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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.032. Use of electronically generated ballots.

(a) If the director provides for voting by use of electronically generated ballots, the director shall provide balloting equipment that would allow voters with disabilities, including those who are blind or visually impaired, to cast private, independent, and verifiable ballots. The director may not provide for more than one machine that produces electronically generated ballots in a precinct or in a regional supervisor's office, except where the director determines that additional machines are needed to accommodate the needs of individuals with disabilities, including individuals with physical limitations or visual impairments.
(b) Software for voting by use of electronically generated ballots shall be tested and certified under AS 15.20.900.
(c) The director shall provide for a paper record of each electronically generated ballot that can be
(1) reviewed and corrected by the voter at the time the vote is cast; and
(2) used for a recount of the votes cast at an election in which electronically generated ballots were used.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.040. Preparation of other election materials.

(a) The director shall prescribe the form of and prepare tinted sample ballots and all other materials, forms, and supplies required for the election.
(b) The director shall prepare and issue or make available with each sample ballot for a special election the statement provided for in AS 24.08.037 of the scope of each project included in a proposed general obligation bond issue creating a state debt for capital improvements that is submitted to the electorate for ratification under AS 15.15.030(11). The statement of scope for each project shall be the same statement included in the authorization bill. When a ballot proposition is submitted to the voters at a primary or a special election, a statement the same as that provided for in the election pamphlet under AS 15.58.020(a)(6) shall be made available with each sample ballot.
(c) The director shall provide materials, forms, and supplies for each polling place, including information regarding the date of the election and hours the polling place will be open, instructions on how to cast a questioned ballot, instructions for first-time voters who initially registered by mail, general information on voting rights, prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentation, and whom to contact to report violations.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.060. Polling places, voting booths, and supplies.

(a) Immediately following the appointment of the election board, the election supervisor in conjunction with the election board chair shall secure polling places for holding the election, suitable ballot boxes that will assure security, and an adequate number of voting booths or screens, national flags, pens, and pencils. At every polling place, at least one voting booth shall be furnished and not less than one voting booth or screen shall be furnished for each 100 votes or fractional part of 100 votes cast in the previous election. At every polling place, at least one-half of the voting booths used shall be not less than six feet in height, enclosed on three sides, and provided with a curtain extending from the top of the voting booth to within approximately 30 inches of the floor. The curtain of the voting booth must conceal the voter while voting. The election supervisor and the election board chair may, in an emergency, secure an alternate location for a polling place.
(b) To assure administrative economy and to protect the secrecy of the ballot, the director may adopt regulations prescribing
(1) the type of polling place for holding the election;
(2) the requirements regarding ballot boxes, voting screens, national flags, and other supplies; and
(3) subject to the specifications of (a) of this section, the requirements regarding voting booths.
(c) The director shall pay the cost of necessary election expenses incurred in securing a place for holding the election, a suitable ballot box, and an adequate number of voting booths, screens, national flags, and other supplies. The national flag shall be displayed over or near the entrance of each polling place.
(d) When the director determines that there is an area in the state where a voter may be confused as to the voter's correct precinct polling place, the director shall provide each polling place in that area with maps and materials that indicate house district boundaries, precinct boundaries, and polling places.
(e) In each polling place, the director shall require to be posted, in a location conspicuous to a person who will be voting, the following notice, written in bold:
A candidate's designated affiliation does not imply that the candidate is nominated or endorsed by the political party or group or that the party or group approves of or associates with that candidate, but only that the candidate is registered as affiliated with the party or group.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.070. Public notice of election required.

(a) The director shall give and is authorized to contract to give full public notice of the election. The director may select a manner reasonably calculated to give actual knowledge of the election to the voters.
(b) The notice shall be given by publication at least twice in one or more newspapers of general circulation in each of the four judicial districts. The printed notice must specifically include the date of election, the hours between which the polling places will be open, the offices to which candidates are to be nominated or elected, and the subject of the propositions and questions that are to be voted on.
(c) Public notice shall also be given by posting notices in those communities that do not have newspapers of general circulation where posting of notice is considered necessary by the director. The posted notice must specifically include the date of election, the location of the polling places, the hours between which the polling places will be open, the offices to which candidates are to be nominated or elected, the subject of the propositions and questions that are to be voted on, and other information considered necessary by the director.
(d) The first publication, broadcast, or posting of the notice shall be made not less than 10 days before the election.
(e) [Repealed, § 15 ch 82 SLA 2000.]
(f) [Repealed, § 15 ch 82 SLA 2000.]
(g) The director shall pay the cost of election expenses incurred in giving notice of an election.
(h) An abbreviated form of the notice published under (b) of this section shall be broadcast on one or more radio or television stations in each of the four judicial districts. The broadcast notice must include at a minimum the date of the election, the hours between which the polling places will be open, and the address and phone number of the election supervisor or supervisors for the judicial district in which the notice is broadcast.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.080. Time for opening and closing polls.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, on the day of any election, each election board shall open the polls for voting at seven o'clock in the morning, shall close the polls for voting at eight o'clock in the evening, and shall keep the polls open during the time between these hours. The election board members shall report to the polling place at 6:30 in the morning of an election day.
(b) On the day of any election that is not a general election, a primary election, a special election, or a federal election held under this title, the director shall require each election board to open the polls for voting at eight o'clock in the morning, shall close the polls for voting at eight o'clock in the evening, and shall keep the polls open during the time between these hours. The election board members shall report to the polling place one-half hour before the polls are to open on election day.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.100. Time off for voting.

A qualified voter who does not have sufficient time outside working hours within which to vote at a state election may, without loss of pay, take off as much working time as will enable voting. If any employee 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 the regular working shift and the closing of the polls, the employee shall be considered to have sufficient time outside working hours within which to vote.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.110. General duties and oath of election board.

The election board shall supervise the election in the precinct. Before entering upon the duties of office, each election official shall take an oath to honestly, faithfully, and promptly perform the duties of office. Any appointed election official, including an appointed election official who has not personally subscribed to the oath, may administer the oath to another election official. The chairperson of the election board shall rotate the time at which election officials may be relieved for meals.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.120. Filling vacancies in election board.

If an appointed election board member fails to appear and subscribe to the oath on election day or becomes incapacitated during the time of the election or the counting of the ballots, the election board members present shall elect, by a majority voice vote, a qualified voter to fill the vacancy. The qualified voter elected to fill the vacancy shall be of the same political party as the person for whom the substitution is made unless, after reasonable effort, the election board members determine that a qualified voter of the same political party is not available.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.140. Permitted use of unofficial ballots.

(a) If the election board receives an insufficient number of official ballots or official election materials, it shall provide and the voters may use unmarked substitute ballots or other election materials to indicate the intent of the voter.
(b) The election board shall certify the facts which prevented the use of the official ballots and materials and shall include the certificate in the election returns to the director. The initial failure to certify to the facts or include the certificate required does not invalidate any ballots.
(c) On disclosure that unofficial ballots have been used without the certification required under (b) of this section, the director shall notify the chairperson of the election board by telephone or electronic transmission of the failure to certify the ballots properly.
(d) The director may accept a certificate made by electronic transmission and count the ballots if the certificate is proper and actually received by the director within 10 days after the date that the chairperson of the election board was notified under (c) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.170. Prohibition of political persuasion near election polls.

During the hours the polls are open, a person who is in the polling place or within 200 feet of any entrance to the polling place may not attempt to persuade a person to vote for or against a candidate, proposition, or question. The election officials shall post warning notices at the required distance in the form and manner prescribed by the director.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.180. Keeping of register.

The election officials shall keep a register or registers in which each voter before receiving a ballot shall sign the voter's name and give both a residence and mailing address. A record shall be kept in the registration book in space provided of the names of persons who offer to vote but who actually do not vote, and a brief statement of explanation. The signing of the register constitutes a declaration by the voter that the voter is qualified to vote.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.198. Voters not on official registration list.

(a) If a voter's name does not appear on the official registration list in the precinct in which the voter seeks to vote, the election official shall affirmatively advise the voter that the voter may cast a questioned ballot, and the voter shall be allowed to vote a questioned ballot. At the time the voter casts a questioned ballot, the voter shall be given written information stating that the voter will be able to ascertain whether the ballot was counted and, if not counted, the reason the ballot was not counted.
(b) A person whose registration is inactive under AS 15.07.130(b) and who votes a questioned or absentee ballot shall have the ballot counted if
(1) the person was registered to vote in the last four calendar years;
(2) the person signs a statement to that effect; and
(3) the earlier registration is verified by the director.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.210. Questioning of voters of suspect qualification.

Every election official shall question, and every watcher and any other person qualified to vote in the precinct may question, a person attempting to vote if the questioner has good reason to suspect that the questioned person is not qualified under AS 15.05. All questions regarding a person's qualifications to vote shall be made in writing setting out the reason the person has been questioned. A questioned person shall, before voting, subscribe to a declaration in a form provided by the director attesting to the fact that in each particular the person meets all the qualifications of a voter, is not disqualified, and has not voted at the same election, and certifying that the person understands that a false statement on the declaration may subject the person to prosecution for a misdemeanor under this title or AS 11. After the questioned person has executed the declaration, the person may vote. If the questioned person refuses to execute the declaration, the person may not vote.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.215. Disposition of questioned votes.

(a) A voter who casts a questioned ballot shall vote the ballot in the same manner as prescribed for other voters. The voter shall insert the ballot into a secrecy sleeve and put the secrecy sleeve into an envelope on which the statement the voter previously signed is located. The envelope shall be sealed and deposited in the ballot box. When the ballot box is opened, the envelopes shall be segregated, counted, compared to the voting list, and delivered to the official or body supervising the election. The merits of the question shall be determined by this official or body in accordance with the procedure prescribed for questioned votes in AS 15.20.207.
(b) [Repealed, § 231 ch 100 SLA 1980.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.225. Voter identification at polls.

(a) Before being allowed to vote, each voter shall exhibit to an election official one form of identification, including
(1) an official voter registration card, driver's license, state identification card, current and valid photo identification, birth certificate, passport, or hunting or fishing license; or
(2) an original or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or other government document; an item exhibited under this paragraph must show the name and current address of the voter.
(b) An election official may waive the identification requirement if the election official knows the identity of the voter. The identification requirement may not be waived for voters who are first-time voters who initially registered by mail or by facsimile or other electronic transmission approved by the director under AS 15.07.050, and did not provide identification as required in AS 15.07.060.
(c) A voter who cannot exhibit a required form of identification shall be allowed to vote a questioned ballot.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.240. Voter assistance.

A qualified voter needing assistance in voting may request an election official, a person, or not more than two persons of the voter's choice to assist. If the election official is requested, the election official shall assist the voter. If any other person is requested, the person shall state upon oath before the election official that the person will not divulge the vote cast by the person assisted.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.250. Disposition of spoiled ballot.

If a voter improperly marks, damages, or otherwise spoils a ballot, the voter may request and the election board shall provide another ballot, with a maximum of three. The board shall record on the precinct register that there was a spoiled ballot and destroy the spoiled ballot immediately without examining it.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.260. Placing ballot in ballot box by voter.

When the voter has marked a ballot, the voter shall inform the election official. The ballot shall be deposited in the ballot box by the voter in the presence of the election official unless the voter requests the election official to deposit the ballot on the voter's behalf. Separate ballot boxes may be used for separate ballots.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.290. Prohibiting the identification of ballots.

While the polls are open, an election official may not open any ballot received from a voter, or mark a ballot by folding or otherwise so as to be able to recognize it, or otherwise attempt to learn how a voter marked a ballot, or allow the same to be done by another person.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 15. Elections and Ballots › Sec. 15.15.330. Commencement of ballot count.

When the polls are closed and the last vote has been cast in a hand-count precinct, the election board shall immediately proceed to open the ballot box and to count the votes cast. In all cases, the election board shall cause the count to be continued without adjournment until the count is complete.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 15. Elections › Chapter 20. Special Procedures for Elections › Article 1. Absentee Voting. › Sec. 15.20.015. Moving from house district just before election.

A person who meets all voter qualifications except the requirement in AS 15.05.010(3) is qualified to vote by absentee ballot in the house district in which the person formerly resided if the person lived in that house district for at least 30 days immediately before changing residence, except that the 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.