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AK Stat § 15.20.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.030. Preparation of ballots, envelopes, and other material.

The director shall provide ballots for use as absentee ballots in all districts. The director shall provide a secrecy sleeve in which the voter shall initially place the marked ballot, and shall provide an envelope with the prescribed voter's certificate on it, in which the secrecy sleeve with ballot enclosed shall be placed. The director shall prescribe the form of and prepare the voter's certificate, envelopes, and other material used in absentee voting. The voter's certificate shall include a declaration, for use when required, that the voter is a qualified voter in all respects, a blank for the voter's signature, a certification that the affiant properly executed the marking of the ballot and gave the voter's identity, blanks for the attesting official or witness, and a place for recording the date the envelope was sealed and witnessed. The envelope with the voter's certificate must include a notice that false statements made by the voter or by the attesting official or witness on the certificate are punishable by law.
AK Stat § 15.20.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.040. Distribution of ballots, envelopes, and other material.

The director shall distribute the absentee ballots, envelopes, and other absentee voting material to the election supervisors for redistribution to absentee voting officials and absentee ballot stations established under AS 15.20.045(b) before the date upon which a person may first apply for an absentee ballot in person.
AK Stat § 15.20.045 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.045. Designation of absentee voting officials and stations.

(a) The director or election supervisor may designate persons to act as absentee voting officials under AS 15.20.010 - 15.20.220 in areas where election supervisors do not have offices. Magistrates may, with the approval of the administrative director of the Alaska Court System, be designated under this section. At least 15 days before the election the director shall supply each absentee voting official with appropriate ballots. (b) The director may designate by regulation adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) locations at which absentee voting stations will be operated on or after the 15th day before an election up to and including the date of the election. The director shall supply absentee voting stations with ballots for all house districts in the state and shall designate absentee voting officials to serve at absentee voting stations. (c) In a municipality in which the division will not be operating an absentee voting station, the director may designate the municipal clerk as an absentee voting official for the limited purpose of distributing absentee ballots to qualified voters under AS 15.20.061(a)(1) and qualified voters' representatives under AS 15.20.072. At least 15 days before the election, the director shall supply municipal clerks designated under this subsection with absentee ballots.
AK Stat § 15.20.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.050. Requirement of full public notice.

The director shall give full public notice of the dates and manner of voting absentee and may select any means of communication permitted to be used in giving notice of the date and time of the general election. The director shall give notice under this section of the location of absentee voting stations at least 45 days before each election.
AK Stat § 15.20.061 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.061. Absentee voting in person.

(a) A qualified voter may apply in person for an absentee ballot to the following election officials at the times specified: (1) to an absentee voting official on or after the 15th day before an election up to and including the date of the election; (2) to an election supervisor on or after the 15th day before an election up to and including the date of the election; (3) to an absentee voting official at an absentee voting station designated under AS 15.20.045(b) on or after the 15th day before an election up to and including the date of the election; (4) to an absentee voting official in the precinct in which no volunteers can be located to serve on the election board on or after the 15th day before an election up to and including election day. (b) On receipt of an application in person for an absentee ballot and exhibition of proof of identification as required in AS 15.15.225, the absentee voting official or election supervisor shall issue the ballot to the applicant. (c) On receipt of an absentee ballot in person, the voter shall proceed to mark the ballot in secret, to place the ballot in the secrecy sleeve, to place the secrecy sleeve in the envelope provided, and to sign the voter's certificate on the envelope in the presence of the election official who shall sign as attesting official and date that signature. The election official shall then accept the ballot. (d) The election official may not accept a marked ballot that has been exhibited by an absentee voter with intent to influence other voters. If the absentee voter spoils a ballot, the voter may request and the election official shall provide another ballot up to a maximum of three. Exhibited or spoiled ballots shall be destroyed. The numbers of all ballots destroyed shall be noted on the ballot statement. (e) Each election official shall keep a record of the names and signatures of voters who cast absentee ballots before the election official and the dates on which the ballots were cast.
AK Stat § 15.20.064 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.064. Early voting.

(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.
AK Stat § 15.20.066 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.066. Absentee voting by electronic transmission.

(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.
AK Stat § 15.20.072 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.072. Special needs voting.

(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.
AK Stat § 15.20.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.160. Fee prohibited.

A person may not receive a fee from the voter for attesting to any voter's certificate required in voting absentee.
AK Stat § 15.20.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.170. Disposition of ballots.

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.
AK Stat § 15.20.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.180. Names of absentee voters to be made available.

The election supervisors and election officials shall have available for public inspection the names and addresses of persons who voted absentee.
AK Stat § 15.20.190 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.190. Appointment, duties, and compensation of district counting boards.

(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.]
AK Stat § 15.20.201 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.201. Time of district absentee ballot counting review.

(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.
AK Stat § 15.20.205 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.205. Time of district questioned ballot counting review.

(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.
AK Stat § 15.20.211 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.211. Counting cross-district and certain write-in votes.

(a) If a qualified voter of the state votes a ballot for a house district other than the house district in which the voter is registered, that person may vote only for (1) statewide ballot measures and questions; (2) candidates for federal or statewide offices; (3) candidates for the state senate if the voter's former residence and present residence are in the same senate district; and (4) candidates for judicial retention if the voter's former residence and present residence are in the same judicial district. (b) If a voter requested an absentee ballot and the proper absentee ballot was not sent to the voter, the votes cast by the voter on the ballot received which are for write-in candidates the voter could have voted for if the voter had received and voted the proper absentee ballot shall be counted. (c) The director shall prepare and mail to each voter whose ballot was subject to partial counting under this section a summary of the reason that the challenge to the ballot was upheld and the ballot was subject to only a partial counting. (d) The director shall mail the materials described in (c) of this section to the voter not later than (1) 10 days after completion of the review of ballots by the state review board for a primary election or a special primary election under AS 15.40.140; (2) 60 days after certification of the results of a general or special election, other than a special primary election described in (1) of this subsection. (e) In addition to mailing the materials under (d)(1) of this section, for a questioned voter whose questioned primary election ballot was partially counted, not later than the deadline set out in (d)(1) of this section, the director shall (1) determine whether, from the information obtained under AS 15.07.070(h), the voter's name may be entered on the voter registration list; (2) if the voter is eligible, register the voter in accordance with the information submitted by the voter under AS 15.07.070(h); and (3) confirm or deny the registration by written notice mailed to the voter. (f) The director shall make available through a free access system to each voter whose ballot was subject to partial counting under this section a system to check to see whether the voter's ballot was partially counted and, if not counted, the reason why the ballot was not counted. The director shall make this information available through the free access system not less than (1) 10 days after certification of the results of a primary election or a special primary election under AS 15.40.140; and (2) 30 days after certification of the results of a general or special election, other than a special primary election described in (1) of this subsection.
AK Stat § 15.20.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.220. Procedure for state review.

(a) When the director and appointed party representatives have completed the review of ballots cast at the voting precincts, they shall proceed to review the absentee and questioned ballot votes certified by the district counting boards. The review of the absentee and questioned ballot vote certified by the district counting boards shall be accomplished by reviewing the tallies of the recorded vote to check for mathematical error and by comparing the totals with the election certificate of results. (b) The state review board shall review and count absentee ballots under AS 15.20.081(e) and (h) and questioned ballots that have been forwarded to the director and that have not been reviewed or counted by a district counting board.
AK Stat § 15.20.225 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 1. Absentee Voting.|Sec. 15.20.225. Definition of “state election”.

In AS 15.20.010 - 15.20.225, “state election” means a primary, general, or special election a purpose of which is to (1) select, nominate, or elect a governor, a lieutenant governor, an acting governor, a state senator, or a state representative; (2) select, nominate, or elect delegates to a constitutional convention; (3) approve or reject an initiative submitted under art. XI, Constitution of the State of Alaska, and AS 15.45.190 - 15.45.200 or a referendum submitted under art. XI, Constitution of the State of Alaska, and AS 15.45.420 - 15.45.440; (4) recall an official identified in (1) of this section when authorized by art. XI, Constitution of the State of Alaska, and AS 15.45.650 - 15.45.690; (5) approve or reject a proposed constitutional amendment submitted under AS 15.50; or (6) ratify or reject a state general obligation bond when authorized by AS 37.15.
AK Stat § 15.20.430 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections|Article 2. Election Recounts.|Sec. 15.20.430. Authorization of recount application.

(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.