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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.541 - Residence address information on the absentee in-person or 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
				  through a personal representative or voting a questioned ballot at a polling
				  place on election day may provide space in which the voter may write the
				  voter's current residence address. Failure of the voter to provide an address
				  in the space made available for that purpose will not cause the ballot to be
				  rejected.
(b) If the voter provides
				  an address and the address is different from that appearing on the voter's
				  current registration record, the residence address provided will be considered
				  in determining the voter's eligibility to vote in the election, and in the
				  senate, house, or judicial district in which the voter voted, in accordance
				  with the provisions of
				  AS
				  15.20.211.
(c) Providing an address that is different
				  from that appearing on the voter's current registration record will cause the
				  ballot to be rejected or cause the district portion of the voter's ballot not
				  to be counted, if the address provided on the voter's executed certificate is
				  sufficient to
(1) overturn or rebut the
				  presumption of voting residence established on the voter's existing
				  registration record; and
(2)
				  determine the voter's intention to set out the voter's new residence
				  address.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.550 - Signature of voter on absentee by-mail oath and affidavit envelope

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An absentee
				  voter voting by mail must execute the certificate on the oath and affidavit
				  envelope. To be properly executed, the certificate must include the voter's
				  signature and the signature of an official witness or signature of one
				  individual 18 years of age or older attesting the ballot as required by
				  AS
				  15.20.081(d).
(b) The signature of the voter may be any
				  written or printed form of the voter's name or initials, or any other mark
				  intended as a signature.
(c) A
				  voter whose signature under (b) of this section has been affixed anywhere, or
				  in any position, on the voter's certificate is sufficient in determining that
				  the voter has properly executed the certificate.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS 15.20.081
AS
						15.20.203
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.560 - Timeliness of absentee by-mail ballot

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An absentee
				  ballot cast by mail is timely if the date of postmark is on or before election
				  day and the ballot is received by the deadlines established in
				  AS
				  15.20.081(e) and
				  (h).
(b) If there is no readable postmark, the
				  date of the voter's signature as attested to by the official witness or other
				  witnesses will be used in determining if the ballot was voted on or before
				  election day.
(c) A ballot that
				  bears no readable postmark and that does not identify the date on which the
				  voter's certificate was signed and attested to will not be counted unless it is
				  received on or before election day.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS 15.20.081
AS
						15.20.203
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.570 - Witnessing absentee by-mail ballot

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A voter voting
				  an absentee ballot by mail must have the voter's ballot certification on the
				  envelope witnessed by
(1) an official
				  authorized to administer an oath or by one individual 18 years of age or older
				  as required by
				  AS
				  15.20.081(d); or
(2) an election official appointed under
				  AS
				  15.10.120 or an absentee voting official
				  appointed under
				  AS
				  15.20.045 during the official's term as
				  described in
				  6 AAC 25.032.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.580 - Rejection of by-mail ballot

Current through May 31, 2024
The ballot of a voter voting an absentee ballot by mail
					 will not be counted if
(1) the voter's
				  qualifications under
				  AS
				  15.05.010 and registration under AS 15.07
				  cannot be verified;
(2) the voter's
				  registration has been inactivated under
				  AS
				  15.07.130(b) and the voter's
				  prior registration for either of the two most recent general elections cannot
				  be verified;
(3) the voter did not
				  apply for the ballot as required by
				  AS
				  15.20.081;
(4) the ballot is postmarked, or signed and
				  attested to, after election day;
(5) the ballot is not received by the
				  deadlines established in
				  AS
				  15.20.081(e) and (h), unless
				  there is a recount at which the ballot may be counted under
				  AS
				  15.20.480;
(6) the ballot is delivered to the division
				  after election day by means other than by mail;
(7) the voter failed to provide an identifier
				  required by
				  6 AAC 25.510;
(8) the voter failed to sign the voter's
				  certificate;
(9) the voter failed
				  to have his or her ballot witnessed as required by
				  AS
				  15.20.081(d) and
				  6 AAC 25.570; or
(10) the voter is a first-time voter who
				  initially registered by mail or electronic transmission and has not met the
				  identification requirements set out in
				  AS
				  15.07.060 and did not provide proof of
				  identification under
				  AS
				  15.20.081(f).
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS 15.15.198
AS 15.20.081
AS
						15.20.203
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.590 - By-mail election

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the director determines that an
				  election will be conducted by mail under
				  AS
				  15.20.800, the order and notice of election
				  calling for the election will state that the election is to be conducted by
				  mail and that there will be no polling place open for regular in-person voting
				  on election day. In a by-mail election, election day will be the date
				  designated by the director as the deadline by which a voter's ballot must be
				  voted, witnessed, mailed, and, if postmarked, date-stamped by the post
				  office.
(b) In each election
				  conducted by mail, the election supervisor shall appoint at least one absentee
				  voting official to serve the jurisdiction in which the election is to be held.
				  At the discretion of the election supervisor, appointments may be made of
				  persons to serve within each precinct or community within the jurisdiction, or
				  in the general geographic area immediately contiguous to the jurisdiction. Each
				  absentee voting official shall be available at least 15 days before the
				  election, at the hours and location specified by the election supervisor. Each
				  absentee voting official shall be available to
(1) provide absentee voting in person, as
				  prescribed in
				  AS
				  15.20.061, and absentee voting through a
				  personal representative as prescribed in
				  AS
				  15.20.071;
(2) sign a voter's by-mail oath and affidavit
				  envelope as an authorized attesting official, except that the official may not
				  attest his or her own ballot;
(3)
				  accept receipt of a by-mail voter's hand-delivered voted ballot, which has been
				  sworn to, attested, and sealed in the by-mail return envelope; and
(4) provide general voter
				  assistance.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.610 - Mailing address information for absentee or questioned voting

Current through May 31, 2024
Failure of a voter to provide the voter's mailing address
					 on the voter's certificate when voting an absentee ballot in person before an
					 absentee official or voting a questioned ballot at a polling place on election
					 day will not cause the ballot to be rejected if the voter's registration and
					 eligibility can be verified.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS 15.20.081
AS 15.20.203
AS
						15.20.207
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.620 - Witnessing absentee in-person or questioned ballot

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A voter voting
				  an absentee ballot in person at an absentee voting location authorized under
				  AS
				  15.20.045, or voting a questioned ballot at a
				  polling place, must have that voter's ballot witnessed by the election
				  official, who shall sign as the attesting official and date the official's
				  signature. However, if an election official does not sign the voter's
				  certificate, the ballot will not be rejected and may be counted under
				  AS
				  15.20.203(b).
(b) The signature of the official may be any
				  written or printed form of the official's name, initials, or any other mark
				  intended as a signature.
(c)
				  Failure of the official to indicate the date of his or her signature or
				  location at which the voter voted the ballot will not cause the ballot to be
				  rejected if
(1) in the case of a questioned
				  ballot, other information on the face of the oath and affidavit envelope, or
				  available in other official precinct documents, is sufficient to determine that
				  the voter voted the ballot on election day; or,
(2) in the case of an absentee ballot voted
				  in person, other information on the face of the oath and affidavit envelope, or
				  available in other official documents maintained by the absentee official, is
				  sufficient to determine that the voter voted the ballot on or before election
				  day at a time authorized by
				  AS
				  15.20.061.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.630 - Rejection of absentee in-person ballot

Current through May 31, 2024
The ballot of a voter voting an absentee ballot in person
					 at an absentee location authorized under
					 AS
					 15.20.045 will not be counted if
(1) the voter's qualifications under
				  AS
				  15.05.010 and registration under AS 15.07
				  cannot be verified;
(2) in the case
				  of a voter voting in a presidential election, the voter's qualifications to
				  register and vote under
				  AS
				  15.05.012-15.05.014 cannot be
				  verified;
(3) in the case of a
				  voter whose registration has been inactivated under
				  AS
				  15.07.130(b), the voter's
				  prior registration for either of the two most recent general elections cannot
				  be verified; or
(4) the voter has
				  failed to
(A) sign the voter
				  certification;
(B) repealed
				  8/23/2001;
(C) provide
				  identification as described in
				  AS
				  15.20.203(b)(6).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.640 - Rejection of questioned ballot

Current through May 31, 2024
The ballot of a voter voting a questioned ballot at a
					 polling place on election day will not be counted if
(1) the voter's qualifications under
				  AS
				  15.05.010 and registration under AS 15.07
				  cannot be verified;
(2) in the case
				  of a voter voting in a presidential election, the voter's qualifications to
				  register and to vote under
				  AS
				  15.05.012-15.05.014 cannot be
				  verified;
(3) in the case of a
				  voter whose registration has been inactivated under
				  AS
				  15.07.130(b), the voter's
				  prior registration for either of the two most recent general elections cannot
				  be verified; or
(4) the voter
				  failed to
(A) sign the voter
				  certification;
(B) repealed
				  8/23/2001;
(C) provide
				  identification as described in
				  AS
				  15.20.207(b)(2).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.641 - Rejection of duplicate ballots

Current through May 31, 2024
If a voter submits more than one ballot, none of the
					 voter's identifiable ballots will be counted.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.15.210
AS
						15.15.410
AS
						15.20.203
AS
						15.20.207
AS
						15.56.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.643 - Counting of district questioned ballots

Current through May 31, 2024
The counting of questioned ballots for a district shall
					 begin when the questioned ballots for the entire district have all been
					 reviewed by the district questioned ballot counting board. If the ballots for
					 the entire district have not all been reviewed by the third day following the
					 election, the ballot counting for that district may not begin until the sixth
					 day following the election.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
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 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.650 - Permanent absentee voter

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The election
				  supervisor may designate a person as a permanent absentee voter if the person
				  is a qualified voter under
				  AS
				  15.05.010, and if the
(1) election supervisor determines that the
				  voter resides in a remote area in Alaska where distance, terrain, or other
				  natural conditions deny the voter reasonable access to the polling
				  place;
(2) voter has identified an
				  institution in the state serving the aged or persons with disabilities as a
				  permanent residence on his or her current registration record; or
(3) voter is disabled voter and has requested
				  to be designated a permanent absentee voter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.660 - Special absentee ballot (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS 15.15.360
AS 15.15.365
AS 15.20.081
AS 15.20.082
AS
						15.20.203
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.670 - Federal write-in ballot

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For a statewide
				  primary, special primary, general, or special election, a qualified voter who
				  has properly applied under
				  AS
				  15.20.081 for an absentee ballot and has not
				  received the ballot may vote for all federal and state candidate races, each
				  judicial retention election, and ballot proposition or question scheduled to
				  appear on the ballot that the voter is eligible to participate by using a
				  federal write-in absentee ballot. The voter must be
(1) an absent uniformed services voter;
				  or
(2) voting by absentee ballot
				  from outside the United States.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.671 - Preparation of the official federal race ballot

Current through May 31, 2024
The director will prepare a ballot to vote in a federal
					 election for those voters who qualify as overseas voters under
					 AS
					 15.05.011. The director will prepare that
					 ballot in accordance with
					 AS
					 15.15.030 and
					 AS
					 15.20.030 for the races for United States
					 representative, United States senator, and President and Vice-President of the
					 United States.
Authority:
AS
						15.05.011
AS 15.15.010
AS 15.15.030
AS 15.20.030
AS
						15.20.082
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.672 - Special absentee ballots for federal races (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Authority:
AS
						15.05.011
AS 15.15.010
AS 15.15.030
AS 15.20.030
AS
						15.20.082
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.680 - Absentee voting by electronic transmission

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An application
				  for an absentee ballot that requests the ballot be delivered by electronic
				  transmission will be accepted if received by the division no earlier than 15
				  days, and no later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, the day before a state
				  election as defined in
				  AS
				  15.20.225, except that an absent uniformed
				  services voter or an overseas voter may apply at any time. The application must
				  include the voter's name, the Alaska residence address of the voter, other than
				  an overseas voter qualifying under
				  AS
				  15.05.011, the method for receiving the
				  ballot by electronic transmission, the information necessary for the voter to
				  receive the ballot by electronic transmission, the voter's signature, a
				  telephone number where the voter can be contacted, and a form of
				  identification. The form of identification provided must be the voter's
(1) voter registration number;
(2) social security number or last four
				  digits of the voter's social security number;
(3) date of birth;
(4) Alaska driver's license number;
				  or
(5) Alaska State identification
				  number.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.683 - Actions through power of attorney

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An individual
				  with a general power of attorney in accordance with
				  AS
				  13.26.645 or a special power of attorney in
				  accordance with this section may
(1) register
				  a voter to vote or cancel a voter's registration;
(2) apply for an absentee ballot by mail or
				  by electronic transmission on behalf of the voter;
(3) request a change to the mailing address
				  of the voter's absentee by-mail ballot;
(4) request a change to the electronic
				  transmission telephone number or address to which the voter's ballot will be
				  transmitted if voting by electronic transmission; or
(5) request a replacement ballot for the
				  voter in accordance with
				  6 AAC 25.685 if an absentee by-mail or electronic
				  transmission ballot has been properly applied for and has not been
				  received.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.684 - Absentee by-mail ballot mailing address

Current through May 31, 2024
A voter requesting an absentee by-mail ballot under
					 AS
					 15.20.081(a) shall provide a
					 mailing address that the absentee ballot is to be returned. If a specific
					 mailing address for the ballot is not indicated on the voter's application, the
					 director will mail the ballot to the voter's permanent mailing address
					 indicated on the voter's application. If the person's permanent mailing address
					 is not indicated on the application, the director will mail the ballot to the
					 voter's residence address on file with the division.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.20.081
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.685 - Replacement of absentee by-mail ballot by electronic transmission

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A voter or
				  an individual acting on behalf of a voter in accordance with
				  6 AAC 25.683 may contact the division to request that an
				  absentee replacement ballot be sent to the voter by electronic transmission or
				  by mail, if the voter has lost, mismarked, or not received a requested ballot,
				  and
(1) properly applied under
				  AS
				  15.20.081 and this chapter to receive a
				  by-mail ballot for any state-conducted election; or
(2) is eligible to vote in a by-mail election
				  being held in accordance with
				  AS
				  15.20.800.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 3 - Absentee and Questioned Voting › 6 AAC 25.686 - Delivery of official absentee ballot

Current through May 31, 2024
For a statewide primary, special primary, general, or
					 special election, the director will send the official absentee ballot and
					 absentee voting material as soon as they are ready for distribution. However,
					 if the voter is an absent uniformed services voter or an absent overseas voter,
					 or indicates on the ballot application that the voter expects to be living,
					 working, or traveling outside the United States or in a remote area of the
					 state at the time of the election, the director will send the voter an absentee
					 ballot and other voting materials beginning no later than 45 days before
					 election day.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.20.081
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 4 - Election Pamphlet › 6 AAC 25.690 - Official election pamphlet material from candidates for elected office

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				  The lieutenant governor will publish an election pamphlet containing
				  information about candidates running for elected office. This information will
				  be gathered from candidate responses to a questionnaire prepared by the
				  division.
(b) A candidate for
				  elected office under
				  AS
				  15.25.030 may provide the division with
				  biographical information of not more than 150 words, and a candidate's advocacy
				  statement of not more than 250 words, for inclusion in the election pamphlet.
				  All information to be published in the election pamphlet must be received by
				  the division no later than July 22 of an election year, except that information
				  to be published in the election pamphlet by a candidate for the offices of
				  United States President and Vice President must be received no later than
				  August 30 of a presidential election year. A candidate may not make a change to
				  the candidate's biographical information or advocacy statement after the
				  deadline. A candidate's advocacy statement must be submitted typewritten or
				  transmitted electronically. An article such as "a", "and", and "the" will be
				  counted as one word. Any words included in the biographical information or
				  candidate's advocacy statement beyond the allowed word counts will not be
				  published.
(c) A candidate may
				  submit any of the candidate's following biographical information to be included
				  in the election pamphlet:
(1) name;
(2) residence address;
(3) mailing address;
(4) election district;
(5)political party or political group
				  affiliation:
(6) electronic mail
				  address;
(7) web site
				  address;
(8) age at date of the
				  election;
(9) place of
				  birth;
(10) occupation;
(11) spouse's name;
(12) children's names;
(13) length of Alaska residency;
(14) communities lived in and dates of
				  residence;
(15) education, such as
				  high school, technical and vocational school, college, university, or
				  postgraduate, including dates attended and degree or certificates
				  earned;
(16) military service,
				  listing the branch, length of service, rank and awards earned;
(17) political and government
				  positions;
(18) business and
				  professional positions;
(19)
				  service organization memberships;
(20) special interests;
(21) any other information the candidate
				  considers appropriate.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 4 - Election Pamphlet › 6 AAC 25.700 - Official election pamphlet material from candidates for judicial retention

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The lieutenant governor will publish an
				  election pamphlet containing information about judicial officers subject to
				  retention. This information will be gathered from candidate responses to a
				  questionnaire prepared by the division.
(b) A judicial officer subject to a retention
				  election may provide the division with biographical information and statement
				  that reflects the judicial officer's professional philosophy of not more than
				  150 words, and a candidacy advocate statement of not more than 250 words, for
				  inclusion in the election pamphlet. All information to be published in the
				  election pamphlet must be received by the division no later than August 7. A
				  candidate may not make a change to the candidate's biographical information or
				  candidacy advocate statement after the deadline. A candidate's candidacy
				  advocate statement must be submitted typewritten or transmitted electronically.
				  An article such as "a", "and", and "the" will be counted as one word.
(c) A candidate for judicial retention may
				  submit any of the candidate's following biographical information to be included
				  in the election pamphlet:
(1) name;
(2) mailing address;
(3) judgeship filed for;
(4) judicial district;
(5) electronic mail address;
(6) age at date of the election;
(7) place of birth;
(8) spouse's name;
(9) children's names;
(10) length of Alaska residency;
(11) communities lived in and dates of
				  residence;
(12) education, such as
				  high school, technical and vocational school, college, university, or
				  postgraduate, including dates attended and degree or certificates
				  earned;
(13) military service,
				  listing the branch, length of service, rank and awards earned;
(14) political and government
				  positions;
(15) business and
				  professional positions;
(16)
				  service organization memberships;
(17) special interests;
(18) other information the candidate
				  considers appropriate.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 4 - Election Pamphlet › 6 AAC 25.710 - Statements advocating voter approval or rejection of initiatives or referendums

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The division will include statements
				  advocating voter approval or rejection of propositions in the election
				  pamphlet. The division may offer authorship of the statement advocating voter
				  approval of a proposition to the prime sponsor of an initiative or to the
				  initiative committee. The division may offer authorship of the statement
				  advocating voter rejection of a proposition to a group that has organized and
				  registered with the Alaska Public Offices Commission to oppose the proposition.
				  If no organized group meets the requirements of this subsection, the division
				  may offer authorship of the statement advocating voter rejection to a publicly
				  recognized individual or organization with a stated interest in opposing the
				  proposition.
(b) The division will
				  establish a deadline for the submission of a statement under this section. A
				  statement advocating voter approval and rejection must be received by the
				  division by the established deadline date.
(c) A statement submitted under this section
				  may not exceed 500 words. An article such as "a," "an," and "the" will be
				  counted as a word.
(d) A statement
				  submitted under this section must include a signer's bloc located at the bottom
				  of the statement. The signer's bloc must include no more than three signers.
				  Any signers more than the allotted three will be considered endorsements and
				  included in the text of the statement and counted against the 500-word limit.
				  Signers must include the signers' full names and organizations, if
				  any.
(e) Signers shall sign a form
				  prepared by the division indicating that the signers participated in the
				  drafting of the statement.
(f) The
				  division will not release statements until all statements regarding the
				  question have been received in final form and have gone to the
				  printer.
(g) The division may
				  appoint a coordinator for the drafting of statements under this
				  section.
(h) The division will take
				  no position on a statement advocating voter approval or rejection of an
				  initiative or a referendum. The division will provide a disclaimer printed on
				  the bottom of each page in the election pamphlet that is a statement advocating
				  or rejecting a proposition.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.58.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 4 - Election Pamphlet › 6 AAC 25.720 - Language compliance deadline for submission of official election pamphlet material

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If they want their materials for
				  inclusion in the election pamphlet translated into the appropriate Alaska
				  Native languages, candidates for federal or statewide office, for state senate
				  in Senate Districts C, S, and T, for state representative in House Districts 6,
				  3 7, 3 8, 3 9, and 40, and for judicial retention for supreme court, court of
				  appeals, and judicial districts 2, 3, and 4 must file all the candidates'
				  information and comply with
				  AS
				  15.58.030 at least 30 days before the
				  applicable filing date in
				  AS
				  15.58.030.
(b) If they want their materials for
				  inclusion in the election pamphlet translated into the appropriate Alaska
				  Native languages, other contributing entities to the election pamphlet,
				  including state agencies and political parties, must file all the entities'
				  information and comply with applicable provisions of
				  AS
				  15.58.040 and
				  15.58.050 at least 30 days before
				  the applicable filing dates in
				  AS
				  15.58.040 and
				  15.58.050.
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.58.030
AS
						15.58.040
AS
						15.58.050
AS
						15.58.090
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 4 - Election Pamphlet › 6 AAC 25.730 - Availability of official election pamphlet at polling places

Current through May 31, 2024
Election officials may make available at polling places
					 the election pamphlet, including the election pamphlet translated into the
					 appropriate Alaska Native languages. Doing so does not violate
					 AS
					 15.15.170 or
					 AS
					 15.56.016(a)(2).
Authority:
AS
						15.15.010
AS
						15.58.030
AS
						15.58.090
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections › Article 5 - General Provisions › 6 AAC 25.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "absent uniformed services voter"
				  has the meaning given in
				  42
				  U.S.C. 1973ff-6;
(2) Repealed 2/24/2022;
(3) "circulator" means a person circulating
				  an initiative, referendum, or recall petition for the purpose of gathering
				  signatures;
(4) "disabled voter"
				  means a person who is unable to get to the polling place because of severe
				  illness, age, or disability;
(5)
				  "director" means the director of elections;
(6) "division" means the division of
				  elections;
(7) "election official"
				  means a qualified voter appointed by a regional elections supervisor to assist
				  in the conduct of an election;
(8)
				  "electronic transmission" means delivery of a ballot by
(A) facsimile transmission;
(B) transmission through a website
				  established by the director;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Administration of Local and Regional Elections › 6 AAC 27.010 - Date and conduct of school board elections

Current through May 31, 2024
The regional educational attendance area election will be
				  held annually on the first Tuesday in October. The elections will be
				  conducted
(1) in accordance with
				AS
				14.08.041-14.08.081 and
				6 AAC 27.010 -
				6 AAC 27.110; and
(2) if procedures and requirements are not
				expressly provided in
				AS
				14.08.041-14.08.081 or
				6 AAC 27.010 -
				6 AAC 27.110; in accordance with applicable provisions
				of AS 15.
Authority:
AS
					 14.08.071
AS
					 15.15.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Administration of Local and Regional Elections › 6 AAC 27.015 - School board seat vacancies

Current through May 31, 2024
A regional educational attendance area school board seat
				  vacancy will be filled at the next regular election, if notice of the
				  resignation of a school board member, or notice that a school board seat has
				  been vacated due to other circumstances is received by the director not later
				  than July 15. If notice of a vacancy is received by the director after July 15,
				  the office will be filled by appointment by the remaining board members until
				  the regular election in the succeeding calendar year, at which election the
				  seat will be filled for the balance of the unexpired term.
Authority:
AS
					 14.08.041(e)
AS
					 14.08.071
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Administration of Local and Regional Elections › 6 AAC 27.020 - Order and notice of election

Current through May 31, 2024
An order and notice of election will be prepared for each
				  regional educational attendance area. The order and notice of election will
				  include
(1) the date of the
				election;
(2) the office to which
				candidates are to be elected;
(3)
				length of term for each office;
(4)
				date for filing declarations of candidacy;
(5) questions that will appear on the
				ballot;
(6) hours the polls are
				open; and
(7) other necessary
				items.
Authority:
AS
					 14.08.071
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Administration of Local and Regional Elections › 6 AAC 27.035 - Declaration of candidacy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A candidate for
				school board office must file a declaration of candidacy. The declaration of
				candidacy must be in the form prescribed by the director and must include
(1) the candidate's name;
(2) the candidate's residence
				address;
(3) the candidate's
				mailing address, if different from the residence address;
(4) the designation of the office and seat
				being sought;
(5) a statement that
				the candidate is qualified for the office that he or she seeks;
(6) the candidate's name, as the candidate
				wants it to appear on the ballot;
(7) identification, in the form of the
				candidate's
(A) voter registration
				number;
(B) social security number
				or last four digits of the candidate's social security number;
(C) date of birth;
(D) Alaska driver's license number;
				or
(E) Alaska State Identification
				number;
(8) the
				candidate's phone number, if available; and
(9) the candidate's signature.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Administration of Local and Regional Elections › 6 AAC 27.036 - Write-in candidates for regional educational attendance area (REAA) elections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A candidate who
				has not filed a declaration of candidacy under
				6 AAC 27.035 and wishes to be a candidate in a regional
				educational attendance area (REAA) election may file as a write-in candidate. A
				candidate may not file as a write-in candidate unless another candidate has
				filed a declaration of candidacy. Votes for a write-in candidate will not be
				counted unless that candidate has filed a letter of intent with the director
				stating
(1) the candidate's name;
(2) the candidate's residence
				address;
(3) the candidate's
				mailing address, if different from the residence address;
(4) the designation of the office and seat
				being sought;
(5) that the
				candidate is qualified for the office that the candidate seeks;
(6) the name of the candidate as the
				candidate wishes it to be written on the ballot by the voter;
(7) the candidate's identification, in the
				form of the candidate's
(A) voter
				identification number;
(B) social
				security number or the last four digits of the candidate's social security
				number;
(C) date of
				birth;
(D) Alaska driver's license
				number; or
(E) Alaska state
				identification card number;
(8) the date of the election at which the
				candidate seeks election;
(9) that
				the candidate is a qualified voter as required by law;
(10) that the candidate is not a candidate
				for this office under any other declaration of candidacy;
(11) the candidate's telephone number, if
				available; and
(12) the candidate's
				signature.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Administration of Local and Regional Elections › 6 AAC 27.040 - Appointment of election boards

Current through May 31, 2024
In second class cities where the municipal election falls on
				  the same date as the regional educational attendance area election, the
				  elections supervisor shall consult the city clerk regarding the election board
				  appointments and may appoint an election board to conduct the school board
				  election. In areas where there are no second class cities, the elections
				  supervisor shall make the election board appointments. The election boards will
				  consist of at least a chairperson and two election workers. In areas specified
				  by the election supervisor, counting teams may be appointed.
Authority:
AS
					 14.08.071
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Administration of Local and Regional Elections › 6 AAC 27.050 - Absentee voting

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A voter may request an absentee ballot by
				mail from the director of elections. The absentee ballot application permits
				the person to register to vote under
				AS
				15.07.070 and to request an absentee ballot
				for each election held within that calendar year for which the voter is
				eligible to vote. The absentee ballot application must include the name of the
				applicant, the address where the ballot is to be mailed, the applicant's Alaska
				residence address, one of the forms of identification prescribed in
				6 AAC 25.510(b), and the signature of
				the voter. The application must be received not later than 5:00 p.m. on the
				10th day before the election.
(b) A
				voter may vote by absentee ballot at the office of an election supervisor or at
				a location designated by the election supervisor.
The address for the director of elections is P.O. Box
					 110017, Juneau, AK 99811-0017.
Authority:
AS
					 14.08.071
AS
					 15.20.081
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Administration of Local and Regional Elections › 6 AAC 27.060 - District absentee and questioned ballot review board

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The district
				absentee and questioned ballot counting board shall be comprised of at least
				two qualified voters appointed by the election supervisor at least 15 days
				before the date of the regional educational attendance area election, or other
				local elections conducted by the Division of Elections.
(b) By the 10th day after the date of the
				election, the election supervisor, in the presence and with the assistance of
				the district absentee and questioned ballot board, will examine affidavits,
				review and count any additional absentee ballots and all questioned ballots,
				and certify the review.
(c) In
				close elections, the election supervisor may direct the absentee-ballot
				counting board to count the absentee ballots on hand on the third day following
				the election.
(d) The district
				absentee and questioned ballot counting board shall follow the procedures
				specified in
				AS
				15.20.203 and
				15.20.207.
(e) Except for special elections, ballots
				received and reviewed by election day in by-mail elections will be counted
				election day and results transmitted after 8:00 p.m.
As of Register 202 (July 2012), the regulations attorney
					 made a conforming technical revision under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6), to the
					 authority citation that follows
					 6 AAC 27.060, deleting the citation to former AS
					 46.40.150 to reflect the repeal of that statute on July 1, 2011, by operation
					 of law under sec. 18, ch. 31, SLA 2005.
Authority:
AS
					 14.08.071
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Administration of Local and Regional Elections › 6 AAC 27.065 - Counting of write-in votes in regional education attendance area (REAA) elections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions of this section apply to
				the counting of write-in votes in a regional education attendance area (REAA)
				election in this state.
(b)
				Counting write-in votes in a REAA election by candidate will be conducted under
				this section only if the aggregate of all votes cast for all write-in
				candidates for the particular office is the
(1) highest number of votes received by any
				candidate for the office; or
(2)
				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.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Administration of Local and Regional Elections › 6 AAC 27.070 - State review board

Current through May 31, 2024
The state review board must be comprised of at least four
				  qualified voters appointed by the director of elections at least 15 days before
				  the date of any state-conducted local or regional election. The state review
				  board shall follow the procedures specified in
				  AS
				  15.15.430, except that the director has the
				  discretion to determine when the state review board will conduct its review and
				  the necessity of the state review board to conduct under
				  AS
				  15.15.430 a hand count of ballots. The review
				  will be scheduled so that it is completed in the most cost-effective timeframe,
				  taking into consideration the 10-day and 15-day deadlines for receipt of
				  absentee by-mail ballots and precinct materials.
As of Register 202 (July 2012), the regulations attorney
					 made a conforming technical revision under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6), to the
					 authority citation that follows
					 6 AAC 27.070, deleting the citation to former AS
					 46.40.150 to reflect the repeal of that statute on July 1, 2011, by operation
					 of law under sec. 18, ch. 31, SLA 2005.
Authority:
AS
					 14.08.071
AS
					 15.15.430
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Administration of Local and Regional Elections › 6 AAC 27.080 - Certification of election

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Upon completion
				of the review, the director shall certify the election.
(b) In regions where the school board passed
				a resolution allowing for plurality elections, the director may issue a
				certificate of election to the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes
				for each respective office.
(c) In
				regions that require election by a specified percentage of the votes cast, the
				director may issue a certificate of election to the candidate receiving the
				greatest number of votes in excess of the percentage of the votes cast required
				for election to each respective office.
As of Register 202 (July 2012), the regulations attorney
					 made a conforming technical revision under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6), to the
					 authority citation that follows
					 6 AAC 27.080, deleting the citation to former AS
					 46.40.150 to reflect the repeal of that statute on July 1, 2011, by operation
					 of law under sec. 18, ch. 31, SLA 2005.
Authority:
AS
					 14.08.071
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Administration of Local and Regional Elections › 6 AAC 27.090 - Run-off election

Current through May 31, 2024
Except as provided in
				  6 AAC 27.080(b), if no candidate
				  receives in excess of the required percentage of the votes cast for election to
				  the respective office, the director will hold a run-off election within 30 days
				  from the date of certification of the election between the two candidates
				  receiving the greatest number of votes for the office. The order and notice for
				  a run-off election will be issued three days after certification of the
				  election. The run-off election will be conducted by mail, as prescribed by the
				  director.
As of Register 202 (July 2012), the regulations attorney
					 made a conforming technical revision under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6), to the
					 authority citation that follows
					 6 AAC 27.090, deleting the citation to former AS
					 46.40.150 to reflect the repeal of that statute on July 1, 2011, by operation
					 of law under sec. 18, ch. 31, SLA 2005.
Authority:
AS
					 14.08.071
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Administration of Local and Regional Elections › 6 AAC 27.100 - District absentee and questioned ballot counting boards and state review board for run-off election

Current through May 31, 2024
The district absentee and questioned ballot counting boards
				  and state review board procedures for the run-off election will be the same as
				  those specified in
				  6 AAC 27.060 -
				  6 AAC 27.070.
Authority:
AS
					 14.08.071(b)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 6 - Governor's Office › Part 1 - Elections › Chapter 27 - Administration of Local and Regional Elections › 6 AAC 27.110 - Certification of run-off election

Current through May 31, 2024
Upon completion of the review of the run-off election, the
				  director may issue a certificate of election to the candidate receiving the
				  greatest number of votes for each respective office.
Authority:
AS
					 14.08.071