Title 15 — Elections
20 chapters · 453 sections in this title.
AS 15.10.010 Precinct boundaries initially established.
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The state is divided into the election precincts as established for the general election of October 1958, or as subsequently amended as prescribed by law, and shall remain so divided until the precinct boundaries are modified, or the precinct is abolished or a precinct is establi…
AS 15.10.020 Precinct boundaries and polling places modified by director.
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(a) The director shall have the exclusive power to modify the boundary of a precinct and to establish or abolish a precinct and polling place in the state by regulations adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). (b) [Repealed, § 61 ch 2 FSSLA 2005.]
AS 15.10.030 Uniform precinct boundaries required for state and local elections.
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The precinct boundaries established by the director shall be the boundaries for both state and local elections. The director by regulation adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) may authorize the combining, consolidation, or altering of precinct boundaries for loca…
AS 15.10.040 Restriction on precinct boundary modification.
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A precinct may not include territory lying within more than one house district. Whenever practicable, precinct boundaries shall conform to municipal boundaries.
AS 15.10.050 General duty and standard for precinct boundary modification.
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The director shall modify the boundary of a precinct, and shall establish or abolish a precinct if the action serves the convenience of the voters and assures the efficient administration of election laws.
AS 15.10.060 Specific duty and standard for precinct boundary modification. [Repealed, § 38 ch 116 SLA 1972.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.10.070 Precinct boundary identification.
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Each precinct shall be given an appropriate name or number and be clearly defined so the boundaries can be readily determined.
AS 15.10.080 Dates for designating precinct boundary.
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The director shall designate boundaries of an election precinct which has been established or modified, not later than 40 days before an election.
AS 15.10.090 Notice of precinct boundary or polling place designation and modification.
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The director shall give full public notice if a precinct is established or abolished, if the boundaries of a precinct are designated, abolished, or modified, or if the location of a polling place is changed. Public notice must include (1) whenever possible, sending written notice…
AS 15.10.100 Judicial review of precinct boundary.
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Any person aggrieved by a determination of precinct boundaries by the director may bring a civil action to have the determination reviewed in the superior court. If the action receives final determination within 40 days before the election, the director may not make the required …
AS 15.10.105 Division of elections; personnel rules.
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(a) The division of elections is created. The lieutenant governor shall control and supervise the division of elections. The lieutenant governor shall appoint a director of elections. The director shall act for the lieutenant governor in the supervision of central and regional el…
AS 15.10.107 Staff training.
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The director shall, before each primary election in even-numbered years, provide for a comprehensive training program for election officials, both the full-time members of the staff of the division of elections and those who are appointed as members of election boards under AS 15…
AS 15.10.108 Youth vote ambassador program.
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(a) The youth vote ambassador program is established in the division of elections. (b) In order to serve as a member of the youth vote ambassador program, an individual must (1) be a student age 16 or older (A) enrolled in a public or private high school program in this state; or…
AS 15.10.110 Appointment of election supervisors.
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The director shall appoint election supervisors, including one in each of the municipalities of Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Nome, to assist in the administration of elections in the house districts designated by the director. The director may appoint as an election supervis…
AS 15.10.120 Appointment of election board.
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(a) An election supervisor shall appoint in each precinct within the election supervisor's district an election board composed of at least three qualified voters registered to vote in that precinct. If the election supervisor is unable to locate three qualified individuals regist…
AS 15.10.125 Appointment of additional election boards.
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In each precinct having 200 or more voters additional election boards may be appointed.
AS 15.10.130 Appointment of clerks. [Repealed, § 92 ch 82 SLA 2000.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.10.140 Appointment of counters.
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The chairperson of the election board may appoint a team of counters to assist with the counting of the ballots in each precinct where the election supervisor considers it necessary. The appointments may be made from among the qualified voters in the precincts in which they resid…
AS 15.10.150 Appointment of nominees for judges and clerks. [Repealed, § 92 ch 82 SLA 2000.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.10.160 Date and notice of appointment of election board. [Repealed, § 9 ch 136 SLA 1966.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.10.170 Appointment and privileges of watchers.
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(a) The precinct party committee, where an organized precinct committee exists, or the party district committee where no organized precinct committee exists, or the state party chairperson where neither a precinct nor a party district committee exists, may appoint one or more per…
AS 15.10.180 Appointment of state ballot counting review board.
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Article 2. Census and Population. The director shall appoint two persons from the political party of which the governor is a member and two persons from the political party that received the second largest number of votes statewide in the preceding gubernatorial election to parti…
AS 15.10.200 Definition of “decennial census of the United States” and use of census numbers by redistricting board.
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(a) In art. VI, Constitution of the State of Alaska, reference to the official decennial census of the United States is a reference to the census enumeration used to establish apportionment among the several states. (b) In adopting a redistricting plan under art. VI, Constitution…
AS 15.10.210 Expenditures for population surveys or sampling prohibited.
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An expenditure of public funds may not be made for a population survey or sampling conducted for purposes of redistricting the legislature without an express appropriation by the legislature for that purpose.
AS 15.10.220 Voting Rights Act review and legal representation.
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Article 3. Redistricting. (a) The independent legal counsel for the Redistricting Board provided for in art. VI, sec. 9, Constitution of the State of Alaska, shall (1) submit the board's redistricting plan for preclearance to the United States Department of Justice or the United …
AS 15.10.300 Preparation for legislative redistricting.
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(a) There is created as an independent agency of the state the Redistricting Planning Committee. The committee shall be composed of five members. One member shall be appointed by the president of the senate, one member shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representat…