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AK Stat § 15.15.340 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.340. Duties, oath, and vacancies of additional election officials.

Additional election officials shall report to the election board at the polls at the time designated by the election supervisor or the chairperson of the election board to assume their duties to assist the election board in counting the vote. Before undertaking the duties of office, each additional election official shall subscribe to an oath to honestly, faithfully, impartially, and promptly carry out the duties of the position. If an additional election official fails to appear and subscribe to the oath at the time designated by the election supervisor, the election board shall appoint any qualified voter to fill the vacancy.
AK Stat § 15.15.361 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.361. Stickers.

Affixing stickers on a ballot in an election to vote for a write-in candidate is prohibited.
AK Stat § 15.15.365 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.365. Counting of write-in votes in general election.

(a) Write-in votes on a general election ballot shall be counted for a candidate only if the aggregate of all votes cast for all write-in candidates for the particular office is (1) the highest number of votes received by any candidate for the office; or (2) the second highest number of votes received by any candidate and the difference between the total number of votes received by the candidate having the highest number of votes and the aggregate of all votes cast for all write-in candidates for the office is less than the percentage necessary for a recount at the state's cost under AS 15.20.450. (b) Write-in votes that do not meet the requirements of this section may not be individually counted under this section. (c) If the director determines that the requirements of (a) of this section have been met, the director shall establish the date for counting those write-in votes, and the director, or a designee of the director, shall count all write-in ballots under AS 15.15.360(d). (d) This section does not apply to the counting of federal write-in absentee ballots submitted under 42 U.S.C. 1973ff. (e) Write-in ballots shall be counted by the director, or a designee of the director, in a public place at the location where write-in ballots are sent for counting following an election.
AK Stat § 15.15.370 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.370. Completion of ballot count; certificate.

When the count of ballots is completed, and in no event later than the day after the election, the election board shall make a certificate in duplicate of the results. The certificate includes the number of votes cast for each candidate, including, for a candidate in a general election, the number of votes at each round of the ranked-choice tabulation process under AS 15.15.350, the number of votes for and against each proposition, yes or no on each question, and any additional information prescribed by the director. The election board shall, immediately upon completion of the certificate or as soon thereafter as the local mail service permits, send in one sealed package to the director one copy of the certificate and the register. In addition, all ballots properly cast shall be mailed to the director in a separate, sealed package. Both packages, in addition to an address on the outside, shall clearly indicate the precinct from which they come. Each board shall, immediately upon completion of the certification and as soon thereafter as the local mail service permits, send the duplicate certificate to the respective election supervisor. The director may authorize election boards in precincts in those areas of the state where distance and weather make mail communication unreliable to forward their election results by telephone or radio. The director may authorize the unofficial totaling of votes on a regional basis by election supervisors, tallying the votes as indicated on duplicate certificates. To ensure adequate protection, the director shall prescribe the manner in which the ballots, registers, and all other election records and materials are thereafter preserved, transferred, and destroyed.
AK Stat § 15.15.380 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.380. Payment of election board members.

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.
AK Stat § 15.15.390 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.390. Election expenses.

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.
AK Stat § 15.15.400 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.400. Preparation of voter list.

The director shall prepare both a statewide list and a list by precinct of the names and addresses of all persons who voted in the election and their political party affiliation. Any person may obtain a copy of the list, or a part of the list, or a computer tape containing both residence and mailing addresses of voters, by applying to the director and paying to the state treasury a fee as determined by the director.
AK Stat § 15.15.410 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.410. Plural voting.

Upon a determination that a person has voted more than once in the same election, the director shall notify the attorney general.
AK Stat § 15.15.420 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.420. Duty to review the ballot counting.

The director shall review the counting of the ballots with the assistance of and in the presence of the appointed representatives from the political parties.
AK Stat § 15.15.430 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.430. Scope of the review of ballot counting.

(a) The review of ballot counting by the director shall include only (1) a review of the precinct registers, tallies, and ballots cast; (2) a review of absentee and questioned ballots as prescribed by law; and (3) unless the ballot for the house district contains nothing but uncontested offices, a hand count of ballots from one randomly selected precinct in each house district that accounts for at least five percent of the ballots cast in that district. (b) If, following the ballot review set out in (a) of this section, the director finds there is a discrepancy of more than one percent between the results of the hand count under (a)(3) of this section and the count certified by the election board, the director shall conduct a hand count of the ballots from that district. (c) If the director finds an unexplained discrepancy in the ballot count in any precinct, the director may count the ballots from that precinct. (d) The director shall certify in writing to the state ballot counting review board and publish on the division's Internet website any changes resulting from a count performed under (b) or (c) of this section.
AK Stat § 15.15.440 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.440. State ballot counting review.

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.
AK Stat § 15.15.450 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.450. Certification of state ballot counting review.

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.
AK Stat § 15.15.460 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.460. Tie votes.

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.
AK Stat § 15.15.470 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.470. Preservation of election ballots, papers, and materials.

The director shall preserve all precinct election certificates, tallies, and registers for four years after the election. All ballots and stubs for elections other than national elections may be destroyed 30 days after the certification of the state ballot counting review unless an application for recount has been filed and not completed, or unless their destruction is stayed by an order of the court. All ballots for national elections may be destroyed in accordance with federal law. The director may permit the inspection of election materials upon call by the Congress, the state legislature, or a court of competent jurisdiction.
AK Stat § 15.15.480 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots|Sec. 15.15.480. Security of ballots.

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).
AK Stat § 15.56.012 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.012. Campaign misconduct in the first degree.

(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.
AK Stat § 15.56.014 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.014. Campaign misconduct in the second degree.

(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.
AK Stat § 15.56.016 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.016. Campaign misconduct in the third degree.

(a) A person commits the offense of campaign misconduct in the third degree if (1) the person violates a provision of AS 15.13 or a regulation adopted under AS 15.13; or (2) during the hours the polls are open and after election officials have posted warning notices as required by AS 15.15.170 or at the required distance in the form and manner prescribed by the chief municipal elections official in a local election, the person is within 200 feet of an entrance to a polling place, and (A) violates AS 15.15.170; or (B) circulates cards, handbills, or marked ballots, or posts political signs or posters relating to a candidate at an election or election proposition or question. (b) Campaign misconduct in the third degree is a violation.
AK Stat § 15.56.018 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.018. Applicability of campaign misconduct provisions.

(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.
AK Stat § 15.56.025 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.025. Telephone campaign misconduct.

(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.
AK Stat § 15.56.035 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.035. Unlawful interference with voting in the second degree.

(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.
AK Stat § 15.56.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.040. Voter misconduct in the first degree.

(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.
AK Stat § 15.56.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.050. Voter misconduct in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of voter misconduct in the second degree if the person (1) registers to vote without being entitled to register under AS 15.07.030; (2) knowingly makes a material false statement while applying for voter registration or reregistration; or (3) votes or attempts to vote in an election after being disqualified under AS 15.05.030. (b) Voter misconduct in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
AK Stat § 15.56.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.060. Unlawful interference with an election.

(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.
AK Stat § 15.56.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.070. Election official misconduct in the first degree.

(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.
AK Stat § 15.56.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.080. Election official misconduct in the second degree.

(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.
AK Stat § 15.56.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.090. Improper subscription to petition.

(a) A person commits the crime of improper subscription to petition if the person (1) signs a name other than the person's own to a petition proposing an initiative, referendum, recall, or nomination of a candidate for state or local office; (2) knowingly signs more than once for the same proposition, question, or candidate at one election; (3) signs a petition proposing an initiative, referendum, recall, or nomination of a candidate for state or local office, while knowingly not being a qualified voter; or (4) solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept money or other valuable thing in exchange for signing or refraining from signing a petition proposing an initiative; in this paragraph, “other valuable thing” has the meaning given in AS 15.56.030(d). (b) Improper subscription to petition is a class B misdemeanor.
AK Stat § 15.56.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.100. Refusal to allow employees time off.

(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.