Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 49 - Deregulation › Article 1 - Deregulation Ballot: Election Procedure › 3 AAC 49.030 - Ballot preparation, distribution

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The ballot must
				  be printed on white paper. It may be printed on a punchcard. The ballot must be
				  a separate document from the bill mailed to a subscriber or member. The ballot
				  may contain only the text of the question as prescribed in
				  AS
				  42.05.712(d) and such other
				  neutral language as is actually necessary to identify the document as a
				  deregulation ballot under
				  AS
				  42.05.712 and to state the deadline for
				  marking the ballot and returning it to the commission for tabulation.
(b) The ballot must be mailed with, or at the
				  same time as, the subscriber's or member's bill. If for technical or mechanical
				  reasons the ballot cannot be mailed or delivered with the subscriber's or
				  member's bill as prescribed in
				  AS
				  42.05.712(d), the ballot may
				  be mailed or delivered separately from the bill, but it must be mailed or
				  delivered at the same time as the bill. If the utility or the cooperative
				  employs staggered or cyclical billing dates, all ballots must be mailed to
				  subscribers or members on the applicable billing date.
(c) The envelope mailed or delivered to
				  subscribers or members containing the ballot also may contain an instruction
				  sheet explaining to the recipient that to ensure that a ballot will be counted,
				  the voter must mark the ballot in the manner prescribed in
				  3 AAC 49.040(a), and that the voter's
				  certificate must be executed and the ballot mailed in the manner prescribed in
				  3 AAC 49.040(c).
(d) The utility or cooperative shall mail or
				  deliver to the commission all remaining ballots not mailed or delivered to its
				  subscribers or members for disposition in accordance with
				  3 AAC 49.070. The utility or cooperative shall make this
				  mailing or delivery to the commission within 15 days from the date it mailed or
				  delivered ballots to its subscribers or members, together with a certification
				  as to the number of ballots it printed, the number and date on which the
				  ballots were mailed or delivered to subscribers or members, and the remaining
				  number of ballots after that distribution was made.
(e) If a subscriber or member believes that
				  he or she is eligible to vote in an election conducted under
				  AS
				  42.05.712 but does not receive a ballot, that
				  subscriber or member first must apply to the utility or cooperative for a
				  ballot. If the utility or the cooperative rejects the subscriber's or member's
				  request for a ballot, or if the supply of ballots has been turned over to the
				  commission under (d) of this section, the subscriber or member may apply to the
				  commission for determination of eligibility or for a ballot. If eligible, the
				  commission will provide the subscriber or member with a ballot.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.151(a)
AS
						42.05.712