuse of a minor, unlawful exploitation of a minor, robbery, extortion, coercion, kidnapping, incest, arson, burglary, theft, forgery, criminal possession of a forgery device, offering a false instrument for recording, scheme to defraud, falsifying business records, commercial bribe receiving, commercial bribery, bribery, receiving a bribe, perjury, perjury by inconsistent statements, endangering the welfare of a minor, escape, promoting contraband, interference with official proceedings, receiving a bribe by a witness or a juror, jury tampering, misconduct by a juror, tampering with physical evidence, hindering prosecution, terroristic threatening, riot, criminal possession of explosives, unlawful furnishing of explosives, sex trafficking, criminal mischief, misconduct involving a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance, permitting an escape, promoting gambling, possession of gambling records, distribution of child sexual abuse material, and possession of child sexual abuse material;

(11) general election means the election held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years;

(12) hand-counted ballot means a ballot designated to be counted by hand in precincts where precinct tabulators are not available;

(13) house district means one of the districts described in art. VI, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska;

(14) judicial district means one of the districts defined in AS 22.10.010 ;

(15) lieutenant governor includes an appointed lieutenant governor, governor, or acting governor if a vacancy has occurred in the office of lieutenant governor or governor;

(16) limited political party means a political group which organizes for the purpose of selecting candidates for electors for President and Vice-President;

(17) local election means a regular or special election held by a borough, city, school district, or regional educational attendance area;

(18) master register means the list of all registered voters in the state which is maintained by the director of elections;

(19) member of a political party means a person who supports the political program of a party;

(20) numerical identifier means a voter's date of birth, the last four digits of a voter's social security number, a voter's Alaska driver's license number, or a voter's Alaska identification card number or voter identification number;

(21) oath includes affirmation;

(22) official registration list means the list of all voters qualified to vote at a particular election compiled in accordance with AS 15.07.125 ;

(23) optically scanned ballot means a paper ballot designed to be read by an optical scanning machine;

(24) overseas voter has the meaning given in 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6;

(25) party district committee means the political party committee that performs the executive function for a region representing an area larger than a precinct and smaller than the state;

(26) political group means a group of organized voters which represents a political program and which does not qualify as a political party;

(27) political party means an organized group of voters that represents a political program and has at least 5,000 registered voters in the state; beginning with the results of the 2030 decennial federal census, following each decennial federal census, the division shall by regulation adjust this number by the percentage of the change to the population of the state since the 2020 decennial federal census, rounded to the nearest 500;

(28) precinct means the territory within which resident voters may cast votes at one polling place;

(29) precinct tabulators means an electronic optical scanning ballot tabulation system or other tabulator designated by the director to electronically count ballots;

(30) presidential election year means a year in which the presidential electors are elected;

(31) proposition means an initiative, referendum, or constitutional amendment submitted at an election to the public for vote;

(32) qualified voter means a person who has the qualification of a voter and is not disqualified as provided by art. V, sec. 2, Constitution of the State of Alaska, and AS 15.05.030 ;

(33) question means an issue placed on the ballot to determine whether a judge or justice shall be accepted or rejected, whether a constitutional convention shall be called, whether a state debt shall be contracted, or whether a state official shall be recalled;

(34) ranked-choice voting means, in a general election, the method of casting and tabulating votes in which voters rank candidates in order of preference and in which tabulation proceeds in sequential rounds in which (A) a candidate with a majority in the first round wins outright, or (B) last-place candidates are defeated until there are two candidates remaining, at which point the candidate with the greatest number of votes is declared the winner of the election.

(35) registration official includes an employee of the division of elections when performing the task of voter registration and a person appointed to serve as a registration official in accordance with AS 15.07.081 or 15.07.100;

(36) reregistration means the submission of a registration form by a voter whose registration was inactivated on the master register maintained under AS 15.07 and the director's reactivation of that registration in accordance with that chapter; in this paragraph, a voter whose registration was inactivated does not include a voter whose registration was inactivated under AS 15.07.130 and whose ballot may be counted under AS 15.15.198 ;

(37) senate district means one of the districts described in art. VI, sec. 2, Constitution of the State of Alaska;

(38) signature or subscription includes a mark intended as a signature or subscription;

(39) special election means an election held at a time other than when the general or primary election is held and an election called to be held with, and at the time of, the general or primary election;

(40) special runoff election means a runoff election for a United States senator or United States representative held because no candidate for the office received over 50 percent of the votes cast at the special election for that office;

(41) state chairperson or state party chairperson means the political party official elected as the highest ranking statewide party executive;

(42) sworn includes affirmed;

(43) unconditional discharge means that a person is released from all disability arising under a conviction and sentence, including probation and parole;

(44) vacancy exists in an office when the person elected or appointed to the office resigns, retires, dies, is recalled, is rejected by majority vote on the question at an election, is convicted of a corrupt practice, is removed by impeachment, or is expelled;

(45) voter means a person who presents oneself for the purpose of voting either in person or by absentee ballot;

(46) voter registration agency means an agency designated in or under AS 15.07.055 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.069 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.069
Certain expenditures that comply with charitable gaming provisions permitted.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding another provision of this title, a charitable gaming permittee that is a qualified organization under AS 05.15.690 may use the net proceeds of a raffle or lottery to make expenditures for the purposes permitted under AS 05.15.150 (a)(3).
Alaska Stat. § 15.58.040 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.58 / Section 15.58.040
Material to be filed by political parties.
Status: in_force

(a) No later than July 15 of a year in which a state general election will be held, a political party may file with the lieutenant governor a maximum of two pages of material.

(b) Each page purchased must be clearly identified with the words paid for by followed by the name of the political party, the name of the state chairperson of the party, and the name of the party treasurer.

(c) Material submitted by a political party may not (1) include images, except for graphic elements including party logos;

(2) directly or indirectly advocate (A) for or against, or use the name of, another political party;

(B) for the election or defeat or use the name of a person who is (i) a candidate for municipal, state, or federal public office;

(ii) a public official, as that term is defined in AS 39.50.200 (a);

(iii) a member of the legislature;

(iv) elected or appointed to public office in the federal government.

(d) Nothing in (c) of this section prohibits a political party from submitting material that promotes the political party's (1) candidates generally, without naming individual persons; or

(2) platform, tenets, or philosophy.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.080 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.080
Bases of denial of certification.
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor shall deny certification upon determining in writing that (1) the proposed bill to be initiated is not confined to one subject or is otherwise not in the required form;

(2) the application is not substantially in the required form; or

(3) there is an insufficient number of qualified sponsors.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.660 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.660
Preparation of ballot.
Status: in_force

The ballot shall be designed with the question of whether the public official shall be recalled, placed on the ballot in the following manner: Shall (name of official) be recalled from the office of ......?. Provision shall be made for marking the question Yes or No.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.050 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.050
Distribution of election materials.
Status: in_force

The director shall distribute an adequate supply of sample and official ballots and all other materials, forms, and supplies required for the election to the election supervisors for distribution to chairpersons of election boards in precincts not less than 25 days before the date for the election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.070 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.070
Public notice of election required.
Status: reserved

(a) The director shall give and is authorized to contract to give full public notice of the election. The director may select a manner reasonably calculated to give actual knowledge of the election to the voters.

(b) The notice shall be given by publication at least twice in one or more newspapers of general circulation in each of the four judicial districts. The printed notice must specifically include the date of election, the hours between which the polling places will be open, the offices to which candidates are to be nominated or elected, and the subject of the propositions and questions that are to be voted on.

(c) Public notice shall also be given by posting notices in those communities that do not have newspapers of general circulation where posting of notice is considered necessary by the director. The posted notice must specifically include the date of election, the location of the polling places, the hours between which the polling places will be open, the offices to which candidates are to be nominated or elected, the subject of the propositions and questions that are to be voted on, and other information considered necessary by the director.

(d) The first publication, broadcast, or posting of the notice shall be made not less than 10 days before the election.

(e) [Repealed, § 15 ch 82 SLA 2000.] (f) [Repealed, § 15 ch 82 SLA 2000.] (g) The director shall pay the cost of election expenses incurred in giving notice of an election.

(h) An abbreviated form of the notice published under (b) of this section shall be broadcast on one or more radio or television stations in each of the four judicial districts. The broadcast notice must include at a minimum the date of the election, the hours between which the polling places will be open, and the address and phone number of the election supervisor or supervisors for the judicial district in which the notice is broadcast.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.195 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.195
Public hearings.
Status: in_force

(a) At least 30 days before the election at which an initiative is to appear on the ballot, the lieutenant governor or a designee of the lieutenant governor shall hold two or more public hearings concerning the initiative in each judicial district of the state. Each public hearing under this section shall include the written or oral testimony of one supporter and one opponent of the initiative.

(b) The lieutenant governor shall provide reasonable notice of each public hearing required under this section. The notice must include the date, time, and place of the hearing. The notice may be given using print or broadcast media. The lieutenant governor shall provide notice in a consistent fashion for all hearings required under this section.

(c) Penalties for a violation of this section may not include removal of an initiative from the ballot.

(d) If the lieutenant governor determines that it is technologically and economically feasible, the division shall provide a live audio and video broadcast of each hearing held under (a) of this section on the division's Internet website.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.137 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.137
Voting information from municipalities.
Status: in_force

Within 60 days after each election held in a municipality, the municipal clerk shall certify and send to the director the official registration list containing the names, residence addresses, and voter identification numbers of all persons voting in each precinct in that election. The names of the persons who voted in the municipal election shall be indicated on the official registration list sent to the director by the municipal clerk.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.310 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.310
Official closing of polls.
Status: in_force

Fifteen minutes before and at the time of closing the polls, the election board shall announce the present time and the time of closing the polls.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.198 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.198
Voters not on official registration list.
Status: in_force

(a) If a voter's name does not appear on the official registration list in the precinct in which the voter seeks to vote, the election official shall affirmatively advise the voter that the voter may cast a questioned ballot, and the voter shall be allowed to vote a questioned ballot. At the time the voter casts a questioned ballot, the voter shall be given written information stating that the voter will be able to ascertain whether the ballot was counted and, if not counted, the reason the ballot was not counted.

(b) A person whose registration is inactive under AS 15.07.130 (b) and who votes a questioned or absentee ballot shall have the ballot counted if (1) the person was registered to vote in the last four calendar years;

(2) the person signs a statement to that effect; and

(3) the earlier registration is verified by the director.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.050 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.050
Voter misconduct in the second degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of voter misconduct in the second degree if the person (1) registers to vote without being entitled to register under AS 15.07.030 ;

(2) knowingly makes a material false statement while applying for voter registration or reregistration; or

(3) votes or attempts to vote in an election after being disqualified under AS 15.05.030 .

(b) Voter misconduct in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.090 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.090
Identification of communication.
Status: in_force

(a) All communications shall be clearly identified by the words paid for by followed by the name and address of the person paying for the communication. In addition, except as provided by (d) of this section, a person shall clearly (1) provide the person's address or the person's principal place of business;

(2) for a person other than an individual or candidate, include (A) the name and title of the person's principal officer;

(B) a statement from the principal officer approving the communication; and

(C) unless the person is a political party, identification of the name and city and state of residence or principal place of business, as applicable, of each of the person's three largest contributors under AS 15.13.040 (e)(5), if any, during the 12-month period before the date of the communication.

(b) The provisions of (a) of this section do not apply when the communication (1) is paid for by an individual acting independently of any other person;

(2) is made to influence the outcome of a ballot proposition as that term is defined by AS 15.13.065 (c); and

(3) is made for (A) a billboard or sign; or

(B) printed material other than an advertisement made in a newspaper or other periodical.

(c) To satisfy the requirements of (a)(1) of this section and, if applicable, (a)(2)(C) of this section, a communication that includes a print or video component must have the following statement or statements placed in the communication so as to be easily discernible, and, in a broadcast, cable, satellite, Internet or other digital communication, the statement must remain onscreen throughout the entirety of the communication; the second statement is not required if the person paying for the communication has no contributors or is a political party:

This communication was paid for by (person's name and city and state of principal place of business). The top contributors of (person's name) are (the name and city and state of residence or principal place of business, as applicable, of the largest contributors to the person under AS 15.13.090 (a)(2)(C)).

(d) Notwithstanding the requirements of (a) of this section, in a communication transmitted through radio or other audio media and in a communication that includes an audio component, the following statements must be read in a manner that is easily heard; the second statement is not required if the person paying for the communication has no contributors or is a political party:

This communication was paid for by (person's name). The top contributors of (person's name) are (the name of the largest contributors to the person under AS 15.13.090 (a)(2)(C)).

(e) Contributors required to be identified under (a)(2)(C) of this section must be listed in order of the amount of their contributions. If more than three of the largest contributors to a person paying for a communication contribute equal amounts, the person may select which of the contributors of equal amounts to identify under (a)(2)(C) of this section. In no case shall a person be required to identify more than three contributors under (a)(2)(C) of this section.

(f) The provisions of this subsection apply to a person who makes an independent expenditure for a communication described in (a) of this section. If the person paying for the communication is not a natural person, the provisions also apply to the responsible officer or officers of the corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, labor organization, business trust, or society who approve the independent expenditure for the communication. A person who makes a communication under this subsection may not, with actual malice, include within or as a part of the communication a false statement of material fact about a candidate for election to public office that constitutes defamation of the candidate. For purposes of this subsection, a statement constitutes defamation of the candidate if the statement

(1) exposes the candidate to strong disapproval, contempt, ridicule, or reproach; or

(2) tends to deprive the candidate of the benefit of public confidence.

(g) To satisfy the requirements of (a)(1) of this section and, if applicable, (a)(2)(C) of this section, a communication paid for by an outside-funded entity as that term is defined in AS 15.13.400 (15) that includes a print or video component must have the following statement placed in the communication so as to be easily discernible, and, in a broadcast, cable, satellite, Internet or other digital communication, the statement must remain onscreen throughout the entirety of the communication; the statement is not required if the outside entity paying for the communication has no contributors or is a political party: A MAJORITY OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO (OUTSIDE-FUNDED ENTITY'S NAME) CAME FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE OF ALASKA.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.430 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.430
Designation of nominees by petition.
Status: in_force

If the vacancy occurs less than one calendar month before the filing date and more than three calendar months before the next general election, candidates shall be nominated by petition transmitted by actual physical delivery of the petition in person or by mail postmarked not later than midnight of the filing date.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.130 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.130
Certification of circulator.
Status: in_force

Before being filed, each petition shall be certified by an affidavit by the person who personally circulated the petition. In determining the sufficiency of the petition, the lieutenant governor may not count subscriptions on petitions not properly certified at the time of filing or corrected before the subscriptions are counted. The affidavit must state in substance (1) that the person signing the affidavit meets the residency, age, and citizenship qualifications for circulating a petition under AS 15.45.105 ;

(2) that the person is the only circulator of that petition;

(3) that the signatures were made in the circulator's actual presence;

(4) that, to the best of the circulator's knowledge, the signatures are the signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be;

(5) that, to the best of the circulator's knowledge, the signatures are of persons who were qualified voters on the date of signature;

(6) that the circulator has not entered into an agreement with a person or organization in violation of AS 15.45.110 (c);

(7) that the circulator has not violated AS 15.45.110 (d) with respect to that petition; and

(8) whether the circulator has received payment or agreed to receive payment for the collection of signatures on the petition, and, if so, the name of each person or organization that has paid or agreed to pay the circulator for collection of signatures on the petition.
Alaska Stat. § 15.25.045 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.25 / Section 15.25.045
Withdrawal of candidacy.
Status: in_force

Notice of withdrawal of candidacy must be in writing over the signature of the candidate.
Alaska Stat. § 15.05.014 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.05 / Section 15.05.014
Procedures in presidential elections.
Status: in_force

In accordance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-110; 79 Stat. 437; 42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.), as amended, the following procedures apply to elections for the office of President and Vice-President of the United States: (1) registration and absentee voting procedures, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be identical to the procedures established in this title;

(2) registration of otherwise qualified persons shall be permitted without regard to a durational residency requirement;

(3) if any citizen who is otherwise qualified to vote in the state for president and vice-president has begun residence in another state after the 30th day preceding the election and, for that reason, does not satisfy the registration requirements of that state, that person shall be allowed to vote for president and vice-president either in person in the precinct in which the person resided immediately before removal, or by absentee ballot as provided in AS 15.20 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.640 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.640
Submission of supplementary petition.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of notice that the filing of the petition was improper, the committee may amend and correct the petition by circulating and filing a supplementary petition within 20 days of the date that notice was given, if filed within less than 180 days of the termination of the term of office of the person subject to recall.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.260 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.260
Term of elected governor and lieutenant governor.
Status: in_force

At the special election, a governor and a lieutenant governor shall be elected to fill the remainder of the unexpired terms and shall take office on the date the results of the special election are certified.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.045 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.045
Designation of absentee voting officials and stations.
Status: in_force

(a) The director or election supervisor may designate persons to act as absentee voting officials under AS 15.20.010  15.20.220 in areas where election supervisors do not have offices. Magistrates may, with the approval of the administrative director of the Alaska Court System, be designated under this section. At least 15 days before the election the director shall supply each absentee voting official with appropriate ballots.

(b) The director may designate by regulation adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) locations at which absentee voting stations will be operated on or after the 15th day before an election up to and including the date of the election. The director shall supply absentee voting stations with ballots for all house districts in the state and shall designate absentee voting officials to serve at absentee voting stations.

(c) In a municipality in which the division will not be operating an absentee voting station, the director may designate the municipal clerk as an absentee voting official for the limited purpose of distributing absentee ballots to qualified voters under AS 15.20.061 (a)(1) and qualified voters' representatives under AS 15.20.072 . At least 15 days before the election, the director shall supply municipal clerks designated under this subsection with absentee ballots.
Alaska Stat. § 15.50.027 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.50 / Section 15.50.027
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

A qualified voter, or the Legislature of the State of Alaska acting directly or through the legislative council, who has filed with the lieutenant governor a statement of objection to a proposed ballot title and proposition as provided in AS 15.50.025 and who believes that the ballot title and proposition as finally prepared does not provide a true and impartial summary of the amendment proposed may bring an action in the superior court to have the determination reviewed. An action shall be commenced within 45 days of the date of mailing of the proposed ballot title and proposition to members of the legislature as provided in AS 15.50.010 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.335 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.335
Qualifications of circulator.
Status: in_force

To circulate a petition booklet, a person shall be (1) a citizen of the United States;

(2) 18 years of age or older; and

(3) a resident of the state as determined under AS 15.05.020 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.365 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.365
Counting of write-in votes in general election.
Status: in_force

(a) Write-in votes on a general election ballot shall be counted for a candidate only if the aggregate of all votes cast for all write-in candidates for the particular office is (1) the highest number of votes received by any candidate for the office; or

(2) the second highest number of votes received by any candidate and the difference between the total number of votes received by the candidate having the highest number of votes and the aggregate of all votes cast for all write-in candidates for the office is less than the percentage necessary for a recount at the state's cost under AS 15.20.450 .

(b) Write-in votes that do not meet the requirements of this section may not be individually counted under this section.

(c) If the director determines that the requirements of (a) of this section have been met, the director shall establish the date for counting those write-in votes, and the director, or a designee of the director, shall count all write-in ballots under AS 15.15.360 (d).

(d) This section does not apply to the counting of federal write-in absentee ballots submitted under 42 U.S.C. 1973ff.

(e) Write-in ballots shall be counted by the director, or a designee of the director, in a public place at the location where write-in ballots are sent for counting following an election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.58.020 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.58 / Section 15.58.020
Contents of pamphlet.
Status: in_force

(a) Each general election pamphlet must contain (1) photographs and campaign statements submitted by eligible candidates for elective office in the region;

(2) information and recommendations filed under AS 15.58.050 on judicial officers subject to a retention election in the region;

(3) a map of the house district or districts of the region;

(4) sample ballots for house districts of the region;

(5) an absentee ballot application;

(6) for each ballot proposition submitted to the voters by initiative or referendum petition or by the legislature, (A) the full text of the proposition specifying constitutional or statutory provisions proposed to be affected;

(B) the ballot title and the summary of the proposition prepared by the director or by the lieutenant governor;

(C) a statement of the costs to the state of implementing the law proposed in an initiative, or of voter approval or rejection of the act that is the subject of a referendum;

(D) a neutral summary of the proposition prepared by the Legislative Affairs Agency;

(E) statements submitted that advocate voter approval or rejection of the proposition not to exceed 500 words;

(7) for each bond question, a statement of the scope of each project as it appears in the bond authorization;

(8) a maximum of two pages of material submitted under AS 15.58.040 by each political party;

(9) additional information on voting procedures that the lieutenant governor considers necessary;

(10) for the question whether a constitutional convention shall be called, (A) a full statement of the question placed on the ballot;

(B) statements not to exceed 500 words that advocate voter approval or rejection of the question;

(11) under AS 37.13.170 , the Alaska permanent fund annual income statement and balance sheet for the two fiscal years preceding the publication of the election pamphlet;

(12) under AS 15.10.090 , notice of (A) the establishment or abolition of a precinct;

(B) the designation, abolition, or modification of precinct boundaries; and

(C) a change in the location of a polling place;

(13) the following statement written in bold in a conspicuous location:

Each candidate may designate the political party or political group that the candidate is registered as affiliated with. A candidate's political party or political group designation on a ballot does not imply that the candidate is nominated or endorsed by the party or political group or that the party or group approves of or associates with that candidate.

In each race, you may vote for any candidate listed. If a primary election was held for a state office, United States senator, or United States representative, the four candidates who received the most votes for the office in the primary election advanced to the general election. However, if one of the four candidates who received the most votes for an office at the primary election died, withdrew, resigned, was disqualified, or was certified as incapacitated 64 days or more before the general election, the candidate who received the fifth most votes for the office advanced to the general election.

At the general election, each candidate will be selected through a ranked-choice voting process and the candidate with the greatest number of votes will be elected. For a general election, you must rank the candidates in the numerical order of your preference, ranking as many candidates as you wish. Your second, third, and subsequent ranked choices will be counted only if the candidate you ranked first does not receive enough votes to continue on to the next round of counting, so ranking a second, third, or subsequent choice will not hurt your first-choice candidate. Your ballot will be counted regardless of whether you choose to rank one, two, or more candidates for each office, but it will not be counted if you assign the same ranking to more than one candidate for the same office.

(b) Each primary, special, or special primary election pamphlet shall contain only the information specified in (a)(6) and (a)(9) of this section for each ballot measure scheduled to appear on the primary, special, or special primary election ballot.

(c) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, if a pamphlet is prepared and published under AS 15.58.010 for a (1) primary election, the pamphlet must contain the following statement written in bold in a conspicuous location, instead of the statement provided by (a)(13) of this section:

In each race, you may vote for any candidate listed. The four candidates who receive the most votes for a state office, United States senator, or United States representative will advance to the general election. However, if, after the primary election and 64 days or more before the general election, one of the four candidates who received the most votes for an office at the primary election dies, withdraws, resigns, is disqualified, or is certified as incapacitated, the candidate who received the fifth most votes for the office will advance to the general election.

Each candidate may designate the political party or political group that the candidate is registered as affiliated with. A candidate's political party or political group designation on a ballot does not imply that the candidate is nominated or endorsed by the party or group or that the party or group approves of or associates with that candidate;

(2) special primary election, the pamphlet must contain the following statement written in bold in a conspicuous location, instead of the statement provided by (a)(13) of this section:

In each race, you may vote for any candidate listed. The four candidates who receive the most votes for a state office or United States senator will advance to the special election. However, if, after the special primary election and 64 days or more before the special election, one of the four candidates who received the most votes for a state office or United States senator at the primary election dies, withdraws, resigns, is disqualified, or is certified as incapacitated, the candidate who received the fifth most votes for the office will advance to the general election. Each candidate may designate the political party or political group that the candidate is registered as affiliated with. A candidate's political party or political group designation on a ballot does not imply that the candidate is nominated or endorsed by the party or group or that the party or group approves of or associates with that candidate.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.400 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.400
Preparation of voter list.
Status: in_force

The director shall prepare both a statewide list and a list by precinct of the names and addresses of all persons who voted in the election and their political party affiliation. Any person may obtain a copy of the list, or a part of the list, or a computer tape containing both residence and mailing addresses of voters, by applying to the director and paying to the state treasury a fee as determined by the director.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.040 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.040
Filing declaration by supreme court justice.
Status: in_force

Each justice seeking retention in office shall file with the director a declaration of candidacy for retention no later than August 1 before the general election at which approval or rejection is requisite.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.010 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.010
Election of governor and lieutenant governor.
Status: in_force

A governor and lieutenant governor shall be elected at the general election in 1962 and every four years thereafter.
Alaska Stat. § 15.50.080 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.50 / Section 15.50.080
Certification of vote.
Status: in_force

If a majority of votes cast on the question are in the affirmative, the lieutenant governor shall so certify and shall issue the call for the convention.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.680 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.680
Statement of official subject to recall; display of grounds for and against recall.
Status: in_force

The director shall provide each election board in the state or in the senate or house district of the person subject to recall with at least five copies of the statement of the grounds for recall included in the application and at least five copies of the statement of not more than 200 words made by the official subject to recall in justification of the official's conduct in office. The person subject to recall may provide the director with the statement within 10 days after the date the director gave notification that the petition was properly filed. The election board shall post at least one copy of the statements for and against recall in a conspicuous place in the polling place.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.380 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.380
Review of petition.
Status: in_force

Within not more than 60 days of the date the petition was filed, the lieutenant governor shall review the petition and shall notify the committee whether the petition was properly or was improperly filed and at which election the proposition shall be placed on the ballot.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.211 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.211
Counting cross-district and certain write-in votes.
Status: in_force

(a) If a qualified voter of the state votes a ballot for a house district other than the house district in which the voter is registered, that person may vote only for (1) statewide ballot measures and questions;

(2) candidates for federal or statewide offices;

(3) candidates for the state senate if the voter's former residence and present residence are in the same senate district; and

(4) candidates for judicial retention if the voter's former residence and present residence are in the same judicial district.

(b) If a voter requested an absentee ballot and the proper absentee ballot was not sent to the voter, the votes cast by the voter on the ballot received which are for write-in candidates the voter could have voted for if the voter had received and voted the proper absentee ballot shall be counted.

(c) The director shall prepare and mail to each voter whose ballot was subject to partial counting under this section a summary of the reason that the challenge to the ballot was upheld and the ballot was subject to only a partial counting.

(d) The director shall mail the materials described in (c) of this section to the voter not later than (1) 10 days after completion of the review of ballots by the state review board for a primary election or a special primary election under AS 15.40.140 ;

(2) 60 days after certification of the results of a general or special election, other than a special primary election described in (1) of this subsection.

(e) In addition to mailing the materials under (d)(1) of this section, for a questioned voter whose questioned primary election ballot was partially counted, not later than the deadline set out in (d)(1) of this section, the director shall (1) determine whether, from the information obtained under AS 15.07.070 (h), the voter's name may be entered on the voter registration list;

(2) if the voter is eligible, register the voter in accordance with the information submitted by the voter under AS 15.07.070 (h); and

(3) confirm or deny the registration by written notice mailed to the voter.

(f) The director shall make available through a free access system to each voter whose ballot was subject to partial counting under this section a system to check to see whether the voter's ballot was partially counted and, if not counted, the reason why the ballot was not counted. The director shall make this information available through the free access system not less than (1) 10 days after certification of the results of a primary election or a special primary election under AS 15.40.140 ; and

(2) 30 days after certification of the results of a general or special election, other than a special primary election described in (1) of this subsection.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.280 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.280
Manner of notice.
Status: in_force

Notice to the referendum committee on any matter pertaining to the application and petition may be served on any member of the committee in person or by mail addressed to a committee member as indicated on the application.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.010 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.010
Persons who may vote absentee.
Status: in_force

At any election a qualified voter may vote an absentee ballot for any reason.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.030 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.030
Preparation of ballots, envelopes, and other material.
Status: in_force

The director shall provide ballots for use as absentee ballots in all districts. The director shall provide a secrecy sleeve in which the voter shall initially place the marked ballot, and shall provide an envelope with the prescribed voter's certificate on it, in which the secrecy sleeve with ballot enclosed shall be placed. The director shall prescribe the form of and prepare the voter's certificate, envelopes, and other material used in absentee voting. The voter's certificate shall include a declaration, for use when required, that the voter is a qualified voter in all respects, a blank for the voter's signature, a certification that the affiant properly executed the marking of the ballot and gave the voter's identity, blanks for the attesting official or witness, and a place for recording the date the envelope was sealed and witnessed. The envelope with the voter's certificate must include a notice that false statements made by the voter or by the attesting official or witness on the certificate are punishable by law.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.035 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.035
Printing of ballots and other material.
Status: in_force

The director may not be required to do business with a printing company while the company is involved in a labor dispute.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.050 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.050
General duty and standard for precinct boundary modification.
Status: in_force

The director shall modify the boundary of a precinct, and shall establish or abolish a precinct if the action serves the convenience of the voters and assures the efficient administration of election laws.