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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.035 - Payment of election officials

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Election board
				  workers will be paid $20 an hour for time spent at their election
				  duties.
(b) Election board
				  chairpersons will be paid $20.50 an hour for time spent at their election
				  duties.
(c) Members of the district
				  absentee ballot and questioned ballot review boards, and absentee voting
				  officials paid hourly will be paid $20 an hour for time spent at their election
				  duties.
(d) Members of the state
				  ballot counting review board will be paid $25 an hour for time spent at their
				  election duties.
(e) Members of the
				  regional counting boards, as appointed by the regional election supervisors,
				  will be paid a fee of $25 per hour for time spent at their election
				  duties.
(f) Repealed
				  8/13/2000.
(g) Repealed
				  7/17/88.
(h) Absentee voting
				  officials at absentee sites will be paid $100 for time spent at their election
				  duties.
(i) Absentee voting station
				  officials at absentee stations will be paid $20.50 an hour for time spent at
				  their election duties.
(j) An owner
				  of a building used as a polling place will be paid $100 per election for use of
				  the building.
(k)
				  3/13/2020.
(l) Ballot tabulation
				  coordinators, polling place field workers, individuals appointed as personal
				  representatives, and absentee and questioned ballot processors will be paid $20
				  an hour for time spent at their election duties.
(m) Language assistance workers working for a
				  precinct in an on-call status on election day, will be paid a fee of $125.
				  Language assistance workers working for a regional elections office, or for
				  multiple precincts on election day will be paid a fee of $250.
(n) Extra election day and election night
				  workers write-in counting team members will be paid $15.50 an hour.
Authority:
AS
						15.07.100
AS
						15.10.110
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.380
AS
						15.15.390
AS
						15.20.190
AS
						15.20.220
AS
						15.20.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.040 - Elections security

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A printer who prepares ballots for use at
				  a state election will be provided a certificate to sign indicating that any
				  overruns have been destroyed and that all official ballots ordered by the
				  division have been delivered to the election supervisor or director. Upon
				  receipt of the official ballots from the printer, each election supervisor
				  shall secure the ballots. A locked room with access limited to election
				  personnel will be provided wherever possible.
(b) When voted absentee ballots begin to
				  arrive in the regional and director's offices, the ballots will be secured and
				  access limited to personnel of the division and the district absentee review
				  board. The absentee ballots will be bundled, date stamped by bundle, and
				  processed according to the date stamped for the bundle. The information
				  contained on the affidavit envelope will be compared to the master list of
				  registered voters, and the name of the voter recorded in the absentee register
				  for that district's ballots. The register may be reviewed by interested persons
				  at any time during the election process at the regional elections
				  offices.
(c) The security of the
				  polling place and electronic voting equipment must be maintained by the
				  election board during the hours that the polls are open. The election board
				  shall inspect the tamper-evident seal on electronic voting equipment and shall
				  report any evidence of tampering to the election supervisor.
(d) After the counting of voted ballots has
				  been completed in a precinct, the election board shall seal the ballots in the
				  envelopes provided and place their initials across the seal.
(e) The regional counting centers are located
				  in Juneau, Anchorage, Wasilla, Fairbanks, and Nome. Access into a regional
				  counting center is restricted to those persons approved by the election
				  supervisor. The election supervisor will prepare the listing of persons who
				  will have access to the restricted area and provide those persons with the
				  appropriate identification.
(f)
				  Repealed 8/6/87.
(g) Following the
				  counting of absentee and questioned ballots at a regional counting center, the
				  ballot containers must be sealed. The election supervisor shall prepare a
				  receipt indicating the number of containers of ballots. When the count is
				  completed, the ballots must be transported to the arranged secured storage
				  areas previously determined by the division.
(h) Repealed 8/6/87.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.030
AS
						15.15.370
AS
						15.15.480
AS
						15.20.170
AS
						15.20.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.045 - Voting equipment tests and security

Current through May 31, 2024
Before an election, the ballot counting program must be
					 tested as follows:
(1) the state
				  ballot counting review board is responsible for performing and certifying the
				  initial logic and accuracy test of the ballot counting program and memory
				  cards;
(2) the regional counting
				  board or regional area coordinator is responsible for performing a second logic
				  and accuracy test of the ballot counting program memory cards and preparing the
				  memory cards for election use;
(3)
				  before the opening of the polls on election day at locations where there is a
				  precinct tabulator, the election board is responsible for certifying that the
				  precinct tabulator prints a zero totals report;
(4) before counting absentee or questioned
				  ballots, the regional counting board will verify that a zero totals report is
				  printed before each tabulator is used.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.030
AS
						15.20.201
AS
						15.20.205
AS
						15.20.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.050 - Transportation and receipt of ballots

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Following the
				  elections in all precincts using hand-counted ballots, each election board
				  shall seal the voted and counted ballots in envelopes or bags provided for that
				  purpose. The election board shall mail the ballots to the director no later
				  than the day after the election. Upon arrival in the director's office, the
				  envelopes containing the voted ballots will be logged and placed in the
				  designated secured area.
(b) In
				  locations where a precinct tabulator is used, the voted ballots counted by the
				  tabulator must be transported on election night to a secured storage area
				  prearranged by the director or the director's designee or mailed to the
				  director's office.
(c) On the day
				  following the election, or on a day determined by the director, the ballots
				  described in (b) of this section that were not mailed must be transported by
				  air to the director. The ballots must be accompanied from the secured storage
				  area to the airport of departure, and from the airport of destination to a
				  designated secured storage area by a licensed and bonded courier service or
				  licensed security officer.
(d) A
				  chain of custody document will accompany each ballot shipment. Access to the
				  secured area will be limited to election personnel, state trooper, or
				  authorized licensed security officer.
(e) On each day after the election designated
				  by the director for the counting of absentee and questioned ballots and after
				  the completion of the counting by each election supervisor, the counted
				  absentee and questioned ballots will be transported to the designated secured
				  areas in Anchorage, Wasilla, Fairbanks, Juneau, and Nome.
(f) Repealed 8/9/94.
(g) After certification by the district
				  absentee ballot counting board or by the district questioned ballot counting
				  board, as appropriate, absentee and questioned ballots must be transported from
				  all regional elections offices by a licensed and bonded air courier service to
				  the director's office. A chain of custody document must accompany the
				  ballots.
(h) Repealed
				  8/9/94.
(i) Upon the arrival of the
				  absentee and questioned ballots in the director's office, an elections official
				  or a licensed security officer will transport the ballots to the secured area
				  in the director's office.
(j)
				  Repealed 8/9/94.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.030
AS
						15.15.370
AS
						15.15.480
AS
						15.20.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.065 - Questioned and absentee facsimile ballots

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The procedures
				  in this section apply to a voted questioned or absentee ballot that has been
				  received at a regional elections office for a determination as to whether the
				  ballot is eligible for counting.
(b) Board members shall set aside a ballot
				  described in (a) of this section that is eligible for counting if
(1) the voted ballot cannot be counted by the
				  absentee and questioned ballot tabulator because
(A) the voter marked the ballot in a manner
				  that causes the tabulator to reject the ballot; or
(B) the ballot is otherwise damaged;
				  and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.066 - Uncounted ballots at machine-count precincts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The procedures
				  set out in this section apply to a voted ballot that was unable to be counted
				  in the precinct tabulator, and that the state ballot counting review board
				  receives for a determination as to whether the ballot is eligible for
				  counting.
(b) The election board
				  shall instruct voters to place the voter's ballot in the emergency compartment
				  of the ballot box if the voted ballot cannot be counted in the tabulator
				  because the
(1) tabulator is unable to accept
				  ballots due to a malfunction or power loss;
(2) voter marked the ballot in a manner that
				  causes the tabulator to reject the ballot and the voter does not wish to
				  correct the ballot; or
(3)
				  tabulator rejects the ballot for an unknown reason.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.067 - Facsimile ballots at recount

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The procedures
				  in this section apply to voted ballots being reviewed by the director for a
				  recount under
				  AS
				  15.20.480 regarding a particular race,
				  proposition, or question.
(b) The
				  director will set aside a ballot described in (a) of this section if, after
				  reviewing the ballot, the director determines that
(1) it was marked by the voter in a manner
				  that caused a precinct tabulator to register as being unmarked on the ballot
				  the race, proposition, or question that is the subject of the recount;
				  and
(2) the ballot contains clear
				  evidence of the voter's intent regarding that race, proposition, or
				  question.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.068 - Hand count verification process

Current through May 31, 2024
A hand count required under
					 AS
					 15.15.430(a)(3) must include
					 each of the following offices, if that office is on the ballot, and unless the
					 race for that office is uncontested:
(1) President and Vice-President of the
				  United States;
(2) United States
				  senator;
(3) United States
				  representative;
(4)
				  governor;
(5) lieutenant
				  governor;
(6) state
				  senator;
(7) state
				  representative.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.430
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.069 - Placement of write-in candidates on the ballot

Current through May 31, 2024
On the general election ballot, the director will provide
					 one space for a write-in candidate in each candidate race, except that in the
					 race for president and vice-president, the director will not provide spaces for
					 write-in candidates.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.030
AS
						15.15.360
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.070 - Write-in candidates; use of stickers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Stickers may
				  not be used on a ballot.
(b)
				  Information regarding a write-in candidate may not be discussed, exhibited, or
				  provided at the polling place, or within 200 feet of any entrance to the
				  polling place, on election day.
(c)
				  A voter who chooses to write in the name of a candidate may do so in the space
				  provided on the ballot. In order for the write-in vote to be counted, the voter
				  must also mark the oval opposite the name of the candidate that corresponds to
				  the ranking preference.
(d)
				  Instructions for indicating a write-in choice will be posted in each polling
				  place. If the instructions are not understood, the voter may ask an election
				  official for assistance. If the voter requests assistance from an election
				  official regarding the correct spelling of a write-in candidate's name, the
				  election official shall provide the requested assistance, including showing the
				  voter a list of the names of write-in candidates.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.030
AS
						15.15.240
AS
						15.15.361
AS
						15.20.900
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.071 - Counting of write-in votes

Current through May 31, 2024
In a general election, if one or more candidates have
					 filed as write-in candidates for a race, the election board shall initially
					 count the total number of active ballots on which a write-in candidate is the
					 highest-ranked candidate. If this number is less than the number of votes
					 received by the leading candidate in the first round of tabulation and the
					 difference is equal to or greater than 0.5 percent of the total number of votes
					 for the leading candidate and the write-in candidates in the first round of
					 tabulation, all write-in candidates are defeated. Otherwise, the division shall
					 conduct the tabulation under
					 AS
					 15.15.350 with each valid write-in candidate
					 as an individual candidate.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.350
AS
						15.15.360
AS
						15.15.365
AS
						15.20.450
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.072 - Duplicate rankings

Current through May 31, 2024
In a general election, a duplicate ranking occurs when a
					 voter marks more than one ranking for the same candidate. The election board
					 shall count a duplicate ranking as the highest ranking marked for the candidate
					 and disregard the remaining rankings for that candidate.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.350
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.073 - Electioneering prohibitions at polling places

Current through May 31, 2024
The prohibitions in
					 As
					 15.15.170 and
					 AS
					 15.56.016(a)(2) apply to any
					 attempted persuasion, or any materials, relating A to candidates, propositions,
					 and questions currently on the ballot at the polling place. Prohibited
					 activities include campaigning, signature-gathering, and discussing candidates,
					 propositions, or questions on the ballot in a manner that could influence a
					 voter. Prohibited materials include signs, fliers, bumper stickers, buttons,
					 hats, and clothing bearing the name, image, or campaign slogan of a candidate
					 on the ballot, or naming or describing a proposition or question on the ballot.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.170
AS
						15.56.016
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.074 - Filing of petition for independent candidates for United States President and limited political parties

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No later than
				  5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on the 90th day before a presidential general
				  election, an independent candidate for President of the United States seeking
				  ballot access by petition under
				  AS
				  15.30.026 shall submit to the director the
				  information required under
				  AS
				  15.30.026(a), and a limited
				  political party organized under
				  AS
				  15.30.025 shall submit to the director the
				  information required under
				  AS
				  15.30.025(a). The full
				  petition with voter signatures shall be filed with the director by physical
				  delivery in person at or before 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on the 90th day
				  before a presidential general election, or by physical delivery to the director
				  by registered or certified mail return receipt requested which is postmarked on
				  or before the 90th day before a presidential general election, and received not
				  more than 15 days after that time. If the postmark is illegible, a dated
				  receipt from the post office where dispatched is acceptable as evidence of
				  mailing.
(b) All petition booklets
				  or subscriber pages must be filed together as a single instrument, and must be
				  accompanied by a written statement signed by the submitting candidate or party
				  acknowledging the number of booklets or subscriber pages included in the
				  submission.
(c) A petition that at
				  the time of submission contains on its face an insufficient number of booklets
				  or signed subscriber pages required for certification will be determined by the
				  director to have a patent defect. The director will notify the candidate or
				  party, in writing, of the patent defect and provide information on resubmitting
				  the petition, if applicable. A petition that contains a patent defect and that
				  is filed
(1) on the deadline specified in (a)
				  of this section will be certified as insufficient;
(2) before the deadline specified in (a) of
				  this section will be declared incomplete and all petition booklets or
				  subscriber pages will be returned to the candidate or party for resubmission;
				  the resubmitted petition must be filed by the deadline specified in (a) of this
				  section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.095 - Counting of write-in votes in general election (Expired)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 196 (January 2011), the regulations
						attorney made technical revisions under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6), to correct
						the history note for former
						6 AAC 25.095 and to delete an obsolete citation to
						authority.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.100 - Definition of physically disabled voter (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 171 (October 2004) the substance of former
						6 AAC 25.100 appears in
						6 AAC 25.990.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.130 - Waiver of filing fees

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Any person who is unable to pay the
				  filing fee for candidacy, and still provide for the necessities of life, may
				  file as an indigent candidate, and apply to the division for a waiver of the
				  filing fee.
(b) A candidate
				  desiring waiver of the filing fee shall complete a written, notarized
				  affidavit, on a form provided by the division, stating the facts on which the
				  claim of indigency is based. The completed affidavit must accompany the
				  declaration of candidacy.
(c) The
				  division will review the affidavit. Upon a determination of indigency, the
				  division will waive the filing fee and treat the affiant's candidacy as if a
				  filing fee had been paid.
Authority:
AS
						15.25.050(b)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.140 - Recognized political party

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  2/28/2014;
(b) A political group
				  may obtain recognized political party status under
				  AS
				  15.80.008 and
				  15.80.010.
				  An application filed with the director by a political group as required by
				  AS
				  15.80.008(a)(1) must include
				  the
(1) name of the political group;
(2) name of a contact person;
(3) political group's mailing address;
				  and
(4) political group's telephone
				  number.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.145 - Tracking political affiliation on voter registration and absentee ballot application forms

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The director will track the political
				  affiliation selected by voters on forms used by the division to register a
				  voter.
(b) Forms used to register a
				  voter will be reviewed at least once a year. If at the time of the review, a
				  group has applied for recognized political party status or a group has obtained
				  recognized political party status, the group's name will be printed on the
				  form. If a political party no longer qualifies as a recognized political party
				  as defined in
				  AS
				  15.80.010 when the forms are reprinted, the
				  party's name will be removed from the form at the time of the review unless the
				  items required in
				  6 AAC 25.140(b) are submitted.
(c) A political group that no longer
				  qualifies as a recognized political party will be notified by mail, at the
				  address on file with the division, that the group's name will be removed from
				  the voter registration form.
(d)
				  Updated forms will not be finalized or printed in the 10 days following
				  notification that the group does not qualify as a recognized political party to
				  allow time for the political group to submit the items required in
				  6 AAC 25.140(b).
(e) The name of a political group no longer
				  qualifying as a recognized political party will be added to the list of
				  political groups as specified in (b) of this section and the tracking process
				  will continue if the group has complied with
				  6 AAC 25.140 within 10 days following notification that the
				  group no longer qualifies as a recognized political party.
(f) The director may suspend the tracking
				  process between June 1 and November 30 of an election year.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.80.008
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.195 - Ranked-choice tabulation results

Current through May 31, 2024
Ranked-choice tabulation takes place beginning on the 15th
					 day following the general election after all eligible absentee and questioned
					 ballots have been counted. The tabulation takes place in the director's office
					 or other location determined by the director. The director will make results
					 available to the public following each round of tabulation. Before the 15th
					 day, only first-choice results will be available.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.370
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.200 - Recounts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) All recounts will be conducted in the
				  director's office or at another site in Juneau, selected by the director. The
				  director will, in his or her discretion, prescribe reasonable rules and
				  procedures for the orderly conduct of recounts.
(b) In the conduct of a recount, the director
				  will open and count properly cast absentee ballots that are received after the
				  deadlines established in
				  AS
				  15.20.081(e) and (h) but
				  before the completion of a recount.
(c) A recount may be conducted using
				  tabulators along with a hand-count verification of the recount results from one
				  precinct per house district.
(d) A
				  recount of the ballots cast on the accessible voting device shall be conducted
				  by hand counting the voter-verifiable paper receipt from that voting system for
				  that polling place. If the voter-verifiable paper receipt is not
(1) available, the election results reflected
				  on the printed results report and reported election night by the election board
				  for the affected precinct are the results for the recount for that
				  precinct;
(2) readable, the
				  election results reflected on the printed results report and reported election
				  night by the election board for the affected precinct are the results for the
				  recount for that precinct; if the printed results report from the election
				  board are not available, a duplicate receipt may be printed from the polling
				  place memory card.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.203 - Hand-count verification of election results

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The hand-count
				  verification of election results under
				  AS
				  15.15.430(a)(3) will be
				  conducted following a primary or general election or special primary or special
				  election under
				  AS
				  15.40.140. The verification will take place
				  in the director's office or at another site in Juneau, selected by the
				  director.
(b) The results reported
				  on election night in each district will be used to determine which precincts in
				  each house district account for at least five percent of the ballots cast in
				  that district.
(c)  In conducting
				  the hand-count verification of election results in each randomly selected
				  precinct,
(1) the ballots for contested
				  candidate races will be hand counted and compared against the results as
				  reported election night;
(2) if
				  there are ballot measures appearing on the ballot, the ballots for at least one
				  randomly selected ballot measure will be hand counted and compared against the
				  results as reported on election night;
(3) if there are judicial retention
				  candidates appearing on the ballot, the ballots for at least one randomly
				  selected judicial retention candidate will be hand counted and compared against
				  the results as reported on election night.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.210 - Removal of name from primary and general ballot

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A candidate's
				  name will appear on the primary election ballot unless written notice of the
				  candidate's withdrawal from the primary election or notice of the candidate's
				  death or incapacity is received by the director not later than close of
				  business on the 52nd day before the date of the primary election.
(b) The name of a candidate who has won a
				  position on the general election ballot, will appear on the general election
				  ballot unless written notice of the candidate's withdrawal from the general
				  election or notice of the candidate's death or incapacity is received by the
				  director not later than close of business on the 64th day before the date of
				  the general election.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.25.055
AS
						15.25.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.212 - Appearance of candidate's name on the ballot

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Subject to the
				  limitations of
				  AS
				  15.15.030 and the provisions of this section,
				  a candidate's name will appear on a ballot in the manner in which the candidate
				  has requested on that individual's candidacy filing paperwork submitted to the
				  director.
(b) A candidate's name
				  may not appear on a ballot
(1) with a
				  designation of any academic, professional, personal, or honorary degree or
				  title held by a candidate; or
(2)
				  in a manner that is confusing or misleading to voters or compromises the
				  fairness or neutrality of the ballot.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.220 - Appointment of election officials

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The party
				  district committee's recommendation of nominees for appointment as election
				  precinct board members, presented to the elections supervisor as required by
				  AS
				  15.10.120, is final, and not subject to
				  alteration by the committee, after the established deadlines.
(b) The list of names recommending nominees
				  for appointment to the state ballot counting review board under
				  AS
				  15.10.180, is final, and not subject to
				  alteration by the state central committee, after the deadline established in
				  AS
				  15.10.180.
(c) Repealed 8/23/2001.
Authority:
AS
						15.10.180
AS
						15.15.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.225 - Replacement for a lieutenant governor candidate

Current through May 31, 2024
If the candidacy for lieutenant governor becomes vacant
					 before the general election as provided in
					 AS
					 15.25.100(d), the candidate
					 for governor shall provide to the director, not later than 64 days before the
					 date of the general election, the name of a candidate for lieutenant governor
					 to fill the vacancy. If the name of a candidate for lieutenant governor is
					 provided timely under this section, the director will place the name of that
					 candidate on the ballot for the general election jointly with the candidate for
					 governor who provided the name under this section.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.030
AS
						15.25.100
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.230 - Preservation of election ballots

Current through May 31, 2024
All ballots and stubs 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, except that ballots and stubs for an
					 election in which a candidate for President, Vice President, United States
					 Senator or United States Representative seeks office must be preserved for 22
					 months after the election.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.470
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.240 - Initiative, referendum, and recall petitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Upon
				  certification of the application for a petition, the director will prepare
				  petition booklets for circulation by petition circulators in the general manner
				  prescribed by
				  AS
				  15.45.090,
				  15.45.320,
				  or
				  15.45.560.
				  The director will prepare and have printed sequentially numbered official
				  petition booklets as determined by the director to allow full circulation
				  throughout the state or throughout the senate or house district that will be
				  affected. The booklets will be sent, or otherwise made available for delivery,
				  to a member of the initiative, referendum, or recall committee or the
				  committee's designee for distribution to circulators. The committee or designee
				  may request additional booklets. Upon the director's approval of the request,
				  additional sequentially numbered booklets will be printed by the director and
				  made available to committee or designee, or printed by the committee or
				  designee in a format approved by the director. The committee or designee must
				  pay the cost of printing additional booklets in excess of the initial booklets.
				  If the committee or designee elects to have additional booklets printed, the
				  first booklet from each additional printing shall be submitted to the
				  director.
(b) Each subscriber to
				  the petition shall provide
(1) the
				  subscriber's printed name;
(2) a
				  numerical identifier that can be verified against the voter's record for that
				  subscriber;
(3) the subscriber's
				  signature or mark;
(4) the date of
				  the subscriber's signature or mark; and
(5) the subscriber's address.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.255 - Manner of withdrawing name from petition

Current through May 31, 2024
Written notice under
					 AS
					 15.45.120,
					 15.45.350, or
					 15.45.590 must be made on a form
					 provided by the division.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS 15.45.120
AS 15.45.350
AS
						15.45.590
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 1 - General Administration › 6 AAC 25.270 - Conduct of certain special elections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If an election
				  is set aside by court order, the director will promptly schedule a special
				  election. The date of the special election will be determined by the director
				  upon consideration of the time necessary to
(1) provide adequate public notice;
(2) prepare and distribute election
				  materials; and
(3) appoint and
				  train election personnel.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 2 - Administrative Complaint Procedure for Violations of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 › 6 AAC 25.400 - Purpose and applicability

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				  6 AAC 25.400 -
				  6 AAC 25.490 is to
				  provide a uniform, nondiscriminatory procedure to the resolution of any
				  complaint alleging a violation of
				  42
				  U.S.C. 15481-
				  15485 (title III of
				  the Help America Vote Act of 2002), including a violation that has occurred, is
				  occurring, or is about to occur.
(b) The procedures set out in 6 AAC 25.400 -
				  6 AAC 25.490 do not
				  apply to an election recount under
				  AS
				  15.20.430-15.20.530,
				  or to an election contest under
				  AS
				  15.20.540 -
				  15.20.560. A
				  complainant who wishes to challenge the validity of a primary, special primary,
				  general, or special election, or to determine the validity of a ballot or vote
				  must seek relief as otherwise provided by law.
Authority:
AS
						15.05.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 2 - Administrative Complaint Procedure for Violations of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 › 6 AAC 25.410 - Who may file

Current through May 31, 2024
A person who believes that a violation of
					 42 U.S.C.
					 15481 -
					 15485 has occurred, is occurring,
					 or is about to occur may file a complaint.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 2 - Administrative Complaint Procedure for Violations of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 › 6 AAC 25.420 - Form of complaint

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A complaint must be in writing. The
				  complaint must contain the following information, in a statement that is
				  notarized, signed by the complainant, and sworn under oath by the complainant:
(1) the name of the complainant;
(2) the mailing address of the
				  complainant;
(3) each provision of
				  42 U.S.C.
				  15481 -
				  15485 for which a violation is
				  claimed;
(4) a description of the
				  facts constituting the claimed violation.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 2 - Administrative Complaint Procedure for Violations of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 › 6 AAC 25.430 - Place and time for filing; copy for respondent

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A complaint
				  must be filed with the director, along with
(1) adequate proof of mailing or delivery of
				  a copy of the complaint to each respondent; or
(2) a request for mailing or delivery under
				  (c) of this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 2 - Administrative Complaint Procedure for Violations of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 › 6 AAC 25.440 - Processing of complaint

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To review a
				  complaint that is filed without a request for hearing under
				  6 AAC 25.450(a), or to hear a complaint
				  for which a hearing has been requested, the director will, if the director has
				  not been directly involved in the actions or events that are the subject of the
				  complaint,
(1) review or hear the complaint
				  personally, and make a final determination on the complaint;
(2) designate an employee of the division to
				  review or hear the complaint, and to prepare a proposed determination for the
				  director's consideration; or
(3)
				  appoint a hearing officer from outside the division to review or hear the
				  complaint, and to prepare a proposed determination for the director's
				  consideration.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 2 - Administrative Complaint Procedure for Violations of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 › 6 AAC 25.450 - Hearing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) At the request of the complainant, a
				  hearing on the record will be conducted.
(b) The hearing will be conducted no later
				  than 30 days after the director receives the complaint. At least 10 working
				  days before the date of the hearing, the division will give notice of the date,
				  time, and place of the hearing
(1) by mail, to
				  the complainant, each named respondent, and any other interested person who has
				  asked in writing to be advised of the hearing;
(2) on the division's Internet web site;
				  and
(3) by posting in a prominent
				  place, available to the general public, at the offices of the
				  division.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 2 - Administrative Complaint Procedure for Violations of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 › 6 AAC 25.470 - Alternative dispute resolution through a hearing officer

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a hearing
				  officer has not already been appointed under
				  6 AAC 25.440(a) (3), and if the
				  director has not made a final determination within 90 days after the complaint
				  was filed, or within any extension to which the complainant consents under
				  6 AAC 25.460(f), the director will
				  appoint a hearing officer from outside the division to review or hear the
				  complaint, and to prepare a proposed determination for the director's
				  consideration. The hearing officer may not be, and may not have been, directly
				  involved in the actions or events that are the subject of the
				  complaint.
(b) The hearing officer
				  shall review the record compiled in connection with the complaint, including
				  the tape or electronic recording of any hearing, any transcript of a hearing,
				  and any briefs or memoranda. As necessary to prepare a proposed determination,
				  the hearing officer may request that the parties present additional briefs or
				  memoranda.
(c) After review of the
				  record and any additional briefs or memoranda requested under (b) of this
				  section, the hearing officer shall prepare a proposed determination as to
				  whether a violation of 42
				  U.S.C. 15481 -
				  15485 has been established, based
				  upon a preponderance of the evidence standard. The hearing officer shall
				  present the proposed determination to the director within 120 days after the
				  complaint was filed. After review of the record, the director will adopt the
				  proposed determination as the final determination, adopt the proposed
				  determination with modifications as the final determination, or reject the
				  proposed determination. The director will issue a final determination within
				  150 days after the complaint was filed. The final determination will be mailed
				  to the complainant, each respondent, and any other interested person who has
				  asked in writing to be advised of the final determination. It will also be
				  posted on the division's Internet web site and made available on request to any
				  interested person.
(d) The final
				  determination under (c) of this section constitutes the final decision of an
				  administrative agency under
				  AS
				  22.10.020(d), for which
				  review may be sought under the Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 2 - Administrative Complaint Procedure for Violations of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 › 6 AAC 25.490 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
					 6 AAC 25.400 -
					 6 AAC 25.490, unless the context requires
					 otherwise,
(1) "complainant" means a
				  person who files a complaint with the director under
				  6 AAC 25.400 -
				  6 AAC 25.490;
(2) "respondent" means an election official
				  whose actions are asserted, in a complaint under
				  6 AAC 25.400 -
				  6 AAC 25.490, to be in violation of
				  42 U.S.C.
				  15481 -
				  15485;
(3) "working day" means a day other than
				  Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.500 - Locations and dates of operation for absentee voting stations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Absentee voting
				  stations will be established through the direction and approval of the
				  director. Absentee voting officials will be present in the absentee voting
				  stations during the following specified times:
(1) in any elections supervisor's office,
				  which is considered an absentee voting station, during the following times:
(A) business hours, Monday - Friday,
				  beginning 15 days before the primary, general, and statewide special
				  elections;
(B) between 10:00 a.m.
				  and 4:00 p.m. on the Saturday before the primary, general, and statewide
				  special elections;
(C) between
				  12:00 noon and 4:00 p.m. on the Sunday before the primary, general, and
				  statewide special elections;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.510 - Identification required for by mail and special needs voting

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A voter shall
				  provide at least one form of identification specified under (b) of this section
				  at the time the voter
(1) applies for an
				  absentee ballot by mail; and
(2)
				  executes the voter's certificate in voting an absentee ballot by mail or
				  special needs.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.520 - Voter who changes name

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A voter whose name has been changed by
				  marriage or court order, and who wishes to vote under the new name, but who has
				  not reregistered under the new name at least 30 days before the election in
				  which the voter seeks to vote, may vote
(1) a
				  questioned ballot at the voter's polling place on election day; or
(2) an absentee ballot
(A) in person through an absentee voting
				  official or at an absentee voting station under
				  AS
				  15.20.061;
(B) by mail or electronic transmission under
				  AS
				  15.20.081; or
(C) through a representative under
				  AS
				  15.20.072.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.531 - Registration information on absentee in-person and questioned ballot envelope

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The oath and affidavit envelope prepared
				  by the director for use by a voter voting an absentee ballot in person or
				  voting a questioned ballot at a polling place on election day will permit a
				  person to register, reregister, or update the person's current registration
				  record. However, failure of the voter to provide information in excess of what
				  is required for the purposes of voting absentee in person or voting a
				  questioned ballot will not cause the ballot to be rejected.
(b) The ballot of a person registering to
				  vote under (a) of this section will be rejected under
				  6 AAC 25.630(1) - (3) or
				  6 AAC 25.640(1) - (3). However, the
				  person's name will be placed on the official registration list for the next
				  election occurring 30 days or more after the date the person
				  registered.
(c) The information
				  provided by a voter updating the voter's registration under (a) of this section
				  is effective on the date the oath and affidavit is executed, and will be
				  considered in determining the eligibility of the voter to vote in the
				  election.
Authority:
AS
						15.05.010
AS 15.07.010
AS 15.07.030
AS 15.07.060
AS 15.07.064
AS 15.07.070
AS 15.07.081
AS 15.07.140
AS 15.15.010
AS 15.15.198
AS 15.20.020
AS 15.20.030
AS 15.20.061
AS 15.20.203
AS
						15.20.207