Alaska Stat. § 15.30.170 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.170
Purpose and intent.
Status: in_force

The purpose and intent in enacting AS 15.30.150  15.30.190 is to: (1) promote, protect, and defend the compelling interest of the citizens of this state in preventing corruption and the appearance of corruption among the federal legislative representatives of this state by limiting the number of terms in which any Senator or Representative may hold office;

(2) promote, protect, and defend the compelling interest of the citizens of this state in preserving the integrity of the ballot by ensuring, to the greatest extent permitted by law, competitive elections without the corrupting influence of special interests upon entrenched incumbents;

(3) promote, protect and defend the rights of the citizens of this state, guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, to vote for the candidates of their choice, and to stand for and hold elective office, by curtailing the effects of entrenched incumbency and freely permitting write-in candidacies;

(4) promote, protect, and defend the rights of the citizens of this state for equal protection of the laws, guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, by giving more of the citizens of this state the opportunity to stand for and hold elective office;

(5) ensure that when this measure does become operative, it is given the maximum retrospective effect permitted by applicable law in order to prevent the perpetuation of a professional, federal office-seeking and office-holding class.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.115 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.115
Disposition of cases involving corrupt practice.
Status: in_force

When a candidate or a nominee or the campaign treasurer of a candidate or a nominee is charged with a felony or misdemeanor described in this chapter as a corrupt practice, the case shall be promptly tried and the case shall be accorded a preferred status by the courts to ensure a speedy disposition of the matter.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.260 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.260
Placing ballot in ballot box by voter.
Status: in_force

When the voter has marked a ballot, the voter shall inform the election official. The ballot shall be deposited in the ballot box by the voter in the presence of the election official unless the voter requests the election official to deposit the ballot on the voter's behalf. Separate ballot boxes may be used for separate ballots.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.450 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.450
Certification of state ballot counting review.
Status: in_force

Upon completion of the state ballot counting review the director shall certify the person receiving the largest number of votes for the office for which that person was nominated or elected, as applicable, and shall certify the approval of a justice or judge not rejected by a majority of the voters voting on the question. The director shall issue to the elected candidates and approved justices and judges a certificate of their election or approval. The director shall also certify the results of a proposition and other question except that the lieutenant governor shall certify the results of an initiative, referendum, or constitutional amendment.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.180 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.180
Preparation of ballot title and proposition.
Status: in_force

(a) If the petition is properly filed, the lieutenant governor, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall prepare a ballot title and proposition. The ballot title shall, in not more than 25 words, indicate the general subject of the proposition. The proposition shall give a true and impartial summary of the proposed law. The total number of words used in the summary may not exceed the product of the number of sections in the proposed law multiplied by 50. In this subsection, section means a provision of the proposed law that is distinct from other provisions in purpose or subject matter.

(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 enact the proposed law.
Alaska Stat. § 15.50.070 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.50 / Section 15.50.070
Placing question of constitutional convention on ballot.
Status: in_force

If during any 10-year period a constitutional convention has not yet been held, and the question of holding a constitutional convention has not been placed before the voters, the lieutenant governor shall direct the director to place the question on the ballot for the next regular statewide general or primary election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.060 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.060
Unlawful interference with an election.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful interference with an election if the person (1) induces or attempts to induce an election official to fail in the official's duty by force, threat, intimidation, or offers of reward;

(2) intentionally changes, attempts to change, or causes to be changed an official election document including ballots, tallies, and returns;

(3) intentionally delays, attempts to delay, or causes to be delayed the sending of the certificate, register, ballots, or other materials whether original or duplicate, required to be sent by AS 15.15.370 ; or

(4) is contracted or employed by the state to print or reproduce in any manner an official ballot, and the person knowingly (A) personally appropriates, or gives or delivers to, or permits to be taken by anyone other than a person authorized by the director, official ballots; or

(B) prints or reproduces or has printed or reproduced official ballots in a form or with a content other than that prescribed by law or as directed by the director.

(b) Unlawful interference with an election is a class C felony.
Alaska Stat. § 15.10.107 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.10 / Section 15.10.107
Staff training.
Status: in_force

The director shall, before each primary election in even-numbered years, provide for a comprehensive training program for election officials, both the full-time members of the staff of the division of elections and those who are appointed as members of election boards under AS 15.10.120  15.10.140 and other temporary election employees. The director shall prepare and, not later than March 1, file with the lieutenant governor a plan that describes the comprehensive training program for election officials to be provided to those officials during that calendar year.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.120 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.120
Manner of signing and withdrawing name from petition.
Status: in_force

Any qualified voter may subscribe to the petition by printing the voter's name, a numerical identifier, and an address, by signing the voter's name, and by dating the signature. A person who has signed the initiative petition may withdraw the person's name only by giving written notice to the lieutenant governor before the date the petition is filed.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.075 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.075
Voters unaffiliated with a political party.
Status: in_force

The director shall consider a voter to be a voter registered as (1) nonpartisan and without a preference for a political party if the voter registers as nonpartisan on a voter registration form;

(2) undeclared if the voter (A) registers as undeclared on a voter registration form;

(B) fails to declare an affiliation with a political group or political party on a voter registration form; or

(C) declares an affiliation with an entity other than a political party or political group on a voter registration form; or

(3) other if the voter declares on a voter registration form an affiliation with a political group.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.010 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.010
Who may vote.
Status: in_force

The precinct election officials at any election shall allow a person to vote whose name is on the official registration list for that precinct and who is qualified under AS 15.05 . A person whose name is not on the official registration list shall be allowed to vote a questioned ballot.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.140 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.140
Independent expenditures for or against ballot proposition or question.
Status: reserved

(a) [Repealed, § 19 ch 36 SLA 2010.] (b) An independent expenditure for or against a ballot proposition or question (1) shall be reported in accordance with AS 15.13.040 and 15.13.100  15.13.110 and other requirements of this chapter; and

(2) may not be made if the expenditure is prohibited by AS 15.13.145 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.330 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.330
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 to 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. § 15.25.040 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.25 / Section 15.25.040
Manner and date of filing declaration.
Status: in_force

(a) The declaration is filed by either (1) the actual physical delivery of the declaration in person or by mail at or before 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, June 1 of the year in which a general election is held for the office; or

(2) reliable electronic transmission of a copy in substance of the statements made in paragraphs (1)  (5) of the declaration as required by AS 15.25.030 (a) at or before 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, June 1 of the year in which a general election is held for the office and also the actual physical delivery of the declaration containing paragraphs (1)  (16) as required by AS 15.25.030 (a) by mail that is received not more than 15 days after that time.

(b) If the postmark is illegible, a dated receipt from the post office where dispatched shall be acceptable as evidence of mailing. If June 1 is a Sunday or holiday, the deadlines for postmarking and receipt of the declaration shall be extended 24 hours in each instance.

(c) A candidate for a statewide office or a candidate for a district-wide office shall file either with the director or an election supervisor. If the candidate files the declaration with an election supervisor, the election supervisor shall immediately forward the declaration to the director.

(d) If the declaration filed under (a) of this section is not received within seven calendar days, the candidate shall be notified of nonreceipt. The candidate shall have the opportunity to refile the declaration with proof that a previous declaration has been filed in a timely manner and in accordance with law.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.530 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.530
Determination of tie votes.
Status: in_force

If after a recount and appeal two or more candidates tie in having the highest number of votes for the same office, the director shall notify the candidates who are tied. The director shall notify the candidates of a reasonably suitable time and place to determine the successful candidate by lot. After the determination has been made by lot, the director shall so certify.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.410 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.410
Term of elected senator.
Status: in_force

At the special election a state senator shall be elected to fill the remainder of the unexpired term and shall take office 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. § 15.80.005 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.80 / Section 15.80.005
Readability of certain election materials.
Status: in_force

(a) The policy of the state is to prepare a ballot proposition that is clear, concise, and easily readable. The form of each ballot proposition shall be scored under (c) of this section. The policy of the state is to prepare a ballot proposition that is scored at approximately 60.

(b) Each neutral summary prepared for the voter's pamphlet shall be scored under (c) of this section. The policy of the state is to prepare a neutral summary that is scored at approximately 60.

(c) A ballot proposition or neutral summary shall be scored using the following procedures: (1) disregard numbers;

(2) multiply the average sentence length in words by 1.015;

(3) multiply the average number of syllables for each 100 words by .846;

(4) subtract the total of (2) and (3) from 206.835.

(d) A court may not enjoin the conduct or results of an election for a failure to comply with (a) or (b) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.470 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.470
Provision and scope for use of recall.
Status: in_force

The governor, the lieutenant governor, and members of the state legislature are subject to recall by the voters of the state or the political subdivision from which elected.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.690 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.690
Certification of election results.
Status: in_force

If a majority of the votes cast on the question of recall favor the removal of the official, the director shall so certify and the office is vacant on the day after the date of certification.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.076 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.076
Authorized recipients of contributions.
Status: in_force

A contribution to a (1) candidate may be received only by (A) the candidate; or

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

(2) group may be received only by the group's campaign treasurer or a deputy treasurer.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.030 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.030
Unlawful interference with voting in the first degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful interference with voting in the first degree if the person (1) uses, threatens to use, or causes to be used force, coercion, violence, or restraint, or inflicts, threatens to inflict, or causes to be inflicted damage, harm, or loss, upon or against another person to induce or compel that person to vote or refrain from voting in an election;

(2) knowingly pays, offers to pay, or causes to be paid money or other valuable thing to a person to vote or refrain from voting in an election;

(3) solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept money or other valuable thing with the intent to vote for or refrain from voting for a candidate at an election or for an election proposition or question;

(4) violates AS 15.20.081 (a) by knowingly supplying or encouraging or assisting another person to supply to a voter an absentee ballot application form with a political party or group affiliation indicated if the voter is not already registered as affiliated with that political party or group, and the person has been previously convicted of unlawful interference with voting in the second degree under AS 15.56.035 (a)(5);

(5) knowingly designs, marks, or encourages or assists another person to design or mark an absentee ballot application in a manner that suggests choice of one ballot over another as prohibited by AS 15.20.081 (a), and the person has been previously convicted of unlawful interference with voting in the second degree under AS 15.56.035 (a)(6); or

(6) knowingly submits or encourages or assists another person to submit an absentee ballot application to an intermediary who could control or delay the submission of the application to the division of elections or who could gather data from the application form as prohibited by AS 15.20.081 (a), and the person has been previously convicted of unlawful interference with voting in the second degree under AS 15.56.035 (a)(7).

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

(c) Unlawful interference with voting in the first degree is a class C felony.

(d) For purposes of (a)(2) and (3) of this section, other valuable thing (1) includes (A) an entry in a game of chance in which a prize of money or other present or future pecuniary gain or advantage may be awarded to a participant wherein the total of the prizes offered is greater than $2 per participant with a maximum of $100; and

(B) government employment or benefits;

(2) does not include (A) materials having a nominal value bearing the name, likeness, or other identification of a candidate, political party, political group, party district committee, or organization, or stating a position on a ballot proposition or question;

(B) food and refreshments provided incidental to an activity that is nonpartisan in nature and directed at encouraging persons to vote, or incidental to a gathering in support of or in opposition to a candidate, political party, political group, party district committee, organization, or ballot question or proposition;

(C) care of the voter's dependents provided in connection with the absence of a voter from home for the purpose of voting;

(D) services provided by a person acting as a representative under AS 15.20.072 ;

(E) services provided by an election official as defined in AS 15.80.010 ; and

(F) transportation of a voter to or from the polls without charge.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.200 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.200
Registration supervision.
Status: in_force

The registration program is under the supervision of the director in accordance with AS 15.10.105 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.100 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.100
Registration officials.
Status: in_force

(a) A registration official shall be a qualified state voter and shall take an oath to honestly, faithfully, and promptly perform the duties of the office.

(b) Training for registration officials shall be provided by the director. On the completion of training, the director may require that officials demonstrate their competence by a test or other method.

(c) A registration official serves at the pleasure of the director. Each registration official shall be periodically evaluated by the director based on the completeness of the registration forms, timely filing of registration forms, and the voter registration activity attributed to the registration official.

(d) A registration official shall transmit completed voter registration forms to the election supervisor within five days following completion by the voter.
Alaska Stat. § 15.25.060 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.25 / Section 15.25.060
Preparation and distribution of ballots.
Status: in_force

The primary election ballots shall be prepared and distributed by the director in the manner prescribed for general election ballots except as specifically provided otherwise for the primary election. The director shall prepare and provide a primary election ballot that contains all of the candidates for elective state executive and state and national legislative offices and all of the ballot titles and propositions required to appear on the ballot at the primary election. The director shall print the ballots on white paper and place the names of all candidates who have properly filed in groups according to offices. The order of the placement of the names for each office shall be as provided for the general election ballot. Blank spaces may not be provided on the ballot for the writing or pasting in of names.
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.090 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.090
Duties of electors.
Status: in_force

After any vacancies have been filled, the electors shall proceed to cast their votes for the candidates for the office of President and Vice-President of the party that selected them as candidates for electors, or for the candidates for the office of President and Vice-President under AS 15.30.026 if the electors were named under AS 15.30.026 , and shall perform the duties of electors as required by the constitution and laws of the United States. The director shall provide administrative services and the Department of Law shall provide legal services necessary for the electors to perform their duties.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.460 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.460
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by any determination made by the lieutenant governor under AS 15.45.250  15.45.450 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. § 15.07.090 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.090
Voting after change of name; reregistration; amendment or transfer of registration.
Status: in_force

(a) A voter whose name is changed by marriage or court order may vote under the previous name, but a voter who desires to use a new name shall vote a questioned ballot.

(b) A voter shall reregister if the voter's registration is cancelled as provided in AS 15.07.130 . The reregistration is effective for the next election that occurs at least 30 days after the date of reregistration.

(c) The director shall transfer the registration of a voter from one precinct to another within a house district when requested by the voter. The request shall be made 30 or more days before the election day. The director shall transfer the registration of a voter from one house district to another when requested by the voter. The voter must reside in the new house district for at least 30 days in order to vote.

(d) A person who claims to be a registered voter, but for whom no evidence of registration in the precinct can be found, shall be granted the right to vote in the same manner as that of a questioned voter and the ballot shall be treated in the same manner. The ballot shall be considered to be a questioned ballot and shall be so designated. The director or the director's representative shall determine whether the voter is registered in the house district before counting the ballot. A voter who has failed to obtain a transfer as provided in (c) of this section shall vote a questioned ballot in the precinct in which the voter resides.
Alaska Stat. § 15.30.100 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.100
Compensation of electors.
Status: in_force

Each elector is entitled to receive from the state treasury the same per diem and travel expenses allowed members of the legislature.
Alaska Stat. § 15.50.110 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.50 / Section 15.50.110
Delegation by lieutenant governor.
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor may delegate the duties imposed on the lieutenant governor by AS 15.50.010  15.50.100 to the director.
Alaska Stat. § 15.25.050 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.25 / Section 15.25.050
Requirement of filing fee.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time the declaration is filed, each candidate shall pay a nonrefundable filing fee to the director. The filing fee for candidates for office of governor, lieutenant governor, United States senator, and United States representative is $100. The filing fee for candidates for office of state senator and state representative is $30.

(b) An indigent person as defined by regulations adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) may file a statement of indigency in the form prescribed by regulation in place of the filing fee required by this section.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.330 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.330
Qualification and confirmation of appointee.
Status: in_force

(a) The appointee shall meet the qualifications of a member of the legislature as prescribed in art. II, sec. 2, Constitution of the State of Alaska, and, if the predecessor in office was a member of a political party or political group at the time of the vacancy, (1) shall be a member of the same political party or political group as the predecessor in office; and (2) shall be subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature who are members of the same political party or political group as the predecessor in office and of the same house as was the predecessor in office. If the predecessor in office was not a member of a political party or political group at the time of the vacancy, or, if no other member of the predecessor's political party or political group is a member of the predecessor's house of the legislature, the governor may appoint any qualified person. If the appointee is not a member of a political party or political group, as provided in (b) of this section, the appointment is not subject to confirmation. If the appointee is a member of a political party or political group, the appointment is subject to confirmation as provided by (b) of this section for the confirmation of political party or political group appointees.

(b) A member of a political party or political group is a person who supports the political program of a political party or political group. The absence of a political party or political group designation after a candidate's name on an election ballot does not preclude a candidate from being a member of a political party or political group. Recognition of a candidate as a member of a political party or political group caucus of members of the legislature at the legislative session following the election of the candidate is recognition of that person's political party or political group membership for the purposes of confirmation under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.014 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.014
Campaign misconduct in the second degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of campaign misconduct in the second degree if the person (1) knowingly circulates or has written, printed, or circulated a letter, circular, or publication relating to an election, to a candidate at an election, or an election proposition or question without the name and address of the author appearing on its face;

(2) except as provided by AS 15.13.090 (b), knowingly prints or publishes an advertisement, billboard, placard, poster, handbill, paid-for television or radio announcement, or communication, as that term is defined in AS 15.13.400 , intended to influence the election of a candidate or outcome of a ballot proposition or question without the words paid for by followed by the name and address of the person paying for the advertising or communication and, if a candidate or group, with the name of the campaign chair;

(3) knowingly makes a communication, as that term is defined in AS 15.13.400 , (A) containing false factual information relating to a candidate for an election;

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

(C) that would provoke a reasonable person under the circumstances to a breach of the peace or that a reasonable person would construe as damaging to the candidate's reputation for honesty or integrity, or to the candidate's qualifications to serve if elected to office.

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

(c) Campaign misconduct in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.900 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.900
Optically scanned or electronically generated ballots.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, the director may adopt regulations that provide procedures for the tabulation of electronically generated ballots or optically scanned ballots, including procedures for (1) tests of the counting programs developed for each precinct tabulator to ensure that the system is functioning properly;

(2) security for the voting and tabulation of ballots;

(3) the transmission and accumulation of vote totals to assure the integrity of the vote counting process;

(4) observation by the public of the counting process in the regional offices; and

(5) the disposition of ballots.

(b) The state ballot counting review board established under AS 15.10.180 shall test the counting programs for the tabulation of electronically generated ballots or optically scanned ballots and certify their accuracy in accordance with the regulations adopted under (a) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 15.45.320 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.45 / Section 15.45.320
Preparation of petition.
Status: in_force

(a) The lieutenant governor shall prepare a sufficient number of sequentially numbered petitions to allow full circulation throughout the state. Each petition must contain (1) a copy of the act to be referred if the number of words included in both the formal and substantive provisions of the act is 500 or less;

(2) the statement of approval or rejection;

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

(4) an estimate of the cost to the state of voter approval or rejection of the act;

(5) an impartial summary of the subject matter of the act;

(6) the statement of warning prescribed in AS 15.45.330 ;

(7) 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

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

(b) Upon request of the referendum committee, the lieutenant governor shall report to the committee the number of persons who voted in the preceding general election.
Alaska Stat. § 15.13.067 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.13 / Section 15.13.067
Who may make expenditures.
Status: in_force

Only the following may make an expenditure that is not an independent expenditure in an election for candidates for elective office: (1) the candidate;

(2) an individual;

(3) a group that has registered under AS 15.13.050 ; and

(4) a nongroup entity that has registered under AS 15.13.050 .
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.560 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.20 / Section 15.20.560
Judgment of court.
Status: in_force

The judge shall pronounce judgment on which candidate was elected or nominated and whether the question or proposition was accepted or rejected. The director shall issue a new election certificate to correctly reflect the judgment of the court. If the court decides that the election resulted in a tie vote, the director shall immediately proceed to determine the election by lot as is provided by law. If the court decides that no candidate was duly elected or nominated, the judgment shall be that the contested election be set aside. The provisions of this section and AS 15.20.540 and 15.20.550 are not intended to limit or interfere with the power of the legislature to judge the election and qualifications of its members.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.160 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.160
Unlawful action.
Status: reserved

(a) Except as provided in AS 15.07.135 , a registration official may not refuse to register a person who is qualified to vote under provisions of AS 15.05.010 (1)  (3).

(b) A person knowingly lacking the qualifications of a voter may not register under AS 15.07.030 to vote.

(c) [Repealed, § 231 ch 100 SLA 1980.]
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.240 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.240
Voter assistance.
Status: in_force

A qualified voter needing assistance in voting may request an election official, a person, or not more than two persons of the voter's choice to assist. If the election official is requested, the election official shall assist the voter. If any other person is requested, the person shall state upon oath before the election official that the person will not divulge the vote cast by the person assisted.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.250 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.250
Disposition of spoiled ballot.
Status: in_force

If a voter improperly marks, damages, or otherwise spoils a ballot, the voter may request and the election board shall provide another ballot, with a maximum of three. The board shall record on the precinct register that there was a spoiled ballot and destroy the spoiled ballot immediately without examining it.
Alaska Stat. § 15.56.035 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.56 / Section 15.56.035
Unlawful interference with voting in the second degree.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful interference with voting in the second degree if the person (1) has an official ballot in possession outside of the voting room unless the person is an election official or other person authorized by law or local ordinance, or by the director or chief municipal elections official in a local election;

(2) makes, or knowingly has in possession, a counterfeit of an official election ballot;

(3) knowingly solicits or encourages, directly or indirectly, a registered voter who is no longer qualified to vote under AS 15.05.010 , to vote in an election;

(4) as a registration official (A) knowingly refuses to register a person who is entitled to register under AS 15.07.030 ; or

(B) accepts a fee from an applicant applying for registration;

(5) violates AS 15.20.081 (a) by knowingly supplying or encouraging or assisting another person to supply to a voter an absentee ballot application form with a political party or group affiliation indicated if the voter is not already registered as affiliated with that political party or group;

(6) knowingly designs, marks, or encourages or assists another person to design or mark an absentee ballot application in a manner that suggests choice of one ballot over another as prohibited by AS 15.20.081 (a); or

(7) knowingly submits or encourages or assists another person to submit an absentee ballot application to an intermediary who could control or delay the submission of the application to the division of elections or who could gather data from the application form as prohibited by AS 15.20.081 (a).

(b) Violation of (a)(3) of this section is a corrupt practice.

(c) Unlawful interference with voting in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 15.07.180 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.07 / Section 15.07.180
Fees prohibited.
Status: in_force

A registration official may not accept a fee from an applicant applying for registration.
Alaska Stat. § 15.05.030 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.05 / Section 15.05.030
Loss and restoration of voting rights.
Status: in_force

(a) A person convicted of a crime that constitutes a felony involving moral turpitude under state or federal law may not vote in a state, federal, or municipal election from the date of the conviction through the date of the unconditional discharge of the person. Upon the unconditional discharge, the person may register under AS 15.07 .

(b) The commissioner of corrections shall establish procedures by which a person unconditionally discharged is advised of the voter registration requirements and procedures.
Alaska Stat. § 15.50.090 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.50 / Section 15.50.090
Time and manner of selecting delegates.
Status: in_force

Delegates to the convention shall be elected at the next statewide general election in the number and manner prescribed in the call for the convention by the lieutenant governor or as provided by law.
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.090 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.15 / Section 15.15.090
Designation of precinct polling place.
Status: in_force

The polling place shall be located within the precinct unless the election supervisor and the election board chairperson determine that a building located in an adjoining precinct is more suitable or convenient to the voters.
Alaska Stat. § 15.40.160 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.40 / Section 15.40.160
Proclamation.
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. § 15.30.026 — AK Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15.30 / Section 15.30.026
Qualifications for independent candidates for President of the United States; selection of candidate for Vice-President; selection of electors.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who desires to be an independent candidate for President of the United States must file with the director not earlier than January 1 of a presidential election year and not later than the 90th day before a presidential general election a petition signed by qualified voters of the state equal in number to at least one percent of the number of voters who cast ballots in an election under this chapter for President of the United States at the last presidential general election. The petition must state that the signers desire the named candidate for President of the United States to appear on the ballot as an independent candidate for president at the next succeeding presidential general election.

(b) In order to appear on the ballot, a candidate who has qualified for ballot status under (a) of this section shall certify the following information to the director on or before September 1 of the year of the presidential general election: (1) the names of the electors for the independent candidate for President of the United States, equal to the number of senators and representatives to which the state is entitled in Congress;

(2) the name of a candidate for Vice-President, selected by the independent candidate; and

(3) the name, Alaska mailing address, and signature of the candidate's state campaign chair, who must be a state resident.