Alaska Stat. § 15.13.400 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.400
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, (1) candidate (A) means an individual who files for election to the state legislature, for governor, for lieutenant governor, for municipal office, for retention in judicial office, or for constitutional convention delegate, or who campaigns as a write-in candidate for any of these offices; and

(B) when used in a provision of this chapter that limits or prohibits the donation, solicitation, or acceptance of campaign contributions, or limits or prohibits an expenditure, includes (i) a candidate's campaign treasurer and a deputy campaign treasurer;

(ii) a member of the candidate's immediate family;

(iii) a person acting as agent for the candidate;

(iv) the candidate's campaign committee; and

(v) a group that makes expenditures or receives contributions with the authorization or consent, express or implied, or under the control, direct or indirect, of the candidate;

(2) commission means the Alaska Public Offices Commission;

(3) communication means an announcement or advertisement disseminated through print or broadcast media, including radio, television, cable, and satellite, the Internet, or through a mass mailing, excluding those placed by an individual or nongroup entity and costing $500 or less and those that do not directly or indirectly identify a candidate or proposition, as that term is defined in AS 15.13.065 (c);

(4) contribution (A) means a purchase, payment, promise or obligation to pay, loan or loan guarantee, deposit or gift of money, goods, or services for which charge is ordinarily made, and includes the payment by a person other than a candidate or political party, or compensation for the personal services of another person, that is rendered to the candidate or political party, and that is made for the purpose of (i) influencing the nomination or election of a candidate;

(ii) influencing a ballot proposition or question; or

(iii) supporting or opposing an initiative proposal application filed with the lieutenant governor under AS 15.45.020 ;

(B) does not include (i) services provided without compensation by individuals volunteering a portion or all of their time on behalf of a political party, candidate, or ballot proposition or question;

(ii) ordinary hospitality in a home;

(iii) two or fewer mass mailings before each election by each political party describing members of the party running as candidates for public office in that election, which may include photographs, biographies, and information about the candidates;

(iv) the results of a poll limited to issues and not mentioning any candidate, unless the poll was requested by or designed primarily to benefit the candidate;

(v) any communication in the form of a newsletter from a legislator to the legislator's constituents, except a communication expressly advocating the election or defeat of a candidate or a newsletter or material in a newsletter that is clearly only for the private benefit of a legislator or a legislative employee;

(vi) a fundraising list provided without compensation by one candidate or political party to a candidate or political party; or

(vii) an opportunity to participate in a candidate forum provided to a candidate without compensation to the candidate by another person and for which a candidate is not ordinarily charged;

(5) dark money means a contribution whose source or sources, whether from wages, investment income, inheritance, or revenue generated from selling goods or services, is not disclosed to the public; notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a membership organization receives dues or contributions of less than $2,000 per person per year, the organization itself shall be considered the true source;

(6) electioneering communication means a communication that (A) directly or indirectly identifies a candidate;

(B) addresses an issue of national, state, or local political importance and attributes a position on that issue to the candidate identified; and

(C) occurs within the 30 days preceding a general or municipal election;

(7) expenditure (A) means a purchase or a transfer of money or anything of value, or promise or agreement to purchase or transfer money or anything of value, incurred or made for the purpose of (i) influencing the nomination or election of a candidate or of any individual who files for nomination at a later date and becomes a candidate;

(ii) use by a political party;

(iii) the payment by a person other than a candidate or political party of compensation for the personal services of another person that are rendered to a candidate or political party;

(iv) influencing the outcome of a ballot proposition or question; or

(v) supporting or opposing an initiative proposal application filed with the lieutenant governor under AS 15.45.020 ;

(B) does not include a candidate's filing fee or the cost of preparing reports and statements required by this chapter;

(C) includes an express communication and an electioneering communication, but does not include an issues communication;

(8) express communication means a communication that, when read as a whole and with limited reference to outside events, is susceptible of no other reasonable interpretation but as an exhortation to vote for or against a specific candidate;

(9) group means (A) every state and regional executive committee of a political party;

(B) any combination of two or more individuals acting jointly who organize for the principal purpose of influencing the outcome of one or more elections and who take action the major purpose of which is to influence the outcome of an election; a group that makes expenditures or receives contributions with the authorization or consent, express or implied, or under the control, direct or indirect, of a candidate shall be considered to be controlled by that candidate; a group whose major purpose is to further the nomination, election, or candidacy of only one individual, or intends to expend more than 50 percent of its money on a single candidate, shall be considered to be controlled by that candidate and its actions done with the candidate's knowledge and consent unless, within 10 days from the date the candidate learns of the existence of the group the candidate files with the commission, on a form provided by the commission, an affidavit that the group is operating without the candidate's control; a group organized for more than one year preceding an election and endorsing candidates for more than one office or more than one political party is presumed not to be controlled by a candidate; however, a group that contributes more than 50 percent of its money to or on behalf of one candidate shall be considered to support only one candidate for purposes of AS 15.13.070 , whether or not control of the group has been disclaimed by the candidate; and

(C) any combination of two or more individuals acting jointly who organize for the principal purpose of filing an initiative proposal application under AS 15.45.020 or who file an initiative proposal application under AS 15.45.020 ;

(10) immediate family means the spouse, parent, child, including a stepchild and an adopted child, and sibling of an individual;

(11) independent expenditure means an expenditure that is made without the direct or indirect consultation or cooperation with, or at the suggestion or the request of, or with the prior consent of, a candidate, a candidate's campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer, or another person acting as a principal or agent of the candidate;

(12) individual means a natural person;

(13) issues communication means a communication that (A) directly or indirectly identifies a candidate; and

(B) addresses an issue of national, state, or local political importance and does not support or oppose a candidate for election to public office;

(14) nongroup entity means a person, other than an individual, that takes action the major purpose of which is to influence the outcome of an election, and that (A) cannot participate in business activities;

(B) does not have shareholders who have a claim on corporate earnings; and

(C) is independent from the influence of business corporations.

(15) outside-funded entity means an entity that makes one or more independent expenditures in one or more candidate elections and that, during the previous 12-month period, received more than 50 percent of its aggregate contributions from true sources, or their equivalents, who, at the time of the contribution, resided or had their principal place of business outside Alaska;

(16) person has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060 , and includes a labor union, nongroup entity, and a group;

(17) political party means any group that is a political party under AS 15.80.010 and any subordinate unit of that group if, consistent with the rules or bylaws of the political party, the unit conducts or supports campaign operations in a municipality, neighborhood, house district, or precinct;

(18) publicly funded entity means a person, other than an individual, that receives half or more of the money on which it operates during a calendar year from government, including a public corporation;

(19) true source means the person or legal entity whose contribution is funded from wages, investment income, inheritance, or revenue generated from selling goods or services; a person or legal entity who derived funds via contributions, donations, dues, or gifts is not the true source, but rather an intermediary for the true source; notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a membership organization receives dues or contributions of less than $2,000 per person per year, the organization itself shall be considered the true source.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.180 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.180
Names of absentee voters to be made available.
Status: in_force

The election supervisors and election officials shall have available for public inspection the names and addresses of persons who voted absentee.
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.180 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.180
Federal legislative candidates; ballot access.
Status: repealed

(a) Subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall take effect only when twenty-four (24) states, not including this state, have enacted and have in simultaneous effect statutes, state constitutional provisions, ordinances and other enactments having the force and effect of law, the operative dates of which may be contingent upon the enactment of similar statutes, constitutional provisions, ordinances or other enactments in any number of other states, which limit either ballot access of persons seeking federal legislative office, or the number of terms or years of federal legislative office a person may hold, or both, based upon a person's length of service in federal legislative office; provided, however, that when subsections (b) and (c) of this section have once taken effect, the subsequent repeal, amendment, deletion by means of a sunset provision, or judicial determination of unconstitutionality or invalidity of another state's statute, state constitutional provision, ordinance other enactment ineffective or void, shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of subsections (b) and (c) of this section, which shall remain in full force and effect until repealed or otherwise rendered ineffective under the law of this state.

(b) A person is not eligible to place or to have the person's name placed upon the ballot for election to the United States House of Representatives if, by the end of the then current term of office, the person will have served, or but for resignation would have served, as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing any portion or district of the State of Alaska during six or more of the previous twelve years.

(c) A person is not eligible to place or to have the person's name placed upon the ballot for election to the United States Senate if, by the end of the then current term of office, the person will have served, or but for resignation would have served, as a member of the United States Senate representing any portion or district of the State of Alaska during twelve or more of the previous eighteen years.

(d) The provisions of this section shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, be interpreted as having retrospective effect from and after the date of its enactment upon any member of the United States House of Representatives or United States Senate elected at the election held on November 8, 1994, or at any election held thereafter; provided, however, that years of service completed during a term of office which commenced prior to November 8, 1994 may not be included in determining previous years of service for the purposes of subsections (b) or (c) of this section.

(e) Nothing in AS 15.30.100  15.30.190 shall be construed as preventing or prohibiting any qualified voter of this state from casting a ballot for any person by writing the name of that person on the ballot, or from having such a ballot counted or tabulated, nor shall any provision of AS 15.30.100 15.30.190 be construed as preventing or prohibiting any person from standing or campaigning for any elective office by means of a write-in campaign.

(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing or prohibiting the name of any person from appearing on the ballot at any direct primary or general election unless that person is specifically prohibited from doing so by the provisions of this section and to that end any such prohibiting provisions shall be strictly construed.

(g) The members of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate representing any district or portion of Alaska are instructed to use their best efforts to attain such a limitation on terms nationwide.

(h) AS 15.30.150  15.30.190 shall take effect and be applicable to federal legislative candidates whose terms of office begin on or after January 1, 1995. Service prior to January 1, 1995 shall not be counted for the purpose of AS 15.30.150 15.30.190. In the event of conflict with (a) of this section, the provisions under (a) shall govern.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.200 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.200
Definition of decennial census of the United States and use of census numbers by redistricting board.
Status: in_force

(a) In art. VI, Constitution of the State of Alaska, reference to the official decennial census of the United States is a reference to the census enumeration used to establish apportionment among the several states.

(b) In adopting a redistricting plan under art. VI, Constitution of the State of Alaska, the redistricting board may not adjust the census numbers by using estimates, population surveys, or sampling for the purpose of excluding or discriminating among persons counted based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, occupation, military or civilian status, or length of residency.

(c) A qualified voter may bring an action in the superior court against the redistricting board to enforce the provisions of (b) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.025 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.025
Telephone campaign misconduct.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of telephone campaign misconduct if the person makes a statement about a candidate (1) as part of an organized telephone poll or organized series of calls to convince potential voters concerning the outcome of an election;

(2) that the person knows to be false; and

(3) that the person intends to affect the outcome of the election.

(b) Violation of this section is a corrupt practice. However, notwithstanding AS 15.20.540 , only a defeated candidate may contest the nomination or election of a person for violation of this section.

(c) Telephone campaign misconduct is a class A misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.070 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.070
Limitations on amount of political contributions.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual or group may make contributions, subject only to the limitations of this chapter and AS 24.45 , including the limitations on the maximum amounts set out in this section.

(b) An individual may contribute not more than (1) $500 per year to a nongroup entity for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of a candidate, to a candidate, to an individual who conducts a write-in campaign as a candidate, or to a group that is not a political party;

(2) $5,000 per year to a political party.

(c) A group that is not a political party may contribute not more than $1,000 per year (1) to a candidate, or to an individual who conducts a write-in campaign as a candidate;

(2) to another group, to a nongroup entity, or to a political party.

(d) A political party may contribute to a candidate, or to an individual who conducts a write-in campaign, for the following offices an amount not to exceed (1) $100,000 per year, if the election is for governor or lieutenant governor;

(2) $15,000 per year, if the election is for the state senate;

(3) $10,000 per year, if the election is for the state house of representatives; and

(4) $5,000 per year, if the election is for (A) delegate to a constitutional convention;

(B) judge seeking retention; or

(C) municipal office.

(e) This section does not prohibit a candidate from using up to a total of $1,000 from campaign contributions in a year to pay the cost of (1) attendance by a candidate or guests of the candidate at an event or other function sponsored by a political party or by a subordinate unit of a political party;

(2) membership in a political party, subordinate unit of a political party, or other entity within a political party, or subscription to a publication from a political party; or

(3) co-sponsorship of an event or other function sponsored by a political party or by a subordinate unit of a political party.

(f) A nongroup entity may contribute not more than $1,000 a year to another nongroup entity for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of a candidate, to a candidate, to an individual who conducts a write-in campaign as a candidate, to a group, or to a political party.

(g) Where contributions are made to a joint campaign for governor and lieutenant governor, (1) an individual may contribute not more than $1,000 per year; and

(2) a group may contribute not more than $2,000 per year.
Alaska Stat. § 15.58.090 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.58 / Section 15.58.090
Delegation by lieutenant governor.
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor may delegate the duties imposed by this chapter to the director.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.205 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.205
Time of district questioned ballot counting review.
Status: in_force

(a) On the second day following the day of the election, the election supervisor or the supervisor's designee, in the presence and with the assistance of the district questioned ballot counting board, shall review all voter certificates of questioned ballots received by that date. The review of questioned ballots shall continue at times designated by the election supervisor until completed.

(b) Counting of questioned ballots which have been reviewed shall begin on the third day following the day of the election and shall continue at times designated by the election supervisor until all questioned ballots reviewed and eligible for counting have been counted. The counting teams shall report the count to the district questioned ballot counting board.

(c) The district questioned ballot counting board may certify the questioned ballot totals as soon as the count is completed but no later than the 15th day following the election.

(d) Questioned ballots received after certification of the count shall be forwarded immediately to the director by the most expeditious service.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.050 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.050
Manner of notice.
Status: in_force

Notice to the initiative 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. § 15.07.135 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.135
Cancellation of registration of convicted persons.
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall make reasonable efforts to obtain the names of persons convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude. Promptly after receipt of evidence satisfactory to the director that a person has been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude, the director shall cancel the registration of the person.

(b) Upon presenting proof that a person whose registration was canceled under (a) of this section has been unconditionally discharged from custody, the person may register. The director shall make reasonable efforts to verify the unconditional discharge of persons applying for registration under this subsection.
Alaska Stat. § 15.58.060 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.58 / Section 15.58.060
Charges for space in pamphlet.
Status: in_force

(a) Each general election candidate shall pay to the lieutenant governor at the time of filing material under this chapter the following: (1) President or Vice-President of the United States, United States senator, United States representative, governor, lieutenant governor, supreme court justice, and court of appeals judge, $300 each;

(2) superior court judge and district court judge, $150 each;

(3) state senator and state representative, $100 each.

(b) Subject to the page limitation under AS 15.58.020 (a)(8), the state chair or executive committee of a political party shall pay to the lieutenant governor at the time of filing material under AS 15.58.040 $600 for each page purchased.

(c) There is no charge for statements and recommendations submitted by the judicial council or for statements advocating approval or rejection of a proposition submitted to the voters for approval.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.120 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.120
Appointment of election board.
Status: in_force

(a) An election supervisor shall appoint in each precinct within the election supervisor's district an election board composed of at least three qualified voters registered to vote in that precinct. If the election supervisor is unable to locate three qualified individuals registered to vote in that precinct who are willing and able to serve on the election board, the election supervisor may appoint any qualified individual registered to vote in the house district in which the precinct is located. If the election supervisor is unable to locate three qualified individuals registered to vote in the precinct or in the district who are willing and able to serve on the election board, the election supervisor may appoint any qualified individual registered to vote in this state. In addition to the three qualified voters registered to vote in the precinct, district, or state, an election supervisor may also appoint not more than two members of the youth vote ambassador program established in AS 15.10.108 to serve on a precinct election board.

(b) On or before April 15 in each regular election year, or at least 60 days before a special election, a party district committee or state party central committee of each political party may nominate two candidates for each election board. Nominations shall be presented in writing to the election supervisor for the district in which the precinct is located.

(c) An election supervisor shall appoint one nominee of the political party or political group with the largest number of registered voters at the time of the preceding gubernatorial election and one nominee of the political party or political group with the second largest number of registered voters at the time of the preceding gubernatorial election. However, the election supervisor may appoint a qualified person registered as a member of a third political party or political group or as a nonpartisan or undeclared voter if a party district committee or state party central committee of the party or group with the largest number of registered voters or the party or group with the second largest number of registered voters at the time of the preceding gubernatorial election fails to present the names prescribed by (b) of this section by April 15 of a regular election year or at least 60 days before a special primary election.

(d) An election supervisor shall appoint a chairperson for each election board within the election supervisor's district.

(e) When appointments to the election board have been accepted by the respective appointees, the election supervisor shall notify the director of the names and mailing addresses of the designated chairperson and other election board officials.

(f) For a municipal election in which voters cast ballots at polling places in their precincts, election boards shall be appointed by the appropriate municipality.
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.040 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.040
Requirement of party pledge.
Status: in_force

The party shall require from each candidate for elector a pledge that as an elector the person will vote for the candidates nominated by the party of which the person is a candidate.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.082 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.082
Limitations on expenditures.
Status: in_force

(a) A candidate or group may not make an expenditure in cash that exceeds $100 unless the candidate, or the campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer, obtains a written receipt from the person to whom the expenditure is made.

(b) A person, other than an individual exempt from reporting under AS 15.13.040 (h), may not make an expenditure unless the source of the expenditure has been disclosed as required by this chapter.

(c) If a candidate receives a contribution in the form of cash, check, money order, or other negotiable instrument and is subject to being reported to the commission under this chapter, the candidate may neither expend the contribution nor, in the case of a negotiable instrument, convert it to cash unless the candidate, campaign treasurer, or deputy campaign treasurer first records the following information for disclosure to the commission: (1) the name, address, principal occupation, and employer of the contributor; and

(2) the date and amount of the contribution.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.180 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.180
Appointment of state ballot counting review board.
Status: in_force

The director shall appoint two persons from the political party of which the governor is a member and two persons from the political party that received the second largest number of votes statewide in the preceding gubernatorial election to participate in the state ballot counting review. The director may appoint additional individuals to participate in the state ballot counting review. Appointees must be United States citizens. Each political party may present to the director a list of three or more names from which the director shall select the persons to represent the party. The list of names may be submitted in writing at least 30 days before the date of the election. The list of names shall be certified by the state chairperson of the political party or by the person authorized by the party bylaws to act in the absence of the chairperson.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.070 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.070
Election official misconduct in the first degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of election official misconduct in the first degree if while an election official, the person (1) intentionally fails to perform an election duty or knowingly does an unauthorized act with the intent to affect an election or its results;

(2) knowingly permits or makes or attempts to make a false count of election returns; or

(3) intentionally conceals, withholds, destroys, or attempts to conceal, withhold, or destroy election returns.

(b) Election official misconduct in the first degree is a class C felony.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.580 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.580
Circulation; prohibitions.
Status: in_force

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

(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. § 15.30.070 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.070
Place and time of meeting.
Status: in_force

The electors shall meet at the office of the director or other place designated by the director at 11:00 o'clock in the morning on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December following their election. If Congress fixes a different day for the meeting, the electors shall meet on the day designated by the Act of Congress.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.430 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.430
Display of act being referred.
Status: in_force

The director shall provide each election board with at least five copies of the act being referred, and the election board shall display at least one copy of the act in a conspicuous place in the room where the election is held.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.100 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.100
Approval or rejection of district judge.
Status: in_force

(a) Each district judge shall be subject to approval or rejection at the first general election held more than two years after the judge's appointment under the provisions of AS 22.15.170 . If approved, the judge shall thereafter be subject to approval or rejection in a like manner every fourth year.

(b) The district judge shall seek approval in the judicial district in which the judge was originally appointed, or in the district where the judge has served the major portion of the judge's term. The district judge shall designate on the declaration of candidacy the judicial district in which the judge was appointed, or the district where the judge has served the major portion of the judge's term.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.090 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.090
Notice of precinct boundary or polling place designation and modification.
Status: in_force

The director shall give full public notice if a precinct is established or abolished, if the boundaries of a precinct are designated, abolished, or modified, or if the location of a polling place is changed. Public notice must include (1) whenever possible, sending written notice of the change to each affected registered voter in the precinct;

(2) providing notice of the change (A) by publication once in a local newspaper of general circulation in the precinct; or

(B) if there is not a local newspaper of general circulation in the precinct, by posting written notice in three conspicuous places as close to the precinct as possible; at least one posting location must be in the precinct;

(3) posting notice of the change on the Internet website of the division of elections;

(4) providing notification of the change to the appropriate municipal clerks, community councils, tribal groups, Native villages, and village regional corporations established under 43 U.S.C. 1606 (Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act); and

(5) inclusion in the official election pamphlet.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.170 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.170
Disposition of ballots.
Status: in_force

Each absentee voting official shall transmit the dated envelopes containing the marked ballots by the most expeditious mail service to the election supervisor for the district. Upon receipt of the absentee ballots the election supervisor shall stamp on the envelope the date on which the ballot is received.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.020 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.020
Election of legislature.
Status: in_force

One-half of the members of the state senate and all members of the state house of representatives shall be elected at each general election in accordance with the apportionment articles of the Constitution of the State of Alaska.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.145 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.145
Temporary appointment of United States senator. [See revisor's note.]
Status: in_force

When a vacancy occurs in the office of United States senator, the governor may, at least five days after the date of the vacancy but within 30 days after the date of the vacancy, appoint a qualified individual to fill the vacancy temporarily until the results of the special election called to fill the vacancy are certified. If a special election is not called for the reasons set out in AS 15.40.140 , the individual shall fill the vacancy temporarily until the results of the next general election are certified.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.350 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.350
Procedure upon rejection.
Status: in_force

If an appointment is rejected, the governor, within 10 days, shall appoint another qualified person as provided in AS 15.40.330 , who shall also be subject to confirmation, as provided in that section.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.310 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.310
Bases of denial of certification.
Status: in_force

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

(2) there is an insufficient number of qualified sponsors; or

(3) more than 90 days have expired since the adjournment of the legislative session at which the act being referred was passed.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.100 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.100
Judicial review of precinct boundary.
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by a determination of precinct boundaries by the director may bring a civil action to have the determination reviewed in the superior court. If the action receives final determination within 40 days before the election, the director may not make the required modification in precinct boundaries until immediately after the election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.25.090 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.25 / Section 15.25.090
General procedure for conduct of primary election.
Status: in_force

Unless specifically provided otherwise, all provisions regarding the conduct of a general election shall govern the conduct of a primary election, including provisions concerning voter qualification; provisions regarding the duties, powers, rights, and obligations of the director, of other election officials, and of cities and organized boroughs; provision for notification of the election; provisions regarding payment of election expenses; provisions regarding employees being allowed time from work to vote; provisions for the counting, review, and certification of returns; provisions for the determination of tie votes and of recount, contests, and appeal; and provisions for absentee voting.
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.020 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.020
Number and manner of selecting candidates.
Status: in_force

Each political party shall select a number of candidates for electors of President and Vice-President of the United States equal to the number of senators and representatives to which the state is entitled in Congress. The candidates for electors shall be selected by the state party convention or in any other manner prescribed by the bylaws of the party. The chairperson and secretary of the state convention or any other party official designated by the party bylaws shall certify a list of the names of candidates for electors to the director on or before September 1 in presidential election years.
Alaska Stat. § 15.80.020 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.80 / Section 15.80.020
Short title.
Status: in_force

AS 15.05  AS 15.80 may be cited as the Alaska Election Code.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.160 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.160
Fee prohibited.
Status: in_force

A person may not receive a fee from the voter for attesting to any voter's certificate required in voting absentee.
Alaska Stat. § 15.25.020 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.25 / Section 15.25.020
Date of primary.
Status: in_force

The primary election is held on the third Tuesday in August of every even-numbered year.
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.050 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.050
Interpretation of votes cast for candidates for President and Vice-President.
Status: in_force

In voting for presidential electors, a vote marked for the candidates for President and Vice-President is considered and counted as a vote for the presidential electors of the party or for the presidential electors named under AS 15.30.026 , as appropriate.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.370 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.370
Filing of petition.
Status: in_force

The sponsors may file the petition (1) only if it is signed by qualified voters

(2) only within 90 days after the adjournment of the legislative session at which the act was passed; and (A) equal in number to 10 percent of those who voted in the preceding general election;

(B) resident in at least three-fourths of the house districts of the state; and

(C) who, in each of the house districts described in (B) of this paragraph, are equal in number to at least seven percent of those who voted in the preceding general election in the house district.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.210 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.210
Questioning of voters of suspect qualification.
Status: in_force

Every election official shall question, and every watcher and any other person qualified to vote in the precinct may question, a person attempting to vote if the questioner has good reason to suspect that the questioned person is not qualified under AS 15.05 . All questions regarding a person's qualifications to vote shall be made in writing setting out the reason the person has been questioned. A questioned person shall, before voting, subscribe to a declaration in a form provided by the director attesting to the fact that in each particular the person meets all the qualifications of a voter, is not disqualified, and has not voted at the same election, and certifying that the person understands that a false statement on the declaration may subject the person to prosecution for a misdemeanor under this title or AS 11 . After the questioned person has executed the declaration, the person may vote. If the questioned person refuses to execute the declaration, the person may not vote.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.065 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.065
Contributions.
Status: in_force

(a) Individuals, groups, nongroup entities, and political parties may make contributions to a candidate. An individual, group, or nongroup entity may make a contribution to a group, to a nongroup entity, or to a political party.

(b) A political party may contribute to a subordinate unit of the political party, and a subordinate unit of a political party may contribute to the political party of which it is a subordinate unit.

(c) Except for reports required by AS 15.13.040 and 15.13.110 and except for the requirements of AS 15.13.050 , 15.13.060, and 15.13.112  15.13.114, the provisions of AS 15.13.010  15.13.116 do not apply to limit the authority of a person to make contributions to influence the outcome of a ballot proposition. In this subsection, in addition to its meaning in AS 15.80.010 , proposition includes (1) an issue placed on a ballot to determine whether (A) a constitutional convention shall be called;

(B) a debt shall be contracted;

(C) an advisory question shall be approved or rejected; or

(D) a municipality shall be incorporated;

(2) an initiative proposal application filed with the lieutenant governor under AS 15.45.020 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.040 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.040
Preparation of other election materials.
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall prescribe the form of and prepare tinted sample ballots and all other materials, forms, and supplies required for the election.

(b) The director shall prepare and issue or make available with each sample ballot for a special election the statement provided for in AS 24.08.037 of the scope of each project included in a proposed general obligation bond issue creating a state debt for capital improvements that is submitted to the electorate for ratification under AS 15.15.030 (11). The statement of scope for each project shall be the same statement included in the authorization bill. When a ballot proposition is submitted to the voters at a primary or a special election, a statement the same as that provided for in the election pamphlet under AS 15.58.020 (a)(6) shall be made available with each sample ballot.

(c) The director shall provide materials, forms, and supplies for each polling place, including information regarding the date of the election and hours the polling place will be open, instructions on how to cast a questioned ballot, instructions for first-time voters who initially registered by mail, general information on voting rights, prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentation, and whom to contact to report violations.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.460 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.460
Tie votes.
Status: in_force

If two or more candidates tie in having the highest number of votes for the same office for which there is to be elected only one candidate, the director shall so notify the candidates who are tied. The director shall immediately proceed with the recount of votes in the manner provided by AS 15.20.430  15.20.530.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.140 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.140
Appointment of counters.
Status: in_force

The chairperson of the election board may appoint a team of counters to assist with the counting of the ballots in each precinct where the election supervisor considers it necessary. The appointments may be made from among the qualified voters in the precincts in which they reside, and may be made at any time before the completion of the precinct count. There shall be four counters on each counting team, no more than two of whom may be of the same political party.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.220 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.220
Voting Rights Act review and legal representation.
Status: in_force

(a) The independent legal counsel for the Redistricting Board provided for in art. VI, sec. 9, Constitution of the State of Alaska, shall (1) submit the board's redistricting plan for preclearance to the United States Department of Justice or the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under 42 U.S.C. 1973c; and

(2) defend the plan and board in all matters concerning redistricting until a final plan for redistricting and a proclamation of redistricting have been adopted and all challenges to them brought under art. VI, sec. 11, Constitution of the State of Alaska, have been resolved after final remand or affirmation; the board shall have sole discretion to enter a settlement agreement and control litigation strategy that affects the final proclamation issued under art. VI, sec. 10, Constitution of the State of Alaska.

(b) Nothing in this section denies or creates standing in the governor, the legislature, or another person to be a party to the proceedings described in subsection (a).

Article 3. Redistricting.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.070 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.070
Review of application for certification.
Status: in_force

Within 60 calendar days after the date the application is received, the lieutenant governor shall review the application and shall either certify it or notify the initiative committee of the grounds for denial.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.320 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.320
Condition and time for filling vacancy by appointment.
Status: in_force

When a vacancy occurs in the state legislature, the governor, within 30 days, shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy. However, if the remainder of the term of the predecessor in office will expire or if a vacancy in the state senate will be filled by a special election before the legislature will next meet, convene, or reconvene, the governor may not fill the vacancy.
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.150 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.150
Short title.
Status: in_force

AS 15.30.150  15.30.190 shall be known and may be cited as The Alaska Congressional Ballot Access Limitation Act of 1993.
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.010 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.010
Provision for selection of electors.
Status: in_force

Electors of President and Vice President of the United States are selected by election at the general election in presidential election years, in the manner and as determined by the ranked-choice method of tabulating votes described in AS 15.15.350  15.15.370.
Alaska Stat. § 15.50.025 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.50 / Section 15.50.025
Objection to proposed ballot title and proposition.
Status: in_force

A qualified voter, or the Legislature of the State of Alaska acting directly or through the legislative council, who believes that the proposed ballot title and proposition prepared by the lieutenant governor under AS 15.50.010 does not provide a true and impartial summary of the amendment proposed may, within 15 days of the date of mailing of the proposed ballot title and proposition to the members of the legislature, submit to the lieutenant governor a statement of objection to the proposed ballot title and proposition, giving the reasons for objection, and suggesting alternative language revising the wording of the title or proposition. The lieutenant governor shall consider any objection received before directing that the ballot containing the proposition be prepared by the director. Not more than 10 days after the deadline for receipt of objections, the lieutenant governor shall advise any person who submitted a statement of objection to the proposed ballot title and proposition of the lieutenant governor's final decision.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.020 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.020
Alaska Public Offices Commission.
Status: in_force

(a) There is created in the Department of Administration the Alaska Public Offices Commission consisting of five members. The governor shall appoint all members of the commission in the manner prescribed in (b) and (c) of this section, subject to confirmation by a majority of the legislature meeting in joint session.

(b) The governor shall appoint two members of each of the two political parties or political groups with the largest number of registered voters at the time of the most recent preceding general election at which a governor was elected. The two appointees from each of these two parties or groups shall be chosen from a list of four names to be submitted by the central committee of each party or group.

(c) The four members selected under (b) of this section shall, by a majority vote, nominate to the governor an individual to serve as the fifth member of the commission. The governor shall either appoint the nominee to the commission, or shall reject the nominee and request those four members to nominate another individual to serve as the fifth member of the commission.

(d) Members of the commission serve staggered terms of five years, or until a successor is appointed and qualifies. The terms of no two members who are members of the same political party or political group may expire in consecutive years. A member may not serve more than one term. However, a person appointed to fill the unexpired term of a predecessor may be appointed to a successive full five-year term.

(e) A member of the commission, during tenure, may not (1) hold or campaign for elective office;

(2) be an officer of a political party, political committee, or group;

(3) permit the member's name to be used, or make any contributions whatsoever, in support of or in opposition to a candidate or proposition or question that appears on any ballot in the state, including that of a municipality; however, contributions may be made to a candidate for the office of President of the United States;

(4) participate in any way in an election campaign or participate in or contribute to any political party; or

(5) lobby, employ, or assist a lobbyist.

(f) Members of the commission shall receive compensation of $50 a day while attending commission meetings and shall be entitled to travel expenses and per diem authorized by law for members of other boards and commissions.

(g) The members shall elect a chairperson. Three members of the commission constitute a quorum. A vacancy does not impair the powers of the remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the commission.

(h) A vacancy on the commission shall be filled through the appropriate appointing method for the position within 30 days after the occurrence of the vacancy. Except as provided in AS 39.05.080 (4), the appointee shall serve for the remaining term of the appointee's predecessor.

(i) The commission may employ an executive director and other employees it considers necessary. Neither the executive director nor an employee may have a vote.

(j) The commission shall establish an office, which may be called a regional office, in each senate district in the state to keep on file for public inspection copies of all reports filed with the commission by candidates for statewide office and by candidates for legislative office in that district; however, where one municipality contains more than one house district, only one commission office shall be established in that municipality. The regional office shall make all forms and pertinent material available to candidates. All reports shall be filed by candidates, groups, and individuals directly with the commission's central district office. The commission shall ensure that copies of all reports by statewide and legislative candidates in each senate district are forwarded promptly to that district or regional office.

(k) The commission shall ensure that copies of reports filed by candidates for municipal office are made available for public inspection in the appropriate municipality.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.290 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.290
Designation of sponsors.
Status: in_force

The qualified voters who subscribe to the application in support of the referendum are designated as sponsors. The referendum committee may designate additional sponsors by giving notice to the lieutenant governor of the names, addresses, and numerical identifiers of those so designated.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.030 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.030
Approval or rejection of supreme court justice.
Status: in_force

Each supreme court justice shall be subject to approval or rejection at the first general election held more than three years after the justice's appointment. If approved, the justice shall thereafter be subject to approval or rejection in a like manner every tenth year.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.220 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.220
General provisions for conduct of the special primary election and special election.
Status: in_force

Unless specifically provided otherwise, all provisions regarding the conduct of the primary election and general election shall govern the conduct of the special primary election and special election of the United States senator or United States representative, including provisions concerning voter qualifications; provisions regarding the duties, powers, rights, and obligations of the director, of other election officials, and of municipalities; provision for notification of the election; provision for payment of election expenses; provisions regarding employees being allowed time from work to vote; provisions for the counting, reviewing, and certification of returns; provisions for the determination of the votes and of recounts, contests, and appeal; and provision for absentee voting.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.201 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.201
Time of district absentee ballot counting review.
Status: in_force

(a) No less than seven days preceding the day of election, the election supervisor, in the presence and with the assistance of the district absentee ballot counting board, shall review all voter certificates of absentee ballots received by that date. The review of absentee ballots shall continue at times designated by the election supervisor until completed.

(b) Counting of absentee ballots that have been reviewed shall begin at 8:00 p.m., local time, on the day of the election at places designated by each election supervisor and shall continue until all absentee ballots reviewed and eligible for counting have been counted. The counting teams shall report the count of absentee ballots to the district absentee ballot counting board. An election supervisor or an election official may not count absentee ballots before 8:00 p.m., local time, on the day of the election. Counting of the absentee ballots shall continue at times designated by the election supervisor until all absentee ballots are counted.

(c) Not later than the 15th day following the day of the election, the district absentee ballot counting board shall certify the absentee ballot review.

(d) Absentee ballots received in the office of an election supervisor after the completion of the district absentee ballot counting review shall be forwarded immediately to the director by the most expeditious service.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.020 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.020
Filing application.
Status: in_force

An initiative 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. § 15.45.190 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.190
Placing proposition on ballot.
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor shall direct the director to place the ballot title and proposition on the election ballot of the first statewide general, special, special primary, or primary election that is held after (1) the petition has been filed;

(2) a legislative session has convened and adjourned; and

(3) a period of 120 days has expired since the adjournment of the legislative session.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.800 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.800
Voting by mail.
Status: in_force

(a) The director may conduct an election by mail if it is held at a time other than when the general, party primary, or municipal election is held.

(b) If the director conducts an election under (a) of this section by mail, the director shall send a ballot for each election described in (a) of this section to each person whose name appears on the official registration list prepared under AS 15.07.125 for that election. The director shall send ballots by first class, nonforwardable mail. The ballot shall be sent to the address stated on the official registration list unless (1) the voter has notified the director or an election supervisor of a different address to which the ballot should be sent; or

(2) the address on the official registration list has been identified as being an undeliverable address.

(c) If the director conducts an election under (a) of this section by mail, the director shall mail ballots under this section on or before the 22nd day before the election.

(d) The voter may cast the ballot under AS 15.20.081 (d)  (f).

(e) The director shall review ballots voted under this section under procedures established for the review of absentee ballots under AS 15.20.201 and 15.20.203. The director shall establish the schedule for counting ballots in an election conducted by mail.

Article 5. Voting Machines and Tally Systems.
Alaska Stat. § 15.80.008 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.80 / Section 15.80.008
Recognized political party status.
Status: in_force

(a) A political group that the director has not recognized as a political party may obtain recognized political party status if, on or before May 31 of the election year for which the political group seeks recognition, the political group (1) files an application with the director;

(2) submits bylaws to the director and the United States Department of Justice as required of political parties in AS 15.25.014 ; and

(3) meets the definition of a political party in AS 15.80.010 .

(b) The director shall verify that each political group seeking recognized political party status under (a) of this section and each recognized political party meets the definition of a political party in AS 15.80.010 .

(c) The director shall perform a verification described in (b) of this section at least once a month after the date of certification of the preceding general election, except that the director may suspend the monthly verifications on and after June 1 and before November 30 of a general election year. For purposes of (b) of this section, the director shall verify that the voters who have submitted registration forms to the division of elections are qualified under AS 15.05.010 and have declared affiliation with the political group or recognized political party for which the verification is performed.

(d) Within 10 days after a verification under (c) of this section, the director shall provide to a political group seeking recognized political party status under (a) of this section written notification when the political group has obtained recognized political party status.

(e) The director may not withdraw recognized political party status from a political group that no longer qualifies as a political party until after the first verification after a general election at which a governor was elected. The director shall notify the political group in writing of the withdrawal of recognition.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.195 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.195
Certain information in voter registration records confidential.
Status: in_force

(a) The following information set out in state voter registration records is confidential and is not open to public inspection: (1) the voter's age or date of birth;

(2) the voter's social security number, or any part of that number;

(3) the voter's driver's license number;

(4) the voter's voter identification number;

(5) the voter's place of birth;

(6) the voter's signature.

(b) In addition to the information in (a) of this section, a voter may elect in writing to keep the voter's residential address confidential and not open to public inspection if the voter provides a separate mailing address. However, notwithstanding an election under this subsection, a voter's residential address may be disclosed to (1) a watcher appointed under AS 15.10.170 and, in the case of a watcher appointed by an organization or group sponsoring or opposing an initiative, referendum, or recall group, authorized by the director;

(2) an observer of a recount provided under AS 15.20.440 (b) by a candidate, political party, or organized group having a direct interest in the recount; or

(3) the subject of a recall election if the voter voted in the recall election.

(c) Notwithstanding other provisions, and in compliance with federal law, information made confidential by this section may be released by the division (1) to a local, state, or federal government agency, including to the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010 or the child support enforcement agency of another state; the agency receiving information under this paragraph may use the information only for governmental purposes authorized under law;

(2) in compliance with a court order;

(3) to a person holding a writ of execution against the person or property of the voter;

(4) if the voter about whom information has been requested has provided written consent to the release; or

(5) to another state or an organized group of states for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy of the state's voter registration list prepared under AS 15.07.125 and the eligibility of persons on the list to vote in state elections, if the other state or organized group of states maintains the confidentiality of the information using information security management policies and procedures that comply with (A) the information security standards of the International Organization for Standardization; or

(B) a published information security standard used by the state and approved by the Department of Administration.

(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the release of a voter's voter ascension number if that information may be released under other provisions of law.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.100 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.100
Statement of warning.
Status: in_force

Each petition shall include a statement of warning that a person who signs a name other than the person's own on the petition, or who knowingly signs more than once for the same proposition at one election, or who signs the petition when knowingly not a qualified voter, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.018 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.018
Applicability of campaign misconduct provisions.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of AS 15.56.012 (a) and 15.56.016(a)(1), each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.

(b) When a person is convicted of violating AS 15.56.012 , in addition to imposition of a sentence as authorized by AS 12.55.015 , notwithstanding AS 12.55.015 (c), the court shall order suspension, for a period of one year, of any license held by the defendant that allows the defendant to do business in the state.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.030 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.030
Duties of the commission.
Status: in_force

The commission shall (1) develop and provide all forms for the reports and statements required to be made under this chapter, AS 24.45 , and AS 39.50 ;

(2) prepare and publish a manual setting out uniform methods of bookkeeping and reporting for use by persons required to make reports and statements under this chapter and otherwise assist all persons in complying with the requirements of this chapter;

(3) receive and hold open for public inspection reports and statements required to be made under this chapter and, upon request, furnish copies at cost to interested persons;

(4) compile and maintain a current list of all filed reports and statements;

(5) prepare a summary of each report filed under AS 15.13.110 and make copies of this summary available to interested persons at their actual cost;

(6) notify, by registered or certified mail, all persons who are delinquent in filing reports and statements required to be made under this chapter;

(7) examine, investigate, and compare all reports, statements, and actions required by this chapter, AS 24.45 , and AS 39.50 ;

(8) prepare and publish a biennial report concerning the activities of the commission, the effectiveness of this chapter, its enforcement by the attorney general's office, and recommendations and proposals for change; the commission shall notify the legislature that the report is available;

(9) adopt regulations necessary to implement and clarify the provisions of AS 24.45 , AS 39.50 , and this chapter, subject to the provisions of AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act); and

(10) consider a written request for an advisory opinion concerning the application of this chapter, AS 24.45 , AS 24.60.200  24.60.260, or AS 39.50 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.070 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.070
Procedure for registration.
Status: reserved

(a) The director may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) relating to the registration of voters consistent with the requirements of this section and federal law, including 42 U.S.C. 1973gg (National Voter Registration Act of 1993).

(b) To register by mail or by facsimile, scanning, or other electronic transmission approved by the director under AS 15.07.050 , the director, the area election supervisor, or a voter registration agency shall furnish, at no cost to the voter, forms prepared by the director on which the registration information required under AS 15.07.060 shall be inserted by the voter, by a person on behalf of the voter if that person is designated to act on behalf of the voter in a power of attorney, or by a person on behalf of the voter if the voter is physically incapacitated. The director may require proof of identification of the applicant as required by regulations adopted by the director under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). Upon receipt and approval of the completed registration forms, the director or the election supervisor shall forward to the voter an acknowledgment, and the voter's name shall immediately be placed on the master register. If the registration is denied, the voter shall immediately be informed in writing that registration was denied and the reason for denial. When identifying information has been provided by the voter as required by this chapter, the election supervisor shall forward to the voter a registration card.

(c) The names of persons submitting completed registration forms by mail that are postmarked at least 30 days before the next election, or submitting completed registration forms by facsimile or other electronic transmission approved by the director under AS 15.07.050 that are received at least 30 days before the next election, shall be placed on the official registration list for that election. If a registration form received by mail less than 30 days before an election does not have a legible and dated postmark, the name of the person submitting the form shall be placed on the official registration list for that election if the form was signed and dated by the person at least 30 days before the election and if the form is received by the director or election supervisor at least 25 days before the election. The name of a person submitting a completed registration form by mail or by facsimile or other electronic transmission that does not meet the applicable requirements of this subsection may not be placed on the official registration list for that election but shall be placed on the master register after that election.

(d) Qualified voters may register in person before a registration official or through a voter registration agency at any time throughout the year, except that a person registering within 30 days preceding an election is not eligible to vote at that election. Upon receipt and approval of the registration forms, the director or the election supervisor shall forward to the voter an acknowledgment in the form of a registration card, and the voter's name shall immediately be placed on the master register. Names of persons registering 30 or more days before an election shall be placed on the official registration list for that election.

(e) [Repealed, § 38 ch 116 SLA 1972.] (f) Incomplete or inaccurate registration forms may not be accepted. A person who submitted an incomplete or inaccurate registration form may register by reexecuting and resubmitting a registration form in person, by mail, or by facsimile or other electronic transmission approved by the director under AS 15.07.050 . The requirements of (c) or (d) of this section apply to a registration form resubmitted under this subsection. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an application made under AS 43.23.015 that contains the information required by AS 15.07.060 (a)(1)  (4) and (7)  (9), and an attestation that such information is true, shall not be deemed an incomplete registration form and shall be accepted in accordance with AS 15.07.070 (i).

(g) The director shall provide voter registration forms prepared under (b) of this section to voter registration agencies designated under AS 15.07.055 for distribution to the public.

(h) The director shall design the form of the voter's certificate appearing on the envelope that is used for voting an absentee in-person or questioned ballot so that all information required for registration by AS 15.07.060 (a) may be obtained from a voter who votes an absentee in-person or questioned ballot. If the voter voting an absentee in-person or questioned ballot has completed all information on the voter registration portion of the absentee in-person or questioned ballot voter's certificate, the director shall place the name of the voter on the official registration list.

(i) The division shall register voters who submit an application to receive a permanent fund dividend in accordance with (j)  (m) of this section.

(j) The division shall cooperate with the Department of Revenue under AS 43.23.101 to ensure that the permanent fund dividend application form furnished by the Department of Revenue under AS 43.23.015 allows an applicant, a person who is designated in a power of attorney to act on behalf of an applicant, or a person acting on behalf of a physically disabled applicant to submit voter registration information required under AS 15.07.060 (a)(1)  (4) and (7)  (9), and an attestation that such information is true. The director may require proof of identification of the applicant, if not already in the Department of Revenue's possession, as required by regulations adopted by the director under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).

(k) Upon receipt of the registration information, the director shall, as soon as practicable and in accordance with a schedule established by the director by rule, notify by United States mail and any other means authorized by the director, each applicant not already registered to vote at the address provided in the applicant's application (1) of the processes to (A) decline to be registered as a voter;

(B) maintain an existing voter registration or be newly registered at a valid place of residence not provided in the applicant's application; and

(C) adopt a political party affiliation; and

(2) that failure to respond to the notification shall constitute the applicant's consent to cancel any registration to vote in another jurisdiction.

(l) If an applicant does not decline to be registered as a voter within 30 calendar days after the director issues the notification, the application under AS 43.23.015 will constitute a completed registration form. The name of the applicant shall be placed on the master register if the director determines that the person is qualified to vote under AS 15.05.010 , and the director shall forward to the applicant a registration card. If registration is denied, the applicant shall immediately be informed in writing that registration was denied and the reason for denial.

(m) Any person who is not eligible to vote and who becomes registered under this provision through human or mechanical error shall not be found on that basis to have had the intent to unlawfully register to vote.
Alaska Stat. § 15.58.050 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.58 / Section 15.58.050
Information and recommendations on judicial officers.
Status: in_force

No later than August 7 of the year in which the state general election will be held, the judicial council shall file with the lieutenant governor a statement including information about each supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, superior court judge, and district court judge who will be subject to a retention election. The statement shall reflect the evaluation of each justice or judge conducted by the judicial council according to law and shall contain a brief statement describing each public reprimand, public censure, or suspension received by the judge under AS 22.30.011 (d) during the period covered in the evaluation. A statement may not exceed 600 words.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.150 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.150
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 initiative committee whether the petition was properly or improperly filed, and at which election the proposition shall be placed on the ballot.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.390 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.390
Election expenses.
Status: in_force

The director shall prescribe the manner of certifying, auditing, and paying election expenses, including the cost of giving notice, renting polling places, paying election officials, securing a ballot box, postage, and stationery, and obtaining similar election necessities.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.135 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.135
Withdrawal of candidacy; removal of name from general election ballot.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice of withdrawal of candidacy for retention for a supreme court justice, judge of the court of appeals, superior court judge, or district court judge must be in writing over the signature of the candidate.

(b) The name of a candidate for retention for supreme court justice, judge of the court of appeals, superior court judge, or district court judge must appear on the general election ballot unless notice under (a) of this section of withdrawal of candidacy is received by the director at least 64 days before the date of the general election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.410 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.410
Preparation of ballot title and proposition.
Status: repealed

(a) The lieutenant governor, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall prepare a ballot title and proposition upon determining that the petition is properly filed. The ballot title shall, in not more than 25 words, indicate the general subject area of the act. The proposition shall, in not more than 50 words for each section, give a true and impartial summary of the act being referred. In this subsection, section means each section of the Alaska Statutes created, amended, or repealed in the Act, and each section of the Act that does not create or amend codified law.

(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 reject the act referred.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.015 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.015
Moving from house district just before election.
Status: in_force

A person who meets all voter qualifications except the requirement in AS 15.05.010 (3) is qualified to vote by absentee ballot in the house district in which the person formerly resided if the person lived in that house district for at least 30 days immediately before changing residence, except that the 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.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.100 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.100
Expenditures before filing.
Status: in_force

A political campaign expenditure may not be made or incurred by a person in an election or by a person or group with the person's knowledge and on the person's behalf before the date upon which the person files for nomination for the office which the person seeks, except for personal travel expenses or for opinion surveys or polls. These expenditures must be included in the first report required under this chapter after filing for office.
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.030 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.030
Qualification of electors.
Status: in_force

Any qualified voter except a United States senator or representative or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States may be selected as a candidate for elector.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.520 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.520
Manner of notice.
Status: in_force

Notice on all matters pertaining to the application and petition may be served on any member of the recall committee in person or by mail addressed to a committee member as indicated on the application.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.170 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.170
Term of elected representative.
Status: in_force

At the special election, a United States representative shall be elected to fill the remainder of the unexpired term. The person elected shall take office on the date the United States house of representatives meets, convenes, or reconvenes following the certification of the results of the special election by the director.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.520 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.520
Provision for appeal to legislature or Congress.
Status: in_force

A candidate or persons who requested a recount, who have reason to believe an error has been made in the recount involving a candidate for the general election for the state legislature or Congress, may appeal to the chamber in which the candidate seeks membership in accordance with applicable rules of the legislature or Congress. Upon request of the legislature or Congress, 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.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.460 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.460
Determination of date of recount.
Status: in_force

If the director determines that the application is substantially in the required form, the director shall fix the date of the recount to be held within three days after the receipt of an application requesting a recount of the general election votes cast for the office of governor and lieutenant governor and within five days after the receipt of an application requesting a recount for any other office, question, or proposition.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.040 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.040
Restriction on precinct boundary modification.
Status: in_force

A precinct may not include territory lying within more than one house district. Whenever practicable, precinct boundaries shall conform to municipal boundaries.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.116 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.116
Disbursement of campaign assets after election.
Status: reserved

(a) A candidate who, after the date of the general, special, municipal, or municipal runoff election or after the date the candidate withdraws as a candidate, whichever comes first, holds unused campaign contributions shall distribute the amount held on February 1 for a general election or within 90 days after a special election. The distribution may only be made to (1) pay bills incurred for expenditures reasonably related to the campaign and the winding up of the affairs of the campaign, including a victory or thank you party, thank you advertisements, and thank you gifts to campaign employees and volunteers, and to pay expenditures associated with post-election fund raising that may be needed to raise funds to pay off campaign debts;

(2) make donations, without condition, to (A) a political party;

(B) the state's general fund;

(C) a municipality of the state; or

(D) the federal government;

(3) make donations, without condition, to organizations qualified as charitable organizations under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) if the organization is not controlled by the candidate or a member of the candidate's immediate family;

(4) repay loans from the candidate to the candidate's own campaign under AS 15.13.078 (b);

(5) repay contributions to contributors, but only if repayment of the contribution is made pro rata in approximate proportion to the contributions made using one of the following, as the candidate determines: (A) to all contributors;

(B) to contributors who have contributed most recently; or

(C) to contributors who have made larger contributions;

(6) establish a fund for, and from that fund to pay, attorney fees or costs incurred in the prosecution or defense of an administrative or civil judicial action that directly concerns a challenge to the victory or defeat of the candidate in the election;

(7) transfer all or a portion of the unused campaign contributions to an account for a future election campaign; a transfer under this paragraph is limited to (A) $50,000, if the transfer is made by a candidate for governor or lieutenant governor;

(B) $10,000, if the transfer is made by a candidate for the state senate;

(C) $5,000, if the transfer is made by a candidate for the state house of representatives; and

(D) $5,000, if the transfer is made by a candidate for an office not described in (A)  (C) of this paragraph;

(8) transfer all or a portion of the unused campaign contributions to a public office expense term account; a transfer under this paragraph is subject to the following: (A) the authority to transfer is limited to candidates who are elected to the state legislature;

(B) the public office expense term account established under this paragraph may be used only for expenses associated with the candidate's serving as a member of the legislature;

(C) all amounts expended from the public office expense term account shall be annually accounted for under AS 15.13.110 (a)(4);

(D) a transfer under this paragraph is limited to $5,000 multiplied by the number of years in the term to which the candidate is elected plus any accumulated interest; and

(E) unused campaign contributions transferred under this paragraph must be disposed of as provided in (2), (3), or (5) of this subsection at the end of the term of office immediately following the campaign for which the contributions were received; and

(9) transfer all or a portion of the unused campaign contributions to a municipal office account; a transfer under this paragraph is subject to the following: (A) the authority to transfer is limited to candidates who are elected to municipal office, including a municipal school board;

(B) the municipal office account established under this paragraph may be used only for expenses associated with the candidate's serving as mayor or as a member of the assembly, city council, or school board;

(C) all amounts expended from the municipal office account shall be annually accounted for under AS 15.13.110 (a)(4);

(D) a transfer under this paragraph is limited to $5,000; and

(E) unused campaign contributions transferred under this paragraph must be disposed of as provided in (2), (3), or (5) of this subsection at the end of the term of office immediately following the campaign for which the contributions were received.

(b) After a general, special, municipal, or municipal runoff election, a candidate may retain the ownership of one computer and one printer and of personal property, except money, that was acquired by and for use in the campaign. The current fair market value of the property retained, exclusive of the computer and printer, may not exceed $5,000. All other property shall be disposed of, or sold and the sale proceeds disposed of, in accordance with (a) or (c) of this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, (1) a candidate may (A) retain a bulk mailing permit that was paid for with campaign funds, and (B) use personal funds, campaign funds, or unused campaign contributions transferred to a public office expense term account under (a)(8) of this section to pay the continuing charges for the permit after the election; money used to continue the life of the permit is not considered to be a contribution under this chapter; in addition to any other use permitted under this chapter, during the candidate's term of office, the candidate may use the bulk mailing permit for mailings associated with service in the office to which the candidate was elected; during the candidate's term of office, if the candidate files a declaration of candidacy or the document necessary to permit the candidate to incur election-related expenses under AS 15.13.100 for the same or a different elective office, the candidate may also use the bulk mailing permit in that election campaign;

(2) a candidate may retain campaign photographs and use the photographs for any purpose associated with service in the office to which the candidate was elected;

(3) a candidate may retain seasonal greeting cards purchased with campaign funds; and

(4) campaign signs prepared for an election that has already taken place have no monetary value and may be retained or disposed of at the candidate's discretion.

(c) Property remaining after disbursements are made under (a)  (b) of this section is forfeited to the state. Within 30 days, the candidate shall deliver the property to the Department of Revenue. The Department of Revenue shall deposit any money received into the general fund and dispose of any other property in accordance with law.

(d) [Repealed, § 4 ch 44 SLA 2012.]
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.060 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.060
Campaign treasurers.
Status: in_force

(a) Each candidate and group shall appoint a campaign treasurer who is responsible for receiving, holding, and disbursing all contributions and expenditures, and for filing all reports and statements required by law. A candidate may be a campaign treasurer.

(b) Each group shall file the name and address of its campaign treasurer with the commission at the time it registers with the commission under AS 15.13.050 .

(c) Each candidate for state office shall file the name and address of the campaign treasurer with the commission, or submit, in writing, the name and address of the campaign treasurer to the director for filing with the commission, no later than 15 days after the date of filing the declaration of candidacy or the nominating petition. Each candidate for municipal office shall file the name and address of the campaign treasurer with the commission no later than seven days after the date of filing the declaration of candidacy or the nominating petition. If the candidate does not designate a campaign treasurer, the candidate is the campaign treasurer.

(d) In the case of the death, resignation, or removal of a campaign treasurer, the candidate shall appoint a successor as soon as practicable and file the successor's name and address with the commission within 48 hours of the appointment. The candidate is disqualified if found to have been in wilful violation of this subsection.

(e) A campaign treasurer may appoint as many deputy campaign treasurers as necessary. The candidate shall file the names and addresses of the deputy campaign treasurers with the commission.

(f) The candidate is responsible for the performance of the campaign treasurer, and any default or violation by the treasurer also shall be considered a default or violation by the candidate if the candidate knew or had reason to know of the default or violation.
Alaska Stat. § 15.05.010 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.05 / Section 15.05.010
Voter qualification.
Status: in_force

A person may vote at any election who (1) is a citizen of the United States;

(2) is 18 years of age or older;

(3) has been a resident of the state and of the house district in which the person seeks to vote for at least 30 days just before the election; and

(4) has registered before the election as required under AS 15.07 and is not registered to vote in another jurisdiction.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.440 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.440
Rejection of act.
Status: in_force

If a majority of the votes cast on the referendum proposition favor the rejection of the act referred, the act is rejected, and the lieutenant governor shall so certify. The act rejected by referendum is void 30 days after certification.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.290 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.290
Prohibiting the identification of ballots.
Status: in_force

While the polls are open, an election official may not open any ballot received from a voter, or mark a ballot by folding or otherwise so as to be able to recognize it, or otherwise attempt to learn how a voter marked a ballot, or allow the same to be done by another person.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.380 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.380
Conditions for part-term senate appointment and special election.
Status: in_force

If the vacancy is for an unexpired senate term of more than two years and five full calendar months, the governor shall call a special primary election and a special election by proclamation and the appointment shall expire on the date the state senate first convenes or reconvenes following the certification of the results of the special election by the director.
Alaska Stat. § 15.25.030 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.25 / Section 15.25.030
Declaration of candidacy.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who seeks to become a candidate in the primary election or a special primary election shall execute and file a declaration of candidacy. The declaration shall be executed under oath before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments and must state in substance (1) the full name of the candidate;

(2) the full mailing address of the candidate;

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

(4) the office for which the candidate seeks nomination;

(5) 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 placed after the candidate's name on the ballot;

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

(7) the date of the primary election or special primary election at which the candidate seeks nomination;

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

(9) that the candidate will meet the specific citizenship requirements of the office for which the person is a candidate;

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

(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 requests that the candidate's name be placed on the primary election or special primary election ballot;

(13) that the required fee accompanies the declaration;

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

(15) the manner in which the candidate wishes the candidate's name to appear on the ballot;

(16) if the candidacy is for the office of the governor, the name of the candidate for lieutenant governor running jointly with the candidate for governor; and

(17) if the candidacy is for the office of lieutenant governor, the name of the candidate for governor running jointly with the candidate for lieutenant governor.

(b) A person filing a declaration of candidacy under this section, other than a person subject to AS 24.60 who is filing a declaration for a state legislative office, shall simultaneously file with the director a statement of income sources and business interests that complies with the requirements of AS 39.50 . A person who is subject to AS 24.60 and is filing a declaration of candidacy for state legislative office shall simultaneously file with the director a disclosure statement that complies with the requirements of AS 24.60.200 .

(c) An incumbent public official, other than a legislator, who has a current statement of income sources and business interests under AS 39.50 on file with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, or an incumbent legislator who has a current disclosure statement under AS 24.60.200 on file with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, is not required to file a statement of income sources and business interests or a disclosure statement with the declaration of candidacy under (b) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.080 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.080
Election official misconduct in the second degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of election official misconduct in the second degree if while an election official, and while the polls are open, the person (1) opens a ballot received from a voter at an election, unless permitted by ordinance in a local election;

(2) marks a ballot by folding or otherwise so as to be able to recognize it;

(3) otherwise attempts to learn how a voter marked a ballot; or

(4) allows a person to do one of the acts prescribed by (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection.

(b) Election official misconduct in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 15.25.070 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.25 / Section 15.25.070
No write-in vote on primary ballot.
Status: in_force

A voter may not vote for a person whose name is not on the ballot. Votes cast for a person whose name is not on the ballot may not be counted, but writing in a candidate's name does not invalidate the entire ballot.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.250 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.250
Proclamation of special primary election and special election.
Status: in_force

The acting governor shall issue the proclamation calling the special primary election and special election at least 50 days before the special primary election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.300 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.300
Preparation for legislative redistricting.
Status: in_force

(a) There is created as an independent agency of the state the Redistricting Planning Committee. The committee shall be composed of five members. One member shall be appointed by the president of the senate, one member shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one member shall be appointed by the chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, and two members shall be appointed by the governor.

(b) Four members of the committee constitute a quorum to transact business. Meetings of the committee are subject to AS 44.62.310 .

(c) The committee may make necessary preparations and arrangements for the Redistricting Board provided for in art. VI, sec. 8, Constitution of the State of Alaska. The committee may arrange for office space for the board and its staff before the convening of the board, including the leasing of appropriate facilities and office equipment.

(d) The committee may compile or contract for the compilation of information necessary for the Redistricting Board to begin its work, including (1) paper maps or a computer data base received from the United States Bureau of the Census describing all units of census geography;

(2) a computer data base of election and voter registration information from the division of elections to assist the Redistricting Board in determining compliance with 42 U.S.C. 1973-1973l (Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended) and other statutory and constitutional requirements;

(3) information indicating the location of cultural, economic, geographic, demographic, and trade area factors in the state; and

(4) information or analysis of state and federal court decisions concerning reapportionment.

(e) The committee shall develop and issue a request for competitive sealed proposals to procure a computerized system that uses census data and maps to prepare plans for state senate and house districts in conformity with statutory and constitutional criteria and within applicable time constraints. The committee may award a contract for the acquisition of computer software and hardware and for the provision of computer services to the responsible and responsive offeror whose proposal is determined to be the most advantageous to the state, taking into consideration price and evaluation factors set out in the request for proposals. The computer system must be developed so that it is available for use by the Redistricting Board immediately upon the board's convening.

(f) The committee may seek assistance as necessary from the legislative council, the Department of Administration, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the Department of Law, and the division of elections.

(g) In the event that the committee is determined to be unlawful, the legislative council shall assume the committee's responsibilities and perform its duties as described in this section.

(h) In this section, committee means the Redistricting Planning Committee.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.400 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.400
Proclamation of special primary election and special election.
Status: in_force

The governor shall issue the proclamation calling the special primary election and special election at least 50 days before the special primary election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.620 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.620
Review of petition.
Status: in_force

Within 30 days of the date of filing, the director shall review the petition and shall notify the recall committee and the person subject to recall whether the petition was properly or improperly filed.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.465 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.465
Delegation by lieutenant governor.
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor may delegate the duties imposed upon the lieutenant governor by AS 15.45.250  15.45.460 to the director.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.225 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.225
Voter identification at polls.
Status: in_force

(a) Before being allowed to vote, each voter shall exhibit to an election official one form of identification, including (1) an official voter registration card, driver's license, state identification card, current and valid photo identification, birth certificate, passport, or hunting or fishing license; or

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

(b) An election official may waive the identification requirement if the election official knows the identity of the voter. The identification requirement may not be waived for voters who are first-time voters who initially registered by mail or by facsimile or other electronic transmission approved by the director under AS 15.07.050 , and did not provide identification as required in AS 15.07.060 .

(c) A voter who cannot exhibit a required form of identification shall be allowed to vote a questioned ballot.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.450 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.450
Insufficiency of application or petition.
Status: in_force

A referendum submitted to the voters may not be held void because of the insufficiency of the application or petition by which the submission was procured.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.320 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.320
Voters in line when polls close.
Status: in_force

Every qualified voter present and in line at the time prescribed for closing the polls may vote.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.165 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.165
Term of elected senator.
Status: in_force

At the special election, a United States senator shall be elected to fill the remainder of the unexpired term. The person elected shall take office on the date the United States Senate meets, convenes, or reconvenes following the certification of the results of the special election by the director.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.060 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.060
Approval or rejection of superior court judge.
Status: in_force

Each superior court judge shall be subject to approval or rejection at the first general election held more than three years after the judge's appointment. If approved, the judge shall thereafter be subject to approval or rejection in a like manner every sixth year.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.220 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.220
Administration of oaths.
Status: in_force

Any election official may administer to a voter any oath that is necessary in the administration of the election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.040 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.040
Voter misconduct in the first degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of voter misconduct in the first degree if the person (1) votes or attempts to vote in the name of another person or in a name other than the person's own;

(2) votes or attempts to vote more than once at the same election with the intent that the person's vote be counted more than once;

(3) intentionally makes a false affidavit, swears falsely, or falsely affirms under an oath required by this title;

(4) knowingly votes or solicits a person to vote after the polls are closed with the intent that the vote be counted.

(b) Voter misconduct in the first degree is a class C felony.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.440 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.440
State ballot counting review.
Status: in_force

The state ballot counting review shall begin as soon as practicable after the election is completed and not later than 16 days after an election and shall be continued until completed. The director may designate the hours each day during which the state ballot counting review board is to conduct its ballot counting review. The director shall close the review when the director is satisfied that no missing precinct certificate of election would, if received, change the result of the election. If no election certificate has been received from a precinct, the director may secure from the election supervisors and may count a certified copy of the duplicate election certificate of the precinct. If no election materials have been received, but election results have been received by telephone or radio, the director shall count the election results so received. If the director has reason to believe that a missing precinct certificate, if received, would affect the result of the election, the director shall await the receipt of the certificate until the close of business on the 15th day after the date of election. A certificate not actually delivered to the director by the close of business on the 15th day after the election may not be counted at the state ballot counting review.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.220 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.220
Adoption and effective date of proposed law.
Status: in_force

If a majority of the votes cast on the initiative proposition favor its adoption, the proposed law is enacted, and the lieutenant governor shall so certify. The act becomes effective 90 days after certification.
Alaska Stat. § 15.05.011 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.05 / Section 15.05.011
Qualifications of overseas voters.
Status: in_force

(a) A person residing outside the United States may register and vote absentee by qualifying under this section.

(b) Before registering a person under this section, the director shall determine that the person (1) was domiciled in the state immediately before leaving the United States;

(2) meets the qualifications established in AS 15.05.010 (1) and (2);

(3) has not established a domicile in another state, territory, or possession of the United States since leaving this state;

(4) is not registered to vote and has not voted in another state, territory, or possession of the United States since leaving this state;

(5) has a valid passport, card of identity and registration, or other identification issued under the authority of the United States Secretary of State, and identification complying with the requirements of this title.

(c) Lack of a place of abode in the state or lack of intent to return to the state does not disqualify a person who qualifies under (b) of this section.

(d) A person registered under this section may vote in a federal election in this state.

(e) Notwithstanding (b)(1) of this section, a person residing outside the United States may register and vote absentee if (1) the parent or legal guardian of the person was domiciled in the state immediately before leaving the United States; and

(2) the director determines that the person meets the requirements of (b)(2)  (5) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.530 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.530
Notice of the number of voters.
Status: in_force

The director, upon request, shall notify the recall committee of the official number of persons who voted in the preceding general election in the state or in the senate or house district of the official to be recalled.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.068 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.068
Expenditures and contributions by foreign-influenced corporations and foreign nationals.
Status: in_force

(a) A foreign-influenced corporation or foreign national may not, directly or indirectly, in connection with an election under this chapter, make a contribution or expenditure or make an express or implied promise to make a contribution or expenditure.

(b) The provisions of this section prohibit a foreign-influenced corporation or foreign national from making a contribution or expenditure in connection with a state election only to the extent (1) federal law prohibits the foreign-influenced corporation or foreign national from making a contribution or expenditure in connection with a state election; and

(2) permitted by federal law.

(c) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a foreign-influenced corporation may make a contribution to a person who makes covered expenditures or contributions if that person segregates contributions from foreign nationals and foreign-influenced corporations into a separate bank account that may not be used, directly or indirectly, to finance covered expenditures or contributions.

(d) In this section, when determining the percentage of a corporation's shares outstanding or equity owned by two or more foreign nationals, (1) ownership in a mutual or pension fund that holds securities is not a form of ownership or control in such securities unless the foreign national or foreign owner can exercise control or participate in the management of the fund;

(2) for privately held corporations, a corporation shall determine its percentage of foreign ownership at the time it obligates funds to make covered expenditures or contributions;

(3) a publicly held corporation shall determine whether it is a foreign-influenced corporation based on its aggregate foreign ownership percentage at the close of trading on the last business day of the calendar quarter preceding the date the corporation makes or obligates funds to make a covered expenditure or contribution, unless the corporation has actual knowledge of its foreign ownership percentage at the time it makes or becomes obligated to make the covered expenditure or contribution; for the purposes of this paragraph, the corporation shall rely on facts, including information (A) in the corporation's shareholder register;

(B) in possession of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or another governmental agency that is available to the general public;

(C) known to the corporation as a result of litigation, financing transactions, or proxies voted at annual or other meetings; and

(D) known to the corporation from another source.

(e) In this section, (1) corporation means any corporation, company, limited liability company, limited partnership, business trust, business association, or other similar entity;

(2) covered expenditure means an independent expenditure, electioneering expenditure, or express communication, but does not include a media communication, membership communication, shareholder communication, or expenditure as defined in AS 15.13.400 ;

(3) election means any state or local election, including a special or runoff election;

(4) electioneering expenditure means a purchase or transfer of, or a promise or agreement to purchase or transfer, money or a thing of value to enable or facilitate the broadcast or other distribution of a communication that (A) clearly refers to a candidate for an election under (B) of this paragraph;

(B) occurs in a 60-day period immediately preceding a general, special, or runoff election or within the 30 days preceding a primary or preference election, or a convention or caucus of a political party legally permitted to nominate a candidate for an election under this chapter; and

(C) may be received by 500 or more persons in the jurisdiction the candidate seeks to represent;

(5) foreign-influenced corporation means a corporation for which (A) a foreign national or foreign owner holds, owns, controls, or has direct or indirect beneficial ownership of equity or voting shares in an amount equal to or greater than five percent of all corporate voting shares outstanding or all corporate equity;

(B) two or more foreign nationals or foreign owners combined hold, own, control, or have direct or indirect beneficial ownership of equity or voting shares in an amount equal to or greater than 20 percent of all corporate voting shares outstanding or all corporate equity; or

(C) a foreign national or foreign owner participates directly or indirectly in decisions relating to covered expenditures or contributions;

(6) foreign national means (A) an individual who is not a United States citizen or lawfully admitted for permanent residence under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20);

(B) a foreign government, every political subdivision of a foreign government, every official, agent, or representative of a foreign government, and every agency, corporation, or instrumentality of the foreign government or of a political subdivision of a foreign government;

(C) a person outside of the United States, unless it is established that the person is an individual and a citizen of and domiciled in the United States, or that the person is not an individual and is organized under or created by the laws of the United States or of any state or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and has its principal place of business in the United States; or

(D) a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons organized under the laws of or having its principal place of business in a foreign country;

(7) foreign owner means a person for whom a foreign national holds, owns, controls, or otherwise has directly or indirectly acquired beneficial ownership of equity or voting shares in a corporation in an amount equal to or greater than 50 percent of all corporate voting shares outstanding or all corporate equity;

(8) media communication means a communication (A) in a news story, commentary, or editorial distributed through the facilities of a radio station, television station, cable television system, or satellite system, newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication, unless the facilities are owned or controlled by a political party, political committee, or candidate; or

(B) that constitutes a public debate or forum that includes at least two opposing candidates for an office or one advocate and one opponent of an issue, or that solely promotes such a debate or forum and is made by or on behalf of the person sponsoring the debate or forum, provided that the staging organization (i) is a charitable organization that does not make other covered expenditures and does not otherwise support or oppose any political candidate, political party, ballot propositions or questions, or initiative proposals or is a newspaper, radio station, television station, cable television system, or satellite system, newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication, or other recognized news medium; and

(ii) does not structure the debate to promote or advance one candidate or issue position over another;

(9) membership communication means a direct and private communication between a membership organization or union and one or more members of the organization or union, if the membership organization or union (A) has members with authority to administer the membership organization or union;

(B) expressly states the qualifications and requirements for membership in articles, bylaws, or other formal organizational documents; and

(C) is not organized primarily for the purpose of making covered expenditures or influencing elections, ballot propositions, ballot questions, or ballot initiative proposals;

(10) shareholder communication means a direct and private communication between a corporation and shareholders, executives, or administrative personnel of the corporation.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.010 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.010
Applicability.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies (1) in every election for governor, lieutenant governor, a member of the state legislature, a delegate to a constitutional convention, or judge seeking judicial retention;

(2) to every candidate for election to a municipal office in a municipality with a population of more than 1,000 inhabitants according to the latest United States census figures or estimates of population certified as correct for administrative purposes by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development unless the municipality has exempted itself from the provisions of this chapter; a municipality may exempt its elected municipal officers from the requirements of this chapter if a majority of the voters voting on the question at a regular election, as defined by AS 29.71.800 (21), or a special municipality-wide election called for that purpose, votes to exempt its elected municipal officers from the requirements of this chapter; the question of exemption from the requirements of this chapter may be submitted by the governing body by ordinance or by initiative election.

(b) Except as otherwise provided, this chapter applies to contributions, expenditures, and communications made for the purpose of influencing the outcome of a ballot proposition or question as well as those made to influence the nomination or election of a candidate.

(c) This chapter does not prohibit a municipality from regulating by ordinance election campaign contributions and expenditures in municipal elections, or from regulating those campaign contributions and expenditures more strictly than provided in this chapter.

(d) This chapter does not limit the authority of a person to make contributions to influence the outcome of a voter proposition submitted to the public for a vote at a municipal election. In this subsection, in addition to its meaning under AS 15.13.065 (c), proposition means a municipal reclassification, proposal to adopt or amend a home rule charter, a unification proposal, a boundary change proposal, or the approval of an ordinance when approval by public vote is a requirement for the ordinance.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.270 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.270
Date of nominations.
Status: in_force

Candidates for the special election 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. § 15.07.120 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.120
Custody of registers.
Status: in_force

A master register shall at all times remain in the custody of the director. The person who is the area election supervisor shall likewise maintain a register of all voters within the precincts of the area house district that person supervises.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.490 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.490
Certification of results.
Status: in_force

If it is determined by recount that the plurality of votes was cast for a candidate, the director shall issue a certificate of election or nomination to the elected or nominated candidate as determined by the recount. If it is determined by the recount that a proposition or question should be certified as having received the required vote, the director shall so certify except that the lieutenant governor shall so certify if the proposition or question involves an initiative, a referendum, or a constitutional amendment.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.310 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.310
General provisions for conduct of the special primary election and special election.
Status: in_force

Unless specifically provided otherwise, all provisions regarding the conduct of the primary and general election shall govern the conduct of the special primary election and special election of the governor and lieutenant governor, including provisions concerning voter qualifications; provisions regarding the duties, powers, rights, and obligations of the director, of other election officials, and of municipalities; provision for notification of the election; provision for payment of election expenses; provisions regarding employees being allowed time from work to vote; provisions for the counting, reviewing, and certification of returns; provisions for the determination of the votes and of recounts, contests, and appeal; and provision for absentee voting.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.012 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.012
Campaign misconduct in the first degree.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in AS 15.56.014 and 15.56.016, a person commits the crime of campaign misconduct in the first degree if the person knowingly engages in conduct that violates a provision of AS 15.13 or a regulation adopted under authority of AS 15.13 .

(b) Violation of this section is a corrupt practice.

(c) Campaign misconduct in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.110 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.110
General duties and oath of election board.
Status: in_force

The election board shall supervise the election in the precinct. Before entering upon the duties of office, each election official shall take an oath to honestly, faithfully, and promptly perform the duties of office. Any appointed election official, including an appointed election official who has not personally subscribed to the oath, may administer the oath to another election official. The chairperson of the election board shall rotate the time at which election officials may be relieved for meals.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.053 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.053
Approval or rejection of a judge of the court of appeals.
Status: in_force

Each judge of the court of appeals shall be subject to approval or rejection at the first general election held more than three years after the judge's appointment. If approved, the judge is thereafter subject to approval or rejection in a like manner every eighth year.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.380 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.380
Payment of election board members.
Status: in_force

The director shall pay each election board member for time spent at election duties, including the receiving of instructions. Election board chairpersons and the chairperson and members of the absentee ballot, questioned ballot, and state ballot counting review boards shall be paid for time spent at their election duties. The director shall set the compensation to be paid under this section by regulation.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.064 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.064
Early voting.
Status: in_force

(a) For 15 days before an election and on election day, a qualified voter who meets the requirements set out in this section may vote in locations designated by the director.

(b) The election supervisor or other election official shall issue a ballot to the voter upon (1) exhibition of proof of identification as required in AS 15.15.225 ;

(2) verification that the voter's residence address appearing on the official registration list is current; and

(3) the voter's signing the early voting register.

(c) After the voter has marked the ballot, the voter shall place the ballot in the secrecy sleeve and inform the election supervisor or other election official. The voter shall deposit the ballot in the ballot box in the presence of the election supervisor or other election official unless the voter requests the election supervisor or other election official to deposit the ballot on the voter's behalf. The tabulation of early voting ballots may not begin before 8:00 p.m. prevailing time on election day.

(d) The director shall designate locations for early voting by June 1 of an election year.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.610 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.610
Filing of petition.
Status: in_force

A petition may not be filed within less than 180 days of the termination of the term of office of a state public official subject to recall. The sponsor may file the petition only if signed by qualified voters equal in number to 25 percent of those who voted in the preceding general election in the state or in the senate or house district of the official sought to be recalled.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.086 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.086
Authorized makers of expenditures.
Status: in_force

An expenditure (1) authorized by or in behalf of a candidate may be made only by (A) the candidate; or

(B) the candidate's campaign treasurer or a deputy campaign treasurer;

(2) authorized by AS 15.13.067 (3) by or in behalf of a group may be made only by the group's campaign treasurer.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.720 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.720
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by a determination made by the director under AS 15.45.470  15.45.710 may bring an action in the superior court to have the determination reviewed within 30 days of the date on which notice of determination was given.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.550 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.550
Jurisdiction and time for contest.
Status: in_force

The action may be brought in the superior court within 10 days after the completion of the state review.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.120 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.120
Requirement of filing fee for district court candidate.
Status: in_force

At the time the declaration is filed, each candidate for retention on the district court shall pay a filing fee of $30 to the director.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.510 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.510
Grounds for recall.
Status: in_force

The grounds for recall are (1) lack of fitness, (2) incompetence, (3) neglect of duties, or (4) corruption.
Alaska Stat. § 15.50.060 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.50 / Section 15.50.060
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided in the amendment, it becomes effective 30 days after certification.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.200 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.200
Display of proposed law.
Status: in_force

The director shall provide each election board with at least five copies of the proposed law being initiated, and the election board shall display at least one copy of the proposed law in a conspicuous place in the room where the election is held.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.910 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.910
Standards for voting machines and vote tally systems.
Status: in_force

The director may approve a voting machine or vote tally system for use in an election in the state upon consideration of factors relevant to the administration of state elections, including whether the Federal Election Commission has certified the voting machine or vote tally system to be in compliance with the voting system standards approved by the Federal Election Commission as required by 42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(5) (Help America Vote Act of 2002). The director may only approve a voting machine or vote tally system if the machine or system satisfies the requirements of AS 15.15.032 (c).
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.080 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.080
Time for opening and closing polls.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, on the day of any election, each election board shall open the polls for voting at seven o'clock in the morning, shall close the polls for voting at eight o'clock in the evening, and shall keep the polls open during the time between these hours. The election board members shall report to the polling place at 6:30 in the morning of an election day.

(b) On the day of any election that is not a general election, a primary election, a special election, or a federal election held under this title, the director shall require each election board to open the polls for voting at eight o'clock in the morning, shall close the polls for voting at eight o'clock in the evening, and shall keep the polls open during the time between these hours. The election board members shall report to the polling place one-half hour before the polls are to open on election day.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.170 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.170
Prohibition of political persuasion near election polls.
Status: in_force

During the hours the polls are open, a person who is in the polling place or within 200 feet of any entrance to the polling place may not attempt to persuade a person to vote for or against a candidate, proposition, or question. The election officials shall post warning notices at the required distance in the form and manner prescribed by the director.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.059 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.059
Placing name of judge of the court of appeals on ballot.
Status: in_force

The director shall place the name of a judge of the court of appeals 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. § 15.13.374 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.374
Advisory opinion.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person may request an advisory opinion from the commission concerning this chapter, AS 24.45 , AS 24.60.200  24.60.260, or AS 39.50 .

(b) A request for an advisory opinion (1) must be in writing or contained in a message submitted by electronic mail;

(2) must describe a specific transaction or activity that the requesting person is presently engaged in or intends to undertake in the future;

(3) must include a description of all relevant facts, including the identity of the person requesting the advisory opinion; and

(4) may not concern a hypothetical situation or the activity of a third party.

(c) Within seven days after receiving a request satisfying the requirements of (b) of this section, the executive director of the commission shall recommend a draft advisory opinion for the commission to consider at its next meeting.

(d) The approval of a draft advisory opinion requires the affirmative vote of four members of the commission. A draft advisory opinion failing to receive four affirmative votes of the members of the commission is disapproved.

(e) A complaint under AS 15.13.380 may not be considered about a person involved in a transaction or activity that (1) was described in an advisory opinion approved under (d) of this section;

(2) is indistinguishable from the description of an activity that was approved in an advisory opinion approved under (d) of this section; or

(3) was undertaken after the executive director of the commission recommended a draft advisory opinion under (c) of this section and before the commission acted on the draft advisory opinion under (d) of this section, if (A) the draft advisory opinion would have approved the transaction or activity described; and

(B) the commission disapproved the draft advisory opinion.

(f) Advisory opinion requests and advisory opinions are public records subject to inspection and copying under AS 40.25.100  40.25.295, except that, if a person requesting an advisory opinion requests that the person's name be kept confidential, the person's name shall be kept confidential and the commission shall redact the name of the requester from the request and from the advisory opinion before making the request and opinion public.
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.080 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.080
Filling of vacancies.
Status: in_force

If there is a vacancy caused by death, failure to attend, ineligibility, or other cause, and if available alternates have not been designated, the electors shall fill the vacancy by plurality vote.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.155 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.155
Restrictions on earned income and honoraria.
Status: in_force

(a) A candidate for the state legislature, for governor, or for lieutenant governor, including an individual campaigning as a write-in candidate for the office, may not (1) seek or accept compensation for personal services that involves payments that are not commensurate with the services rendered taking into account the higher rates generally charged by specialists in a profession; or

(2) accept a payment of anything of value, except for actual and necessarily incurred travel expenses, for an appearance or speech; this paragraph does not apply to the salary paid to the candidate for making an appearance or speech as part of the candidate's normal course of employment.

(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a candidate for the state legislature, for governor, or for lieutenant governor, including an individual campaigning as a write-in candidate for the office, may accept a payment for an appearance or speech if the appearance or speech is not connected with the individual's status as a state official or as a candidate.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.070 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.070
Filing declaration by superior court judge.
Status: in_force

Each judge 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. § 15.58.080 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.58 / Section 15.58.080
Distribution.
Status: in_force

(a) Not less than 22 days before the general election, the lieutenant governor shall mail to every registered voter one copy of the pamphlet prepared for the region in which the voter resides. Additional pamphlets may be obtained from the director, the office of the lieutenant governor, and the area election offices.

(b) The state library shall make a recording of the appropriate regional pamphlet available to a blind voter without cost. The lieutenant governor shall assist with the preparation of recording each regional pamphlet.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.080 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.080
Dates for designating precinct boundary.
Status: in_force

The director shall designate boundaries of an election precinct which has been established or modified, not later than 40 days before an election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.25.055 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.25 / Section 15.25.055
Removal of name from primary ballot.
Status: in_force

A candidate's name must appear on the primary election ballot unless notice of the withdrawal from the primary is received by the director at least 52 days before the date of the primary election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.490 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.490
Time of filing application.
Status: in_force

An application may not be filed during the first 120 days of the term of office of any state public official subject to recall.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.650 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.650
Calling special election.
Status: in_force

If the director determines the petition is properly filed and if the office is not vacant, the director shall prepare the ballot and shall call a special election to be held on a date not less than 60, nor more than 90, days after the date that notification is given that the petition was properly filed. If a primary or general election is to be held not less than 60, nor more than 90, days after the date that notification is given that the petition was properly filed, the special election shall be held on the date of the primary or general election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.50.030 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.50 / Section 15.50.030
Placing proposition on ballot.
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor shall direct the director to place the ballot title and proposition on the ballot for the next statewide general election held after the amendment proposed by the legislature or held 120 days after the amendment proposed by a constitutional convention. If there is insufficient time to permit the proposition to be placed on the regular ballot by the director, the lieutenant governor shall direct the director to prepare a separate ballot for the proposition.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.361 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.361
Stickers.
Status: in_force

Affixing stickers on a ballot in an election to vote for a write-in candidate is prohibited.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.190 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.190
Appointment, duties, and compensation of district counting boards.
Status: reserved

(a) Thirty days before the date of an election, the election supervisors shall appoint, in the same manner provided for the appointment of election officials prescribed in AS 15.10 , district absentee ballot counting boards and district questioned ballot counting boards, each composed of at least four members. At least one member of each board must be a member of the same political party or political group with the largest number of registered voters at the time of the preceding gubernatorial election, and at least one member of each board must be a member of the political party or political group with the second largest number of registered voters at the time of the preceding gubernatorial election. The district boards shall assist the election supervisors in counting the absentee and questioned ballots and shall receive the same compensation paid election officials under AS 15.15.380 .

(b) [Repealed, § 92 ch 82 SLA 2000.]
Alaska Stat. § 15.05.020 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.05 / Section 15.05.020
Rules for determining residence of voter.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of determining residence for voting, the place of residence is governed by the following rules: (1) A person may not be considered to have gained a residence solely by reason of presence nor may a person lose it solely by reason of absence while in the civil or military service of this state or of the United States or of absence because of marriage to a person engaged in the civil or military service of this state or the United States, while a student at an institution of learning, while in an institution or asylum at public expense, while confined in public prison, while engaged in the navigation of waters of this state or the United States or of the high seas, while residing upon an Indian or military reservation, or while residing in the Alaska Pioneers' Home or the Alaska Veterans' Home.

(2) The residence of a person is that place in which the person's habitation is fixed, and to which, whenever absent, the person has the intention to return. If a person resides in one place, but does business in another, the former is the person's place of residence. Temporary work sites do not constitute a dwelling place.

(3) A change of residence is made only by the act of removal joined with the intent to remain in another place. There can only be one residence.

(4) A person does not lose residence if the person leaves home and goes to another country, state, or place in this state for temporary purposes only and with the intent of returning.

(5) A person does not gain residence in any place to which the person comes without the present intention to establish a permanent dwelling at that place.

(6) A person loses residence in this state if the person votes in another state's election, either in person or by absentee ballot, and will not be eligible to vote in this state until again qualifying under AS 15.05.010 .

(7) The term of residence is computed by including the day on which the person's residence begins and excluding the day of election.

(8) The address of a voter as it appears on the official voter registration record is presumptive evidence of the person's voting residence. This presumption is negated only if the voter notifies the director in writing of a change of voting residence.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.540 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.540
Grounds for election contest.
Status: in_force

A defeated candidate or 10 qualified voters may contest the nomination or election of any person or the approval or rejection of any question or proposition upon one or more of the following grounds: (1) malconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of an election official sufficient to change the result of the election;

(2) when the person certified as elected or nominated is not qualified as required by law;

(3) any corrupt practice as defined by law sufficient to change the results of the election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.110 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.110
Provisions for election of United States senators.
Status: in_force

A United States senator shall be elected at the general election held in the year 1960 and at the general election every sixth year thereafter. A United States senator shall be elected at the general election held in the year 1962 and at the general election every sixth year thereafter.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.105 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.105
Division of elections; personnel rules.
Status: in_force

(a) The division of elections is created. The lieutenant governor shall control and supervise the division of elections. The lieutenant governor shall appoint a director of elections. The director shall act for the lieutenant governor in the supervision of central and regional election offices, the hiring, performance evaluation, promotion, termination, and all other matters relating to the employment and training of election personnel, and the administration of all state elections as well as those municipal elections that the state is required to conduct. The director is responsible for the coordination of state responsibilities under 42 U.S.C. 1973gg (National Voter Registration Act of 1993). The director serves at the pleasure of the lieutenant governor.

(b) It is essential that the nonpartisan nature, integrity, credibility, and impartiality of the administration of elections be maintained. To that end, (1) the director of elections, the election supervisors appointed under AS 15.10.110 , and the full-time members of the director's staff (A) may not join, support or otherwise participate in a partisan political organization, faction, or activity, including but not limited to the making of political contributions; and

(B) may not hold or campaign for elective office, be an officer of a political party or member or officer of a political committee, permit their name to be used, or make any contributions, in support of or in opposition to a candidate or a ballot proposition or question, participate in any way in a national, state, or local election campaign, or lobby or employ or assist a lobbyist;

(2) the full-time employees of the division of elections, except for the director of elections and the elections supervisors appointed under AS 15.10.110 , are subject to the personnel rules adopted under the authority of AS 39.25.150 (7), (15), and (16); and

(3) the director of elections, the election supervisors appointed under AS 15.10.110 , and the full-time members of the director's staff may, notwithstanding (1) of this subsection, express private opinion, register as to political party, and vote.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.110 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.110
Circulation of petition; prohibitions and penalty.
Status: reserved

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

(b) [Repealed, § 92 ch 82 SLA 2000.] (c) 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.

(d) 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.

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

(f) 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 (d);

(3) person has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.230 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.230
Providing ballot to voter.
Status: in_force

When the voter has qualified to vote, the election official shall give the voter an official ballot. The voter shall retire to a booth or private place to mark the ballot.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.190 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.190
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. § 15.20.480 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.480
Procedure for recount.
Status: in_force

In conducting the recount, the director shall review all ballots, whether the ballots were counted at the precinct or by computer or by the district absentee counting board or the questioned ballot counting board, to determine which ballots, or part of ballots, were properly marked and which ballots are to be counted in the recount, and shall check the accuracy of the original count, the precinct certificate, and the review. The director shall count absentee ballots received before the completion of the recount. For administrative purposes, the director may join and include two or more applications in a single review and count of votes. The rules in AS 15.15.360 governing the counting of ballots shall be followed in the recount when a ballot is challenged on the basis of a question regarding the voter's intent to vote for the candidate, proposition, or question. The ballots and other election material must remain in the custody of the director during the recount, and the highest degree of care shall be exercised to protect the ballots against alteration or mutilation. The recount shall be completed within 10 days. The director may employ additional personnel necessary to assist in the recount.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.112 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.112
Uses of campaign contributions held by candidate or group.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided, campaign contributions held by a candidate or group may be used only to pay the expenses of the candidate or group, and the campaign expenses incurred by the candidate or group, that reasonably relate to election campaign activities, and in those cases only as authorized by this chapter.

(b) Campaign contributions held by a candidate or group may not be (1) used to give a personal benefit to the candidate or to another person;

(2) converted to personal income of the candidate;

(3) loaned to a person;

(4) knowingly used to pay more than the fair market value for goods or services purchased for the campaign;

(5) used to pay a criminal fine;

(6) used to pay civil penalties; however, campaign contributions held by a candidate or group may be used to pay a civil penalty assessed under this chapter if authorized by the commission or a court after it first determines that (A) the candidate, campaign treasurer, and deputy campaign treasurer did not cause or participate in the violation for which the civil penalty is imposed and exercised a reasonable level of oversight over the campaign; and

(B) the candidate, campaign treasurer, and deputy campaign treasurer cooperated in the revelation of the violation and in its immediate correction; or

(7) used to make contributions to another candidate or to a group; however, it is not a violation of this paragraph if, in circumstances in which a candidate or group participates in a shared campaign activity, the candidate or group participating in the activity (A) uses campaign contributions of the candidate or group for payment of (i) all of the shared campaign activity expense; or

(ii) more than the candidate's or group's pro rata share of the activity expense; and

(B) receives, within seven days after payment of the expense, complete reimbursement of the amount of campaign contributions used for payments made on behalf of another candidate or group participating in the activity.

(c) A candidate may use up to a total of $1,000 in campaign contributions in a year to pay the cost of (1) attending, or paying the cost for guests of the candidate to attend, an event or other function sponsored by a political party or subordinate unit of a political party;

(2) membership in a political party, subordinate unit of a political party, or other entity within a political party, or subscription to a publication from a political party; and

(3) co-sponsorship of an event or other function sponsored by a political party or by a subordinate unit of a political party.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.110 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.110
Filing declaration by district judge.
Status: in_force

Each district judge 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. § 15.13.135 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.135
Independent expenditures for or against candidates.
Status: in_force

(a) An independent expenditure supporting or opposing a candidate for election to public office, except an independent expenditure made by a nongroup entity with an annual operating budget of $250 or less, shall be reported in accordance with AS 15.13.040 and 15.13.100  15.13.110 and other requirements of this chapter.

(b) A person who makes independent expenditures for a mass mailing, for distribution of campaign literature of any sort, for a television, radio, newspaper, or magazine advertisement, or any other communication that supports or opposes a candidate for election to public office

(1) shall comply with AS 15.13.090 ; and

(2) shall place the following statement in the mailing, literature, advertisement, or other communication so that it is readily and easily discernible:

This NOTICE TO VOTERS is required by Alaska law. (I/we) certify that this (mailing/literature/advertisement) is not authorized, paid for, or approved by the candidate.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.020 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.020
Date of general election.
Status: in_force

The general election is held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in every even numbered year.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.515 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.515
Designation of sponsors.
Status: in_force

The qualified voters who subscribe to the application in support of the recall are designated as sponsors. The recall committee may designate additional sponsors by giving notice to the lieutenant governor of the names, addresses, and numerical identifiers of those so designated.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.630 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.630
Bases for determining the petition was improperly filed.
Status: in_force

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

(2) the petition was filed within less than 180 days of the termination of the term of office of the official subject to recall.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.040 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.040
Time for registration.
Status: in_force

A person who is qualified under AS 15.05.010 (1)  (3) is entitled to register at any time throughout the year except that a person under 18 years of age may register at any time within 90 days immediately preceding the person's 18th birthday.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.560 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.560
Preparation of petition.
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall prepare a sufficient number of sequentially numbered petitions to allow full circulation throughout the state or throughout the senate or house district of the official sought to be recalled. Each petition must contain (1) the name and office of the person to be recalled;

(2) the statement of the grounds for recall included in the application;

(3) a statement of minimum costs to the state associated with certification of the recall application, review of the recall petition, and conduct of a special election, 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 recalling the official;

(5) the statement of warning required in AS 15.45.570 ;

(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 director to ensure proper handling and control.

(b) Upon request of the recall committee, the lieutenant governor shall report to the committee the number of persons who voted in the preceding general election in the state or in the district of the official sought to be recalled by the recall committee.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.420 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.420
Placing proposition on ballot.
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor shall direct the director to place the ballot title and proposition on the election ballot for the first statewide general, special, special primary, or primary election held more than 180 days after adjournment of the legislative session at which the act was passed.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.360 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.360
Term of appointed representative.
Status: in_force

If the vacancy is in the state house of representatives, the appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.041 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.041
Requirement of filing fee for supreme 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 supreme court is $100.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.180 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.180
Date of nominations.
Status: in_force

Candidates for the special election 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. § 15.15.330 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.330
Commencement of ballot count.
Status: in_force

When the polls are closed and the last vote has been cast in a hand-count precinct, the election board shall immediately proceed to open the ballot box and to count the votes cast. In all cases, the election board shall cause the count to be continued without adjournment until the count is complete.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.470 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.470
Requirement of notice.
Status: in_force

The director shall give the candidate or designated chairperson signing the application, the two or more persons appointed to represent the applicant during the recount, and other directly interested parties, notice of the time and place of the recount by certified mail, telephone, or facsimile.
Alaska Stat. § 15.50.040 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.50 / Section 15.50.040
Display of resolution.
Status: in_force

The director shall provide each election board with one copy of the resolution proposing the constitutional amendment by the legislature or by the convention, and the election board shall display the copy of the resolution in a conspicuous place in the room where the election is held.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.300 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.300
Time of review of application for certification.
Status: in_force

Within seven calendar days after the date the application is received, the lieutenant governor shall review the application and shall either certify it or notify the referendum committee of the grounds for denial.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.050 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.050
Registration before expenditure.
Status: in_force

(a) Before making an expenditure in support of or in opposition to a candidate or before making an expenditure in support of or in opposition to a ballot proposition or question or to an initiative proposal application filed with the lieutenant governor under AS 15.45.020 , each person other than an individual shall register, on forms provided by the commission, with the commission.

(b) If a group intends to support only one candidate or to contribute to or expend on behalf of one candidate 33 1/3 percent or more of its funds, the name of the candidate shall be a part of the name of the group. If the group intends to oppose only one candidate or to contribute its funds in opposition to or make expenditures in opposition to a candidate, the group's name must clearly state that it opposes that candidate by using a word such as opposes, opposing, in opposition to, or against in the group's name. Promptly upon receiving the registration, the commission shall notify the candidate of the group's organization and intent. A candidate may register more than one group to support the candidate; however, multiple groups controlled by a single candidate shall be treated as a single group for purposes of the contribution limit in AS 15.13.070 (b)(1).

(c) If a group intends to make more than 50 percent of its contributions or expenditures in support of or in opposition to a single initiative on the ballot, the title or common name of the initiative must be a part of the name of the group. If the group intends to make more than 50 percent of its contributions or expenditures in opposition to a single initiative on the ballot, the group's name must clearly state that the group opposes that initiative by using a word such as opposes, opposing, in opposition to, or against in the group's name.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.390 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.390
Civil penalty; late filing of required reports.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who (1) fails to register when required by AS 15.13.050 (a) or who fails to file a properly completed and certified report within the time required by AS 15.13.040 , 15.13.060(b)  (d), 15.13.110(a)(1), (3), or (4), (e), or (f) is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $50 a day for each day the delinquency continues as determined by the commission subject to right of appeal to the superior court. A person who fails to file a properly completed and certified report within the time required by AS 15.13.110 (a)(2) or 15.13.110(b) is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 a day for each day the delinquency continues as determined by the commission subject to right of appeal to the superior court;

(2) whether as a contributor or intermediary, delays in reporting a contribution as required by AS 15.13.040 (r) is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 a day for each day the delinquency continues as determined by the commission subject to right of appeal to the superior court;

(3) whether as a contributor or intermediary, misreports or fails to disclose the true source of a contribution in violation of AS 15.13.040 (r) or 15.13.074(b) is subject to a civil penalty of not more than the amount of the contribution that is the subject of the misreporting or failure to disclose; upon a showing that the violation was intentional, a civil penalty of not more than three times the amount of the contribution in violation may be imposed; these penalties as determined by the commission are subject to right of appeal to the superior court;

(4) violates a provision of this chapter, except as otherwise specified in this section, is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $50 a day for each day the violation continues as determined by the commission, subject to right of appeal to the superior court; and

(5) is assessed a civil penalty may submit to the commission an affidavit stating facts in mitigation; however, the imposition of the penalties prescribed in this section or in AS 15.13.380 does not excuse that person from registering or filing reports required by this chapter.

(b) When an administrative complaint has been filed under AS 15.13.380 , the commission shall give the respondent due notice and an opportunity to be heard. If, at the conclusion of the hearing, the commission determines that the respondent engaged in the alleged violation, the commission shall assess (1) civil penalties under (a) of this section;

(2) the commission's costs of investigation and adjudication; and

(3) reasonable attorney fees.

(c) The commission's determination under (b) of this section may be appealed to the superior court under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).

(d) When an action has been filed in the superior court under AS 15.13.380 , upon proof of the violation, the court shall enter a judgment in the amount of the civil penalty authorized to be collected by (a) of this section.

(e) If the commission or superior court finds that the violation was not a repeat violation or was not part of a series or pattern of violations, was inadvertent, was quickly corrected, and had no adverse effect on the campaign of another, the commission or the court may (1) suspend imposition of the penalties; and

(2) order the penalties set aside if the person does not engage in a similar violation for a period of one year.

(f) A party who has filed a civil action under AS 15.13.380 (1) is not entitled to trial by jury on the civil action;

(2) is not entitled to be represented by legal counsel at public expense.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.570 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.570
Statement of warning.
Status: in_force

Each petition must include a statement of warning that a person who signs a name other than the person's own to the petition, or who knowingly signs more than once for the same proposition at one election, or who signs the petition while knowingly not a qualified voter, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.280 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.280
Prohibiting the exhibition of marked ballots.
Status: in_force

Subject to AS 15.15.240 a voter may not exhibit the voter's ballot to an election official or any other person so as to enable any person to ascertain how the voter marked the ballot.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.110 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.110
Effect of certain convictions.
Status: in_force

(a) The election of a candidate to the state legislature or to municipal office who knowingly commits a corrupt practice or whose campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer knowingly commits a corrupt practice is voidable under this section.

(b) If a successful candidate or the campaign treasurer or the deputy campaign treasurer of a successful candidate for the state legislature or for a seat on a city council or borough assembly or for mayor is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor described in this chapter as a corrupt practice, the eligibility of the successful candidate to hold the office to which elected shall be determined as to (1) a member of the legislature under art. II, sec. 12, Constitution of the State of Alaska;

(2) a member of the borough assembly under AS 29.20.170 (6);

(3) a borough mayor under AS 29.20.280 (6);

(4) a member of the city council under AS 29.20.170 (6);

(5) a city mayor under AS 29.20.280 (6).
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.030 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.030
Uniform precinct boundaries required for state and local elections.
Status: in_force

The precinct boundaries established by the director shall be the boundaries for both state and local elections. The director by regulation adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) may authorize the combining, consolidation, or altering of precinct boundaries for local elections.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.170 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.170
Appointment and privileges of watchers.
Status: in_force

(a) The precinct party committee, where an organized precinct committee exists, or the party district committee where no organized precinct committee exists, or the state party chairperson where neither a precinct nor a party district committee exists, may appoint one or more persons as watchers in each precinct and counting center for any election. Each candidate may appoint one or more watchers for each precinct or counting center in the candidate's respective district or the state for any election. Any organization or organized group that sponsors or opposes an initiative, referendum, or recall may have one or more persons as watchers at the polls and counting centers after first obtaining authorization from the director. A state party chairperson, a precinct party committee, a party district committee, or a candidate may not have more than one watcher on duty at a time in any precinct or counting center. A watcher must be a United States citizen. The watcher may be present at a position inside the place of voting or counting that affords a full view of all action of the election officials taken from the time the polls are opened until the ballots are finally counted and the results certified by the election board or the data processing review board. The election board or the data processing review board may require each watcher to present written proof showing appointment by the precinct party committee, the party district committee, the organization or organized group, or the candidate the watcher represents.

(b) In addition to the watchers appointed under (a) of this section, in a primary election or special primary election or special election under AS 15.40.140 , each candidate may appoint one watcher in each precinct and counting center.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.480 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.480
Security of ballots.
Status: in_force

All official ballots in the possession of election officials, whether voted or not voted, shall be kept in a secure manner until destroyed in accordance with law. The director shall provide for the security of ballots during transportation and storage under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
Alaska Stat. § 15.50.020 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.50 / Section 15.50.020
Description of ballot title and proposition.
Status: in_force

The ballot title shall, in not more than six words, indicate the general subject of the act. The proposition shall, in not more than 100 words, give a true and impartial summary of the amendment proposed.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.470 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.470
General provision for conduct of the special primary election and special election.
Status: in_force

Unless specifically provided otherwise, all provisions regarding the conduct of the primary election and general election shall govern the conduct of the special primary election and special election of state senators, including provisions concerning voter qualifications; provisions regarding the duties, powers, rights, and obligations of the director, of other election officials, and of municipalities; provision for notification of the election; provision for payment of election expenses; provisions regarding employees being allowed time from work to vote; provisions for the counting, reviewing, and certification of returns; provisions for the determination of the votes and of recounts, contests, and appeal; and provision for absentee voting.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.480 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.480
Filing application.
Status: in_force

The recall of the governor, lieutenant governor, or a member of the state legislature is proposed by filing an application with the director. 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. § 15.20.072 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.072
Special needs voting.
Status: in_force

(a) A qualified voter with a disability who, because of that disability, is unable to go to a polling place to vote may vote a special needs ballot.

(b) The voter may, through a representative, request a special needs ballot from the following election officials at the times specified: (1) from an absentee voting official on or after the 15th day before an election, up to and including election day;

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

(3) from 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; or

(4) from a member of the precinct election board on election day.

(c) If the request for a special needs ballot is made through a representative, the representative shall sign a register provided by an election official. The register must include the following information: (1) the representative's name;

(2) the representative's residence and mailing address;

(3) the representative's social security number, voter identification number, or date of birth;

(4) the name of the voter on whose behalf the representative is requesting a ballot and voting materials;

(5) an oath that the representative (A) is receiving a ballot and voting materials on behalf of the voter;

(B) will not vote the ballot for the voter;

(C) will not coerce the voter;

(D) will not divulge the vote cast by the voter; and

(E) has been notified that unlawful interference with voting is punishable under AS 15.56.030 ;

(6) the representative's signature.

(d) The representative shall deliver the special needs ballot and other voting materials to the voter as soon as practicable. The voter shall mark the ballot in secret, place the ballot in the secrecy sleeve, and place the secrecy sleeve in the envelope provided. The voter shall provide the information on the envelope that would be required for absentee voting if the voter voted in person. The voter shall sign the voter's certificate in the presence of the representative. The representative shall sign as attesting official and date the voter's signature.

(e) The representative shall deliver the ballot and voter certificate to an election official not later than 8:00 p.m. Alaska time on election day.

(f) If a qualified voter's disability precludes the voter from performing any of the requirements of (d) of this section, the representative may perform those requirements, except making the voting decision, on the voter's behalf.

(g) The voter's employer, an agent of the voter's employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union may not act as a representative for the voter. A candidate for office at an election may not act as a representative for a voter in the election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.120 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.120
Provisions for election of United States representatives.
Status: in_force

A United States representative in Congress shall be elected from each congressional district at the general election in 1960 and at the general election every second year thereafter.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.270 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.270
Leaving polling place with ballot prohibited.
Status: in_force

A voter may not leave the polling place with the official ballot that the voter received to mark.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.140 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.140
Permitted use of unofficial ballots.
Status: in_force

(a) If the election board receives an insufficient number of official ballots or official election materials, it shall provide and the voters may use unmarked substitute ballots or other election materials to indicate the intent of the voter.

(b) The election board shall certify the facts which prevented the use of the official ballots and materials and shall include the certificate in the election returns to the director. The initial failure to certify to the facts or include the certificate required does not invalidate any ballots.

(c) On disclosure that unofficial ballots have been used without the certification required under (b) of this section, the director shall notify the chairperson of the election board by telephone or electronic transmission of the failure to certify the ballots properly.

(d) The director may accept a certificate made by electronic transmission and count the ballots if the certificate is proper and actually received by the director within 10 days after the date that the chairperson of the election board was notified under (c) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.066 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.066
Absentee voting by electronic transmission.
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall adopt regulations applicable to the delivery of absentee ballots by electronic transmission in a state election and to the use of electronic transmission absentee voting in a state election by qualified voters. The regulations must (1) require the voter to comply with the same time deadlines as for voting in person on or before the closing hour of the polls;

(2) ensure the accuracy and, to the greatest degree possible, the integrity and secrecy of the ballot process.

(b) An absentee ballot that is completed and returned by the voter by electronic transmission must (1) contain the following statement: I understand that, by using electronic transmission to return my marked ballot, I am voluntarily waiving a portion of my right to a secret ballot to the extent necessary to process my ballot, but expect that my vote will be held as confidential as possible, followed by the voter's signature and date of signature; and

(2) be accompanied by a statement executed under oath as to the voter's identity; the statement under oath must be witnessed by (A) a commissioned or noncommissioned officer of the armed forces of the United States;

(B) an official authorized by federal law or the law of the state in which the absentee ballot is cast to administer an oath; or

(C) an individual who is 18 years of age or older.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.360 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.360
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 15.45.335 ;

(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 15.45.340 (b);

(7) that the circulator has not violated AS 15.45.340 (c) 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. § 15.15.360 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.360
Rules for counting ballots.
Status: reserved

(a) The election board shall count ballots according to the following rules: (1) A voter may mark a ballot only by filling in, making X marks, diagonal, horizontal, or vertical marks, solid marks, stars, circles, asterisks, checks, or plus signs that are clearly spaced in the oval opposite the name of the candidate, proposition, or question that the voter desires to designate. In a general election, a voter may mark a ballot that requires the voter to vote for candidates in order of ranked preference by the use of numerals that are clearly spaced in one of the ovals opposite the name of the candidate that the voter desires to designate.

(2) A failure to properly mark a ballot as to one or more candidates does not itself invalidate the entire ballot.

(3) If a voter marks more names than there are persons to be elected to the office, the votes for candidates for that office may not be counted.

(4) The mark specified in (1) of this subsection shall be counted only if it is substantially inside the oval provided, or touching the oval so as to indicate clearly that the voter intended the particular oval to be designated.

(5) Improper marks on the ballot may not be counted and do not invalidate marks for candidates properly made.

(6) An erasure or correction invalidates only that section of the ballot in which it appears.

(7) A vote marked for the candidate for President or Vice-President of the United States is considered and counted as a vote for the election of the presidential electors.

(9) [Repealed, § 3 ch 10 SLA 2011.] (10) [Repealed, § 3 ch 10 SLA 2011.] (11) [Repealed, § 3 ch 10 SLA 2011.] (12) [Repealed, § 3 ch 10 SLA 2011.] (b) The rules set out in this section are mandatory and there are no exceptions to them. A ballot may not be counted unless marked in compliance with these rules.

(c) [Repealed, § 24 ch 113 SLA 2003.] (d) Write-in votes shall be counted according to the following rules: (1) writing in the name of a candidate whose name is printed on the ballot does not invalidate a write-in vote unless the director determines, on the basis of other evidence, that the ballot was so marked for the purpose of identifying the ballot;

(2) in order to vote for a write-in candidate, the voter must write in the candidate's name in the space provided and fill in the oval opposite the candidate's name in accordance with (a)(1) of this section;

(3) a vote for a write-in candidate, other than a write-in vote for governor and lieutenant governor, shall be counted if the oval is filled in for that candidate and if the name of the candidate, as it appears on the write-in declaration of candidacy, or the last name of the candidate is written in the space provided;

(4) if the write-in vote is for governor and lieutenant governor, the vote shall be counted if the oval is filled in and the names of the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, as they appear on the write-in declaration of candidacy, or the last names of the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, or the name of the candidate for governor, as it appears on the write-in declaration of candidacy, or the last name of the candidate for governor is written in the space provided;

(5) in counting votes for a write-in candidate, the director shall disregard any abbreviation, misspelling, or other minor variation in the form of the name of a candidate if the intention of the voter can be ascertained.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.150 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.150
Appeals from denial of registration.
Status: in_force

When a person is refused registration by a registration official, the official shall at the time of the refusal give to the registration applicant, in writing, the reason or reasons for the refusal. The person shall have the right to an immediate appeal to the area election supervisor, which appeal may be taken informally, and either verbally or in writing. When a voter is refused registration by an area election supervisor the action shall be reviewed by the superior court of the judicial district; the area election supervisor shall file a petition with the superior court for a judicial determination. If the petition is filed within 45 days before the date of a statewide election, the petition shall be given precedence over other matters pending before the court.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.072 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.072
Restrictions on solicitation and acceptance of contributions.
Status: in_force

(a) A candidate or an individual who has filed with the commission the document necessary to permit that individual to incur election-related expenses under AS 15.13.100 may not solicit or accept a contribution from (1) a person not authorized by law to make a contribution;

(2) an individual who is not a resident of the state at the time the contribution is made, except as provided in (e) of this section;

(3) a group organized under the laws of another state, resident in another state, or whose participants are not residents of this state at the time the contribution is made; or

(4) a person registered as a lobbyist if the contribution violates AS 15.13.074 (g) or AS 24.45.121 (a)(8).

(b) A candidate or an individual who has filed with the commission the document necessary to permit the individual to incur election-related expenses under AS 15.13.100 , or a group, may not solicit or accept a cash contribution that exceeds $100.

(c) An individual, or one acting directly or indirectly on behalf of that individual, may not solicit or accept a contribution (1) before the date for which contributions may be made as determined under AS 15.13.074 (c); or

(2) later than the day after which contributions may not be made as determined under AS 15.13.074 (c).

(d) While the legislature is convened in a regular or special legislative session, a legislator or legislative employee may not solicit or accept a contribution to be used for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election under this chapter unless (1) it is an election in which the legislator or legislative employee is a candidate and the contribution is for that legislator's or legislative employee's campaign;

(2) the solicitation or acceptance occurs during the 90 days immediately preceding that election; and

(3) the solicitation or acceptance occurs in a place other than the capital city or a municipality in which the legislature is convened in special session if the legislature is convened in a municipality other than the capital city.

(e) A candidate or an individual who has filed with the commission the document necessary to permit that individual to incur election-related expenses under AS 15.13.100 may solicit or accept contributions from an individual who is not a resident of the state at the time the contribution is made if the amounts contributed by individuals who are not residents do not exceed (1) $20,000 a calendar year, if the candidate or individual is seeking the office of governor or lieutenant governor;

(2) $5,000 a calendar year, if the candidate or individual is seeking the office of state senator;

(3) $3,000 a calendar year, if the candidate or individual is seeking the office of state representative or municipal or other office.

(f) A group or political party may solicit or accept contributions from an individual who is not a resident of the state at the time the contribution is made, but the amounts accepted from individuals who are not residents may not exceed 10 percent of total contributions made to the group or political party during the calendar or group year in which the contributions are received.

(g) A candidate or an individual who has filed with the commission the document necessary to permit that individual to incur election-related expenses under AS 15.13.100 for election or reelection to the office of governor or lieutenant governor may not solicit or accept a contribution in the capital city while the legislature is convened in a regular or special legislative session.

(h) A nongroup entity may solicit or accept contributions for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of a candidate from an individual who is not a resident of the state at the time the contribution is made or from an entity organized under the laws of another state, resident in another state, or whose participants are not residents of this state at the time the contribution is made. The amounts accepted by the nongroup entity from these individuals and entities for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of a candidate may not exceed 10 percent of total contributions made to the nongroup entity for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of a candidate during the calendar year in which the contributions are received.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.240 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.240
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by a determination made by the lieutenant governor under AS 15.45.010  15.45.220 may bring an action in the superior court to have the determination reviewed within 30 days of the date on which notice of the determination was given.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.500 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.500
Form of application.
Status: in_force

The application must include (1) the name and office of the person to be recalled;

(2) the grounds for recall described in particular in not more than 200 words;

(3) the printed name, the signature, the address, and a numerical identifier of qualified voters equal in number to 10 percent of those who voted in the preceding general election in the state or in the senate or house district of the official sought to be recalled, 100 of whom will serve as sponsors; each signature page must include a statement that the qualified voters signed the application with the name and office of the person to be recalled and the statement of grounds for recall attached; and

(4) the designation of a recall committee consisting of three of the qualified voters who subscribed to the application and shall represent all sponsors and subscribers in matters relating to the recall; the designation must include the name, mailing address, and signature of each committee member.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.040 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.040
Form of proposed bill.
Status: in_force

The proposed bill shall be in the following form: (1) the bill shall be confined to one subject;

(2) the subject of the bill shall be expressed in the title;

(3) the enacting clause of the bill shall be: Be it enacted by the People of the State of Alaska;

(4) the bill may not include subjects restricted by AS 15.45.010 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.58.010 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.58 / Section 15.58.010
Election pamphlet.
Status: in_force

Before each state general election, and before each state primary, special, or special primary election at which a ballot proposition is scheduled to appear on the ballot, the lieutenant governor shall prepare, publish, and mail at least one election pamphlet to each household identified from the official registration list. The pamphlet shall be prepared on a regional basis as determined by the lieutenant governor.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.100 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.100
Refusal to allow employees time off.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer commits the offense of refusal to allow employees time off if the employer refuses to allow an employee time off for the purpose of voting, or if, after allowing the time off, the employer deducts the time from the wages of the employee, except as provided in (b) of this section.

(b) An employee who 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 that regular working shift and the close of the polls, is considered to have sufficient time outside of working hours within which to vote.

(c) Refusal to allow employees time off to vote is a violation.
Alaska Stat. § 15.25.100 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.25 / Section 15.25.100
Placement of candidates on general election ballot.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (b) - (g) of this section, of the names of candidates that appear on the primary election ballot under AS 15.25.010 , the director shall place on the general election ballot only the names of the four candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for an office. For purposes of this subsection and (b) of this section, candidates for lieutenant governor and governor are treated as a single paired unit.

(b) If two candidates tie in having the fourth greatest number of votes for an office in the primary election, the director shall determine under (g) of this section which candidate's name shall appear on the general election ballot.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in (d) of this section, if a candidate nominated at the primary election dies, withdraws, resigns, becomes disqualified from holding office for which the candidate is nominated, or is certified as being incapacitated in the manner prescribed by this section after the primary election and 64 or more days before the general election, the vacancy shall be filled by the director by replacing the withdrawn candidate with the candidate who received the fifth most votes in the primary election.

(d) If the withdrawn, resigned, deceased, disqualified, or incapacitated candidate was a candidate for governor or lieutenant governor, the replacement candidate is selected by the following process: (1) if the withdrawn, resigned, deceased, disqualified, or incapacitated candidate was the candidate for governor, that candidate's lieutenant governor running mate becomes the candidate for governor, thereby creating a vacancy for the lieutenant governor candidate;

(2) when any vacancy for the lieutenant governor candidate occurs, the candidate for governor shall select a qualified running mate to be the lieutenant governor candidate and notify the director of that decision.

(e) The director shall place the name of the persons selected through this process as candidates for governor and lieutenant governor on the general election ballot.

(f) For a candidate to be certified as incapacitated under (c) of this section, a panel of three licensed physicians, not more than two of whom may be of the same party, shall provide the director with a sworn statement that the candidate is physically or mentally incapacitated to an extent that would, in the panel's judgment, prevent the candidate from active service during the term of office if elected.

(g) If the director is unable to make a determination under this section because the candidates received an equal number of votes, the determination may be made by lot under AS 15.20.530 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.35.055 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.35 / Section 15.35.055
Filing declaration by judge of the court of appeals.
Status: in_force

Each judge of the court of appeals 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. § 15.20.430 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.430
Authorization of recount application.
Status: in_force

(a) A defeated candidate or 10 qualified voters who believe there has been a mistake made by an election official or by the counting board in counting the votes in an election, may file an application within five days after the completion of the state review to the director for a recount of the votes from any particular precinct or any house district and for any particular office, proposition, or question. However, the application may be filed only within three days after the completion of the state review after the general election for a recount of votes cast for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. If there is a tie vote as provided in AS 15.15.460 , the director shall initiate the recount and give notice to the interested parties as provided in AS 15.20.470 .

(b) The date on which the director receives an application, rather than the date of mailing or transmission, determines whether the application is filed within the time allowed under (a) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.600 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.600
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 15.45.575 ;

(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 15.45.580 (b);

(7) that the circulator has not violated AS 15.45.580 (c) 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. § 15.13.145 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.145
Money of the state and its political subdivisions.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section, each of the following may not use money held by the entity to influence the outcome of the election of a candidate to a state or municipal office: (1) the state, its agencies, and its corporations;

(2) the University of Alaska and its Board of Regents;

(3) municipalities, school districts, and regional educational attendance areas, or another political subdivision of the state; and

(4) an officer or employee of an entity identified in (1)  (3) of this subsection.

(b) Money held by an entity identified in (a)(1)  (3) of this section may be used to influence the outcome of an election concerning a ballot proposition or question, but only if the funds have been specifically appropriated for that purpose by a state law or a municipal ordinance.

(c) Money held by an entity identified in (a)(1)  (3) of this section may be used (1) to disseminate information about the time and place of an election and to hold an election;

(2) to provide the public with nonpartisan information about a ballot proposition or question or about all the candidates seeking election to a particular public office.

(d) When expenditure of money is authorized by (b) or (c) of this section and is used to influence the outcome of an election, the expenditures shall be reported to the commission in the same manner as an individual is required to report under AS 15.13.040 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.440 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.440
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 in a declaration of candidacy under AS 15.25.030 , and include the fee required under AS 15.25.050 (a).
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.245 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.245
Delegation by lieutenant governor.
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor may delegate the duties imposed on the lieutenant governor by AS 15.45.010  15.45.240 to the director.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.700 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.700
Filling vacancy.
Status: in_force

A vacancy caused by a recall is filled as a vacancy caused by any other means is filled.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.140 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.140
Condition of calling special primary election and special election.
Status: in_force

When a vacancy occurs in the office of United States senator or United States representative, the 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 occurs, to be followed by a special election on the first Tuesday that is not a state holiday occurring not less than 60 days after the special primary election. However, in an election year in which a candidate for that office is not regularly elected, if the vacancy occurs on a date that is not less than 60 days, nor more than 90, before the date of

(1) the primary election, the special primary election shall be held on the date of the primary election with the subsequent special election to be held on the date of the general election; or

(2) the general election, the special primary election shall 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. § 15.45.060 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.060
Designation of sponsors.
Status: in_force

The qualified voters who subscribe to the application in support of the proposed bill are designated as sponsors. The initiative committee may designate additional sponsors by giving written notice to the lieutenant governor of the names, addresses, and numerical identifiers of those so designated.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.125 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.125
Appointment of additional election boards.
Status: in_force

In each precinct having 200 or more voters additional election boards may be appointed.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.140 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.140
Filing of petition.
Status: in_force

(a) The sponsors must file the initiative petition within one year from the time the sponsors received notice from the lieutenant governor that the petitions were ready for delivery to them. The petition may be filed with the lieutenant governor only if it meets all of the following requirements: it is signed by qualified voters (1) equal in number to 10 percent of those who voted in the preceding general election;

(2) resident in at least three-fourths of the house districts of the state; and

(3) who, in each of the house districts described in (2) of this subsection, are equal in number to at least seven percent of those who voted in the preceding general election in the house district.

(b) If the petition is not filed within the one-year period provided for in (a) of this section, the petition has no force or effect.
Alaska Stat. § 15.25.010 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.25 / Section 15.25.010
Provision for primary election.
Status: in_force

Candidates for the elective state executive and state and national legislative offices shall be nominated in a primary election by direct vote of the people in the manner prescribed by this chapter. The primary election does not serve to determine the nominee of a political party or political group but serves only to narrow the number of candidates whose names will appear on the ballot at the general election. Except as provided in AS 15.25.100 (d), only the four candidates who receive the greatest number of votes for any office shall advance to the general election.