A privacy glazing structure comprising: a first pane of transparent material having an inner face and an outer face, the first pane of transparent material having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge; a first electrode layer on the inner face of the first pane of transparent material, wherein the first electrode layer is offset on the inner face of the first pane of transparent material from the first side edge, the second side edge, the top edge, and the bottom edge of the first pane of transparent material a distance to provide an electrical isolation region on the inner face adjacent the first side edge, the second side edge, the top edge, and the bottom edge, the first electrode layer including a first contact portion extending from the second side edge of the first pane of transparent material to a remainder of the first electrode layer, wherein a bottommost edge of the first contact portion is spaced a first separation distance from the bottom edge of the first pane of transparent material; a second pane of transparent material having an inner face and an outer face, the second pane of transparent material having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge; a second electrode layer (220 on the inner face of the second pane of transparent material, the second electrode layer is offset on the inner face of the second pane of transparent material from the first side edge, the second side edge, the top edge, and the bottom edge of the second pane of transparent material a distance to provide an electrical isolation region on the inner face adjacent the first side edge, the second side edge, the top edge, and the bottom edge, the second electrode layer including a second contact portion (1080 extending from the first side edge of the second pane of transparent material to a remainder of the second electrode layer, wherein a bottommost edge of the second contact portion is spaced a second separation distance from the bottom edge of the second pane of transparent material; an electrically controllable optically active material (18 positioned between the first pane of transparent material and the second pane of transparent material; and a sash enclosing a perimeter of the privacy glazing structure, characterized in that the bottommost edge of the first contact portion and the bottommost edge of the second contact portion are each positioned above a portion of the sash enclosing the bottom edge of the first pane of transparent material and the bottom edge of the second pane of transparent material, such that any moisture entering the portion of the sash enclosing the bottom edge of the first pane of transparent material and the bottom edge of the second pane of transparent material does not wet the first contact portion or the second contact portion. a first pane of transparent material having an inner face and an outer face, the first pane of transparent material having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge; a first electrode layer on the inner face of the first pane of transparent material, wherein the first electrode layer is offset on the inner face of the first pane of transparent material from the first side edge, the second side edge, the top edge, and the bottom edge of the first pane of transparent material a distance to provide an electrical isolation region on the inner face adjacent the first side edge, the second side edge, the top edge, and the bottom edge, the first electrode layer including a first contact portion extending from the second side edge of the first pane of transparent material to a remainder of the first electrode layer, wherein a bottommost edge of the first contact portion is spaced a first separation distance from the bottom edge of the first pane of transparent material; a second pane of transparent material having an inner face and an outer face, the second pane of transparent material having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge; a second electrode layer (220 on the inner face of the second pane of transparent material, the second electrode layer is offset on the inner face of the second pane of transparent material from the first side edge, the second side edge, the top edge, and the bottom edge of the second pane of transparent material a distance to provide an electrical isolation region on the inner face adjacent the first side edge, the second side edge, the top edge, and the bottom edge, the second electrode layer including a second contact portion (1080 extending from the first side edge of the second pane of transparent material to a remainder of the second electrode layer, wherein a bottommost edge of the second contact portion is spaced a second separation distance from the bottom edge of the second pane of transparent material; an electrically controllable optically active material (18 positioned between the first pane of transparent material and the second pane of transparent material; and a sash enclosing a perimeter of the privacy glazing structure, characterized in that the bottommost edge of the first contact portion and the bottommost edge of the second contact portion are each positioned above a portion of the sash enclosing the bottom edge of the first pane of transparent material and the bottom edge of the second pane of transparent material, such that any moisture entering the portion of the sash enclosing the bottom edge of the first pane of transparent material and the bottom edge of the second pane of transparent material does not wet the first contact portion or the second contact portion.