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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 57. Museums and Natural and Cultural History Repositories › Article 1. State Museum and Natural and Cultural History Repositories. › Sec. 14.57.050. Collections management; acquisitions and dispositions.

(a) On recommendation of the committee, the department shall adopt regulations governing the museum's in-house acquisitions committee, and the management and disposition of artifacts, natural history specimens, art objects, collections or other items, materials, or properties that are owned by, in the custody of, or are proposed for acquisition by, the state museum. The regulations must be consistent with AS 14.57.200 - 14.57.290.
(b) Artifacts, natural history specimens, art objects, collections, or other items, materials, or properties that relate to the history of Alaska and are appropriate for preservation in the state museum of a value of $5,000 or more may not be acquired by purchase, gift, or exchange, or otherwise nor may any item owned by, or in the custody of, the state museum be disposed of by sale, gift, exchange, or otherwise, without the written approval of the committee. In recommending the acquisition or disposal of an item under this subsection for the state museum, the committee shall evaluate the need for the item or collection proposed for acquisition or disposal with reference to the scope of collections of the state museums.
(c) The committee may obtain an independent, professional appraisal of the value of each item to be acquired or disposed of by or for the state museum.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 57. Museums and Natural and Cultural History Repositories › Article 1. State Museum and Natural and Cultural History Repositories. › Sec. 14.57.070. Conflict of interest.

(a) A member of the committee may not act on a matter relating to the state museum in which the member's relationship with another person or with respect to the acquisition or disposition of an item owned by, in custody of, or proposed to be acquired by or for the state museum creates a conflict of interest. A committee member may not
(1) have a pecuniary or property interest in an item that is proposed to be acquired or disposed of by or for the state museum;
(2) have a pecuniary or property interest, directly or indirectly, in a contract to which the museum, or the state on behalf of the museum, is a party; or
(3) receive compensation for services rendered to the state museum as a consultant, expert, appraiser, or otherwise, except as provided in AS 14.57.040.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a committee member may bequeath or donate an item to the state museum.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 57. Museums and Natural and Cultural History Repositories › Article 2. Use of Net Income of Alaska Heritage Endowment Fund. › Sec. 14.57.100. Acquisitions.

Subject to appropriation by the legislature under AS 37.14.530, the director may use the balance of the net income account of the Alaska heritage endowment fund to acquire culturally or historically significant artifacts, natural history specimens, art objects, collections, and other items, materials, or properties that represent and document Alaska's land, natural history, and people for
(1) the Alaska State Museum; and
(2) the Sheldon Jackson Museum.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 57. Museums and Natural and Cultural History Repositories › Article 2. Use of Net Income of Alaska Heritage Endowment Fund. › Sec. 14.57.110. Ownership of acquired items.

Except when ownership of an item is transferred under AS 14.57.120, an item acquired under AS 14.57.100 becomes the property of the state museum.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 57. Museums and Natural and Cultural History Repositories › Article 2. Use of Net Income of Alaska Heritage Endowment Fund. › Sec. 14.57.120. Criteria applicable to acquisitions from the fund.

Subject to approval given by the Museum Collections Advisory Committee under AS 14.57.050(b), the director may
(1) establish by contract the terms and conditions of custody, protection, conservation, and exhibition of an item acquired by the state museum if the item is acquired and custody of it is assigned to another institution;
(2) transfer ownership of an item to an institution having custody of an item acquired from the net income account of the fund if the director is satisfied that the institution will provide necessary care and protection of the item; or
(3) assign long-term custody of an item to an institution having custody of an item acquired from the net income account of the fund if the director is satisfied that the institution to which custody of the item is transferred will provide necessary care and protection of the item in accordance with a contract entered into under (1) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 57. Museums and Natural and Cultural History Repositories › Article 2. Use of Net Income of Alaska Heritage Endowment Fund. › Sec. 14.57.130. Disposition of acquired items.

Subject to approval of the Museum Collections Advisory Committee under AS 14.57.050(b), the director may establish a deaccession policy under which the director may exchange or otherwise convey title to an item acquired from the net income account of the fund in accordance with generally accepted principles governing the disposal of these items.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 57. Museums and Natural and Cultural History Repositories › Article 2. Use of Net Income of Alaska Heritage Endowment Fund. › Sec. 14.57.199. Definitions.

In AS 14.57.100 - 14.57.199,
(1) “director” means the director of the division of the department that has responsibility for state libraries, archives, and museums;
(2) “fund” means the Alaska heritage endowment fund established in AS 37.14.500;
(3) “net income account” means the account established in AS 37.14.510.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 57. Museums and Natural and Cultural History Repositories › Article 3. Property Held by Museums. › Sec. 14.57.200. Acquisition of title to loaned property.

(a) A museum may acquire the title to documented property loaned to the museum if
(1) at least seven years have passed after the expiration date of the loan without written or other contact between the lender and the museum; or
(2) the loan does not have an expiration date and at least seven years have passed without written or other contact between the lender and the museum since the loan was made.
(b) To acquire title to property under this section, the museum shall first send a notice by certified mail to the lender's latest address if the museum has an address for the lender. The notice must include
(1) a statement that the loan is terminated;
(2) a brief and general description of the property;
(3) the date or approximate date, if known, when the owner loaned the property to the museum;
(4) the name, address, and telephone number of the museum representative to contact for more information or to make a claim;
(5) the lender's name and latest address; and
(6) a statement that outlines the schedule and requirements for the museum to acquire title under this section.
(c) If a valid claim is not received by the museum within 30 days from the date the notice was mailed under (b) of this section or if the museum does not have an address for the lender, the museum shall publish a notice at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the judicial district where the museum is located and, if the museum has an address for the lender, in
(1) the judicial district in which the lender's latest address is located if the address is in this state; or
(2) the county, borough, or other geographical organizational entity of the jurisdiction in which the lender's latest address is located if the address is in a jurisdiction other than this state.
(d) The notice published under (c) of this section must contain
(1) the information required for the notice in (b)(1) - (5) of this section;
(2) the date of the last publication of the notice under (c) of this section; and
(3) a statement that the museum will acquire title to the loaned property if a valid claim to the property is not received by the museum within 45 days from the date of the last publication of the notice under (c) of this section.
(e) The museum acquires the title to the property, subject to reclamation of the property under AS 14.57.220, as of the 46th day after the date of the last publication of the notice under (c) of this section, if the requirements of (a) - (d) of this section are satisfied and if a valid claim to the loaned property is not received by the museum within 45 days after the date of the last publication of the notice under (c) of this section.
(f) In this section, “address” means a description of the location of the lender, as shown on a museum's records, that is sufficient for delivery by mail.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 57. Museums and Natural and Cultural History Repositories › Article 3. Property Held by Museums. › Sec. 14.57.210. Acquisition of title to undocumented property.

(a) A museum may acquire title to undocumented property held by a museum for seven years or longer if
(1) the seven-year holding period is verified by the written records of the museum;
(2) when this paragraph is applicable, the museum has notified by mail all corporations, except nonprofit corporations, created under 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. (Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) that the undocumented property appears to be a Native artifact, that the corporations are requested to view, identify, and catalog the property within one year after the notification, and that the museum may take steps to acquire title to the property after the one-year notification period and the seven-year holding period have expired without a person filing a claim with the museum that the person is the owner of the property; in this paragraph, the periods may run concurrently; and
(3) during the seven-year holding period, or the longer period if expanded by the application of (2) of this subsection, a person has not filed a claim with the museum that the person is the owner of the property.
(b) To acquire title under (a) of this section, the museum shall publish a notice at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the judicial district where the museum is located. The notice must include
(1) a brief and general description of the property;
(2) the date or approximate date, if known, of the acquisition of the property by the museum;
(3) the name, address, and telephone number of the museum representative to contact for more information or to make a claim of ownership;
(4) the date of the last publication of the notice under this subsection; and
(5) a statement that the museum will acquire title to the property if a valid claim of an owner to the property is not received by the museum within 45 days from the date of the last publication of the notice under this subsection.
(c) The museum acquires the title to the undocumented property, subject to reclamation of the property under AS 14.57.220, as of the 46th day after the date of the last publication of the notice under (b) of this section if the requirements of (a) and (b) of this section are satisfied and if a valid claim of an owner to the property is not received by the museum within 45 days after the date of the last publication of the notice under (b) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 57. Museums and Natural and Cultural History Repositories › Article 3. Property Held by Museums. › Sec. 14.57.220. Reclamation of property.

In addition to any other right of reclamation the person may have under 25 U.S.C. 3001 - 3013 (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act), after title to documented property or undocumented property is acquired by a museum under AS 14.57.200 - 14.57.290, the lender or owner of the property has two years to bring an action in court against the museum to claim the property. If an action is not brought by the end of this two-year period and if the museum has taken its action under AS 14.57.200 - 14.57.290 in good faith, a person does not have a claim to the property against the museum, the museum's employees, or the museum's agents.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 57. Museums and Natural and Cultural History Repositories › Article 3. Property Held by Museums. › Sec. 14.57.230. Museum obligations regarding loaned property.

(a) A museum shall keep written records regarding loaned property for at least two years from the date of acquiring title to the property under AS 14.57.200 or 14.57.210.
(b) A museum shall keep written records on all property it acquires by loan. The records must contain the owner's name, address, and the telephone number, the duration of the loan, and the beginning date of the loan period.
(c) A museum is responsible for notifying a lender of the museum's change of location or elimination.
(d) At the time the museum enters into the loan, the museum shall inform the lender of the requirements of AS 14.57.200 - 14.57.290.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 57. Museums and Natural and Cultural History Repositories › Article 3. Property Held by Museums. › Sec. 14.57.250. Relationship to other laws.

If AS 14.57.200 - 14.57.290 conflict with another provision of state law, AS 14.57.200 - 14.57.290 govern to the extent of the conflict.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 57. Museums and Natural and Cultural History Repositories › Article 3. Property Held by Museums. › Sec. 14.57.290. Definitions.

In AS 14.57.200 - 14.57.290, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(1) “documented property” means property in the possession of a museum for which the museum has a reasonable means of determining the owner;
(2) “lender” means a person whose name appears on the records of a museum as the person legally entitled to the property held by the museum;
(3) “loan” or “loaned” means a deposit with or deposited with a museum if title to the property is not transferred to the museum or if the agreement for the deposit does not include a provision that the museum acquires title at some time after the deposit is made or an option for the museum to acquire title at some time after the deposit is made;
(4) “museum” means an organized and permanent public institution, including a historical society, historical park, historical site, and historical monument, that is primarily educational, scientific, historical, artistic, or cultural in purpose and that owns, borrows, cares for, studies, archives, or exhibits property;
(5) “property” means tangible animate or inanimate objects under a museum's care that have intrinsic educational, scientific, historical, artistic, aesthetic, or cultural value;
(6) “undocumented property” means property in the possession of a museum for which the museum does not have a reasonable means of determining the owner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums › Chapter 60. General Provisions › Sec. 14.60.010. Definitions.

In this title, unless the context otherwise requires,
(1) “attendance area” means the geographic area designated by the department to be served by a school;
(2) “board” means the state Board of Education and Early Development;
(3) “commissioner” means the commissioner of education and early development;
(4) [Effective July 1, 2023.] “culturally responsive” means showing respect for and recognition of the traditions, beliefs, languages, values, and practices of the local culture that has historically been present in the geographic area being served;
(5) “department” means the Department of Education and Early Development;
(6) “governing body” means the school board of a borough or city school district or a regional educational attendance area;
(7) [Effective July 1, 2023.] “parent” or “guardian” includes a natural, adoptive, and foster parent, stepparent, legal guardian, relative, and other adult person with whom a student has resided and who has acted as a parent in providing for the student or has been responsible for the student's welfare for a continuous period.
(8) “public schools” include elementary schools, high schools, citizenship night schools for adults, and other public educational institutions that may be established;
(9) “regional educational attendance area” means an educational service area in the unorganized borough which may or may not include a military reservation, and that contains one or more public schools of grade levels K-12 or any portion of those grade levels that are to be operated under the management and control of a single regional school board;
(10) “school board” means the school board of a borough or city school district or a regional educational attendance area.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 05. Qualification of Voters › Sec. 15.05.010. Voter qualification.

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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 05. Qualification of Voters › Sec. 15.05.011. Qualifications of overseas voters.

(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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 05. Qualification of Voters › Sec. 15.05.012. Voter qualification for presidential election.

A person who is otherwise qualified under AS 15.05.010 but who has not been a resident of the house district in which the person seeks to vote for at least 30 days preceding the date of a presidential election is entitled to register and vote for presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 05. Qualification of Voters › Sec. 15.05.014. Procedures in presidential elections.

In accordance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-110; 79 Stat. 437; 42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.), as amended, the following procedures apply to elections for the office of President and Vice-President of the United States:
(1) registration and absentee voting procedures, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be identical to the procedures established in this title;
(2) registration of otherwise qualified persons shall be permitted without regard to a durational residency requirement;
(3) if any citizen who is otherwise qualified to vote in the state for president and vice-president has begun residence in another state after the 30th day preceding the election and, for that reason, does not satisfy the registration requirements of that state, that person shall be allowed to vote for president and vice-president either in person in the precinct in which the person resided immediately before removal, or by absentee ballot as provided in AS 15.20.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 05. Qualification of Voters › Sec. 15.05.020. Rules for determining residence of voter.

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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 05. Qualification of Voters › Sec. 15.05.030. Loss and restoration of voting rights.

(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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 07. Registration of Voters › Sec. 15.07.030. Who may register.

(a) A person who has the qualifications of a voter as set out in AS 15.05.010(1) - (3) or who will have the qualifications at the succeeding primary or general election is entitled to be registered as a voter in the precinct in which the person resides.
(b) A person qualified under AS 15.05.011 to vote by absentee ballot in a federal election is entitled to be registered as a voter in the house district in which the person resided immediately before departure from the United States.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 07. Registration of Voters › Sec. 15.07.050. Manner of registration; party affiliation.

(a) Registration may be made
(1) in person before a registration official or through a voter registration agency;
(2) by another individual on behalf of the voter if the voter has executed a written general power of attorney or a written special power of attorney authorizing that other individual to register the voter;
(3) by mail;
(4) by facsimile transmission, scanning, or another method of electronic transmission that the director approves; or
(5) by completing a permanent fund dividend application under AS 43.23.015.
(b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, only the voter or the individual authorized by the voter in a written power of attorney under (a) of this section may mark the voter's choice of party affiliation on the voter registration application form.
(c) A person may supply a voter registration application form with a political party or group affiliation indicated to a voter only if the voter is already registered as affiliated with the political party or group indicated.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 07. Registration of Voters › Sec. 15.07.055. Voter registration agencies.

(a) The following agencies are designated voter registration agencies:
(1) the administrative component of the Department of Administration that administers motor vehicle and driver's license laws;
(2) divisions of the Department of Health that provide public assistance through the food stamp program, Medicaid program, Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and Alaska temporary assistance program;
(3) the division of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development that is responsible for municipal and regional assistance programs; and
(4) all recruitment offices of the armed forces of the United States located in Alaska.
(b) The director shall designate state-funded agencies that primarily provide services to persons with disabilities as voter registration agencies.
(c) The director may designate other state or local agencies as voter registration agencies. The director may designate a federal or nongovernmental office as a voter registration agency with the agreement of that office.
(d) A voter registration agency shall distribute voter registration materials, assist applicants in completing voter registration forms, and accept and transmit completed voter registration forms to the director in accordance with regulations adopted by the director to comply with 42 U.S.C. 1973gg (National Voter Registration Act of 1993) and other requirements of federal law.
(e) The director shall enter into an agreement with the Department of Administration and the Department of Revenue to match identifying information provided by a voter with existing identification records
(1) maintained by the administrative component of the Department of Administration that administers motor vehicle and driver's license laws and by the administrative component of the Department of Revenue that administers the permanent fund dividend laws; and
(2) bearing the same identifying number, name, and date of birth provided on the registration.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 07. Registration of Voters › Sec. 15.07.075. Voters unaffiliated with a political party.

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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 07. Registration of Voters › Sec. 15.07.090. Voting after change of name; reregistration; amendment or transfer of registration.

(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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 07. Registration of Voters › Sec. 15.07.100. Registration officials.

(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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 07. Registration of Voters › Sec. 15.07.125. Official registration list.

The director shall prepare an official registration list for each election consisting of the names of (1) all voters whose registrations are not inactive; and (2) all voters whose names are required to be placed on the list by AS 15.07.070(c) or (d). A list of persons eligible to vote in each precinct at that election shall be prepared from the official registration list.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 07. Registration of Voters › Sec. 15.07.127. Preparation of master register.

The director shall prepare both a statewide list and a list by precinct of the names and addresses of all persons whose names appear on the master register and their political party affiliation. Subject to the limitations of AS 15.07.195, any person may obtain a copy of the list, or a part of the list, or an electronic format 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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 07. Registration of Voters › Sec. 15.07.135. Cancellation of registration of convicted persons.

(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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 07. Registration of Voters › Sec. 15.07.137. Voting information from municipalities.

Within 60 days after each election held in a municipality, the municipal clerk shall certify and send to the director the official registration list containing the names, residence addresses, and voter identification numbers of all persons voting in each precinct in that election. The names of the persons who voted in the municipal election shall be indicated on the official registration list sent to the director by the municipal clerk.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 07. Registration of Voters › Sec. 15.07.140. General administrative supervision by director.

The director shall provide general administrative supervision over the registration and reregistration of voters. The director shall, no later than 120 days before any general election, arrange to have the list of registered voters in a usable electronic format provided free of charge to each political party. Upon request by the mayor or manager of a municipality, the director shall furnish registration information for all precincts all or part of which are within the boundaries of the local government unit.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 07. Registration of Voters › Sec. 15.07.150. Appeals from denial of registration.

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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 07. Registration of Voters › Sec. 15.07.160. Unlawful action.

(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.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 07. Registration of Voters › Sec. 15.07.195. Certain information in voter registration records confidential.

(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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 10. Election Precincts, Election Officials, and Redistricting › Article 1. Election Precincts and Officials. › Sec. 15.10.010. Precinct boundaries initially established.

The state is divided into the election precincts as established for the general election of October 1958, or as subsequently amended as prescribed by law, and shall remain so divided until the precinct boundaries are modified, or the precinct is abolished or a precinct is established as required by the provisions of this title.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 10. Election Precincts, Election Officials, and Redistricting › Article 1. Election Precincts and Officials. › Sec. 15.10.020. Precinct boundaries and polling places modified by director.

(a) The director shall have the exclusive power to modify the boundary of a precinct and to establish or abolish a precinct and polling place in the state by regulations adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
(b) [Repealed, § 61 ch 2 FSSLA 2005.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 10. Election Precincts, Election Officials, and Redistricting › Article 1. Election Precincts and Officials. › Sec. 15.10.030. Uniform precinct boundaries required for state and local elections.

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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 10. Election Precincts, Election Officials, and Redistricting › Article 1. Election Precincts and Officials. › Sec. 15.10.050. General duty and standard for precinct boundary modification.

The director shall modify the boundary of a precinct, and shall establish or abolish a precinct if the action serves the convenience of the voters and assures the efficient administration of election laws.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 10. Election Precincts, Election Officials, and Redistricting › Article 1. Election Precincts and Officials. › Sec. 15.10.090. Notice of precinct boundary or polling place designation and modification.

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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 10. Election Precincts, Election Officials, and Redistricting › Article 1. Election Precincts and Officials. › Sec. 15.10.100. Judicial review of precinct boundary.

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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 10. Election Precincts, Election Officials, and Redistricting › Article 1. Election Precincts and Officials. › Sec. 15.10.105. Division of elections; personnel rules.

(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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 10. Election Precincts, Election Officials, and Redistricting › Article 1. Election Precincts and Officials. › Sec. 15.10.107. Staff training.

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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 10. Election Precincts, Election Officials, and Redistricting › Article 1. Election Precincts and Officials. › Sec. 15.10.108. Youth vote ambassador program.

(a) The youth vote ambassador program is established in the division of elections.
(b) In order to serve as a member of the youth vote ambassador program, an individual must
(1) be a student age 16 or older
(A) enrolled in a public or private high school program in this state; or
(B) being educated in the student's home by a parent or legal guardian in this state under AS 14.30.010(b)(12);
(2) volunteer to serve in the youth vote ambassador program and be appointed to the youth vote ambassador program by the director of elections; and
(3) if appointed, agree to complete a program of training as determined by the director of elections.
(c) An election supervisor may appoint a member of the youth vote ambassador program to serve on a precinct election board appointed under AS 15.10.120. A program member who is appointed to serve on an election board under this subsection serves under the supervision of the chairperson for that board.
(d) A member of the program who is appointed under (c) of this section is compensated as provided in AS 15.15.380 only for service on the election board of the precinct.
(e) A member of the program may provide unpaid volunteer services related to education and outreach on state elections as directed by, and under the supervision of, the director of elections.
(f) In this section, “program” means the youth vote ambassador program.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 10. Election Precincts, Election Officials, and Redistricting › Article 1. Election Precincts and Officials. › Sec. 15.10.110. Appointment of election supervisors.

The director shall appoint election supervisors, including one in each of the municipalities of Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Nome, to assist in the administration of elections in the house districts designated by the director. The director may appoint as an election supervisor a person who is a qualified voter in the area over which the person has jurisdiction and who meets the applicable requirements of AS 15.10.105(b). An election supervisor is entitled to receive compensation in an amount that is comparable to that received for similar state employment as determined by the director.