Title 15 — Elections
20 chapters · 453 sections in this title.
AS 15.15.010 General administrative supervision by director.
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The director shall provide general administrative supervision over the conduct of state elections, and may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) necessary for the administration of state elections. The director shall adopt regulations that establish for …
AS 15.15.020 Date of general election.
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The general election is held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in every even numbered year.
AS 15.15.025 Top four nonpartisan open primary.
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A voter qualified under AS 15.05 may cast a vote for any candidate for each elective state executive and state and national legislative office, without limitations based on the political party or political group affiliation of either the voter or the candidate.
AS 15.15.030 Preparation of official ballot.
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The director shall prepare all official ballots to facilitate fairness, simplicity, and clarity in the voting procedure, to reflect most accurately the intent of the voter, and to expedite the administration of elections. The following directives shall be followed when applicable…
AS 15.15.032 Use of electronically generated ballots.
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(a) If the director provides for voting by use of electronically generated ballots, the director shall provide balloting equipment that would allow voters with disabilities, including those who are blind or visually impaired, to cast private, independent, and verifiable ballots. …
AS 15.15.035 Printing of ballots and other material.
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The director may not be required to do business with a printing company while the company is involved in a labor dispute.
AS 15.15.040 Preparation of other election materials.
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(a) The director shall prescribe the form of and prepare tinted sample ballots and all other materials, forms, and supplies required for the election. (b) The director shall prepare and issue or make available with each sample ballot for a special election the statement provided …
AS 15.15.050 Distribution of election materials.
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The director shall distribute an adequate supply of sample and official ballots and all other materials, forms, and supplies required for the election to the election supervisors for distribution to chairpersons of election boards in precincts not less than 25 days before the dat…
AS 15.15.060 Polling places, voting booths, and supplies.
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(a) Immediately following the appointment of the election board, the election supervisor in conjunction with the election board chair shall secure polling places for holding the election, suitable ballot boxes that will assure security, and an adequate number of voting booths or …
AS 15.15.070 Public notice of election required.
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(a) The director shall give and is authorized to contract to give full public notice of the election. The director may select a manner reasonably calculated to give actual knowledge of the election to the voters. (b) The notice shall be given by publication at least twice in one …
AS 15.15.080 Time for opening and closing polls.
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(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, on the day of any election, each election board shall open the polls for voting at seven o'clock in the morning, shall close the polls for voting at eight o'clock in the evening, and shall keep the polls open during the time between …
AS 15.15.090 Designation of precinct polling place.
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The polling place shall be located within the precinct unless the election supervisor and the election board chairperson determine that a building located in an adjoining precinct is more suitable or convenient to the voters.
AS 15.15.100 Time off for voting.
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A qualified voter who does not have sufficient time outside working hours within which to vote at a state election may, without loss of pay, take off as much working time as will enable voting. If any employee has two consecutive hours in which to vote, either between the opening…
AS 15.15.110 General duties and oath of election board.
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The election board shall supervise the election in the precinct. Before entering upon the duties of office, each election official shall take an oath to honestly, faithfully, and promptly perform the duties of office. Any appointed election official, including an appointed electi…
AS 15.15.120 Filling vacancies in election board.
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If an appointed election board member fails to appear and subscribe to the oath on election day or becomes incapacitated during the time of the election or the counting of the ballots, the election board members present shall elect, by a majority voice vote, a qualified voter to …
AS 15.15.130 Majority decision of election board.
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The decision of the majority of election board members determines the action that the election board shall take regarding any question that arises during the course of the election.
AS 15.15.140 Permitted use of unofficial ballots.
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(a) If the election board receives an insufficient number of official ballots or official election materials, it shall provide and the voters may use unmarked substitute ballots or other election materials to indicate the intent of the voter. (b) The election board shall certify …
AS 15.15.150 Official opening of polls.
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On the day and hour of election, the election board shall announce that the polls are open and receive the voters.
AS 15.15.160 Prohibition of political discussion by election board.
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During the hours that the polls are open, an election board member may not discuss any political party, candidate, or issue while on duty.
AS 15.15.170 Prohibition of political persuasion near election polls.
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During the hours the polls are open, a person who is in the polling place or within 200 feet of any entrance to the polling place may not attempt to persuade a person to vote for or against a candidate, proposition, or question. The election officials shall post warning notices a…
AS 15.15.180 Keeping of register.
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The election officials shall keep a register or registers in which each voter before receiving a ballot shall sign the voter's name and give both a residence and mailing address. A record shall be kept in the registration book in space provided of the names of persons who offer t…
AS 15.15.190 Keeping of duplicate register. [Repealed, § 231 ch 100 SLA 1980. For current law, see AS 15.15.180.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.15.195 Voters on official registration list.
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An election official in a precinct shall allow a voter on the official registration list to vote in the precinct unless the voter is questioned in accordance with AS 15.15.210.
AS 15.15.198 Voters not on official registration list.
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(a) If a voter's name does not appear on the official registration list in the precinct in which the voter seeks to vote, the election official shall affirmatively advise the voter that the voter may cast a questioned ballot, and the voter shall be allowed to vote a questioned ba…
AS 15.15.200 Questioning of voter of doubtful qualification. [Repealed, § 38 ch 116 SLA 1972.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.15.210 Questioning of voters of suspect qualification.
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Every election official shall question, and every watcher and any other person qualified to vote in the precinct may question, a person attempting to vote if the questioner has good reason to suspect that the questioned person is not qualified under AS 15.05. All questions regard…
AS 15.15.213 Questioning a voter's ballot. [Repealed, § 43 ch 85 SLA 1988.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.15.215 Disposition of questioned votes.
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(a) A voter who casts a questioned ballot shall vote the ballot in the same manner as prescribed for other voters. The voter shall insert the ballot into a secrecy sleeve and put the secrecy sleeve into an envelope on which the statement the voter previously signed is located. Th…
AS 15.15.220 Administration of oaths.
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Any election official may administer to a voter any oath that is necessary in the administration of the election.
AS 15.15.225 Voter identification at polls.
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(a) Before being allowed to vote, each voter shall exhibit to an election official one form of identification, including (1) an official voter registration card, driver's license, state identification card, current and valid photo identification, birth certificate, passport, or h…
AS 15.15.230 Providing ballot to voter.
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When the voter has qualified to vote, the election official shall give the voter an official ballot. The voter shall retire to a booth or private place to mark the ballot.
AS 15.15.240 Voter assistance.
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A qualified voter needing assistance in voting may request an election official, a person, or not more than two persons of the voter's choice to assist. If the election official is requested, the election official shall assist the voter. If any other person is requested, the pers…
AS 15.15.250 Disposition of spoiled ballot.
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If a voter improperly marks, damages, or otherwise spoils a ballot, the voter may request and the election board shall provide another ballot, with a maximum of three. The board shall record on the precinct register that there was a spoiled ballot and destroy the spoiled ballot i…
AS 15.15.260 Placing ballot in ballot box by voter.
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When the voter has marked a ballot, the voter shall inform the election official. The ballot shall be deposited in the ballot box by the voter in the presence of the election official unless the voter requests the election official to deposit the ballot on the voter's behalf. Sep…
AS 15.15.270 Leaving polling place with ballot prohibited.
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A voter may not leave the polling place with the official ballot that the voter received to mark.
AS 15.15.280 Prohibiting the exhibition of marked ballots.
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Subject to AS 15.15.240 a voter may not exhibit the voter's ballot to an election official or any other person so as to enable any person to ascertain how the voter marked the ballot.
AS 15.15.290 Prohibiting the identification of ballots.
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While the polls are open, an election official may not open any ballot received from a voter, or mark a ballot by folding or otherwise so as to be able to recognize it, or otherwise attempt to learn how a voter marked a ballot, or allow the same to be done by another person.
AS 15.15.300 Prohibiting the count of exhibited ballots.
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An election official may not allow a ballot to be placed in the ballot box that the official knows to have been unlawfully exhibited by the voter. A ballot unlawfully exhibited shall be recorded as a spoiled ballot and destroyed.
AS 15.15.310 Official closing of polls.
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Fifteen minutes before and at the time of closing the polls, the election board shall announce the present time and the time of closing the polls.
AS 15.15.320 Voters in line when polls close.
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Every qualified voter present and in line at the time prescribed for closing the polls may vote.
AS 15.15.330 Commencement of ballot count.
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When the polls are closed and the last vote has been cast in a hand-count precinct, the election board shall immediately proceed to open the ballot box and to count the votes cast. In all cases, the election board shall cause the count to be continued without adjournment until th…
AS 15.15.340 Duties, oath, and vacancies of additional election officials.
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Additional election officials shall report to the election board at the polls at the time designated by the election supervisor or the chairperson of the election board to assume their duties to assist the election board in counting the vote. Before undertaking the duties of offi…
AS 15.15.350 General procedure for ballot count.
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(a) The director may adopt regulations prescribing the manner in which the precinct ballot count is accomplished so as to ensure accuracy in the count and to expedite the process. The election board shall account for all ballots by completing a ballot statement containing (1) the…
AS 15.15.360 Rules for counting ballots.
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(a) The election board shall count ballots according to the following rules: (1) A voter may mark a ballot only by filling in, making “X” marks, diagonal, horizontal, or vertical marks, solid marks, stars, circles, asterisks, checks, or plus signs that are clearly spaced in the o…
AS 15.15.361 Stickers.
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Affixing stickers on a ballot in an election to vote for a write-in candidate is prohibited.
AS 15.15.365 Counting of write-in votes in general election.
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(a) Write-in votes on a general election ballot shall be counted for a candidate only if the aggregate of all votes cast for all write-in candidates for the particular office is (1) the highest number of votes received by any candidate for the office; or (2) the second highest nu…
AS 15.15.370 Completion of ballot count; certificate.
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When the count of ballots is completed, and in no event later than the day after the election, the election board shall make a certificate in duplicate of the results. The certificate includes the number of votes cast for each candidate, including, for a candidate in a general el…
AS 15.15.380 Payment of election board members.
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The director shall pay each election board member for time spent at election duties, including the receiving of instructions. Election board chairpersons and the chairperson and members of the absentee ballot, questioned ballot, and state ballot counting review boards shall be pa…
AS 15.15.390 Election expenses.
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The director shall prescribe the manner of certifying, auditing, and paying election expenses, including the cost of giving notice, renting polling places, paying election officials, securing a ballot box, postage, and stationery, and obtaining similar election necessities.
AS 15.15.400 Preparation of voter list.
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The director shall prepare both a statewide list and a list by precinct of the names and addresses of all persons who voted in the election and their political party affiliation. Any person may obtain a copy of the list, or a part of the list, or a computer tape containing both r…