Title 15 — Elections
20 chapters · 453 sections in this title.
AS 15.20.010 Persons who may vote absentee.
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At any election a qualified voter may vote an absentee ballot for any reason.
AS 15.20.015 Moving from house district just before election.
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A person who meets all voter qualifications except the requirement in AS 15.05.010(3) is qualified to vote by absentee ballot in the house district in which the person formerly resided if the person lived in that house district for at least 30 days immediately before changing res…
AS 15.20.020 Provision for general administrative supervision.
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The director shall provide general administrative supervision over the conduct of absentee voting. The director shall make available instructions to absentee voters regarding the procedure for absentee voting.
AS 15.20.030 Preparation of ballots, envelopes, and other material.
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The director shall provide ballots for use as absentee ballots in all districts. The director shall provide a secrecy sleeve in which the voter shall initially place the marked ballot, and shall provide an envelope with the prescribed voter's certificate on it, in which the secre…
AS 15.20.040 Distribution of ballots, envelopes, and other material.
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The director shall distribute the absentee ballots, envelopes, and other absentee voting material to the election supervisors for redistribution to absentee voting officials and absentee ballot stations established under AS 15.20.045(b) before the date upon which a person may fir…
AS 15.20.045 Designation of absentee voting officials and stations.
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(a) The director or election supervisor may designate persons to act as absentee voting officials under AS 15.20.010 — 15.20.220 in areas where election supervisors do not have offices. Magistrates may, with the approval of the administrative director of the Alaska Court System, …
AS 15.20.048 Absentee voting in offices of election supervisors. [Repealed, § 61 ch 2 FSSLA 2005.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.20.050 Requirement of full public notice.
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The director shall give full public notice of the dates and manner of voting absentee and may select any means of communication permitted to be used in giving notice of the date and time of the general election. The director shall give notice under this section of the location of…
AS 15.20.060 Application in person or by a representative. [Repealed, § 231 ch 100 SLA 1980. For current law, see AS 15.20.061 and 15.20.062.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.20.061 Absentee voting in person.
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(a) A qualified voter may apply in person for an absentee ballot to the following election officials at the times specified: (1) to an absentee voting official on or after the 15th day before an election up to and including the date of the election; (2) to an election supervisor …
AS 15.20.062 Applications for ballot by personal representative. [Repealed, § 231 ch 100 SLA 1980. For current law, see AS 15.20.061 and 15.20.081.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.20.064 Early voting.
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(a) For 15 days before an election and on election day, a qualified voter who meets the requirements set out in this section may vote in locations designated by the director. (b) The election supervisor or other election official shall issue a ballot to the voter upon (1) exhibit…
AS 15.20.065 Applications for ballot by personal representative. [Repealed, § 231 ch 100 SLA 1980. For current law, see AS 15.20.061 and 15.20.081.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.20.066 Absentee voting by electronic transmission.
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(a) The director shall adopt regulations applicable to the delivery of absentee ballots by electronic transmission in a state election and to the use of electronic transmission absentee voting in a state election by qualified voters. The regulations must (1) require the voter to …
AS 15.20.070 Application for ballot by mail. [Repealed, § 231 ch 100 SLA 1980. For current law, see AS 15.20.081.]
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AS 15.20.071 Absentee voting by personal representative. [Repealed, § 93 ch 82 SLA 2000.]
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AS 15.20.072 Special needs voting.
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(a) A qualified voter with a disability who, because of that disability, is unable to go to a polling place to vote may vote a special needs ballot. (b) The voter may, through a representative, request a special needs ballot from the following election officials at the times spec…
AS 15.20.080 Date for application in person. [Repealed, § 231 ch 100 SLA 1980. For current law, see AS 15.20.061.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.20.081 Absentee voting in general; applying for absentee ballot by mail or electronic transmission.
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(a) A qualified voter may apply in person, by mail, or by facsimile, scanning, or other electronic transmission to the director for an absentee ballot under this section. Another individual may apply for an absentee ballot on behalf of a qualified voter if that individual is desi…
AS 15.20.082 Absentee voting by mail from outside the United States or in a remote area; special absentee ballots. [Repealed, § 44 ch 73 SLA 2013.]
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AS 15.20.090 Secs. 15.20.090 — 15.20.150. Dates for and procedure on applications; casting votes. [Repealed, § 231 ch 100 SLA 1980.]
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AS 15.20.160 Fee prohibited.
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A person may not receive a fee from the voter for attesting to any voter's certificate required in voting absentee.
AS 15.20.170 Disposition of ballots.
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Each absentee voting official shall transmit the dated envelopes containing the marked ballots by the most expeditious mail service to the election supervisor for the district. Upon receipt of the absentee ballots the election supervisor shall stamp on the envelope the date on wh…
AS 15.20.180 Names of absentee voters to be made available.
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The election supervisors and election officials shall have available for public inspection the names and addresses of persons who voted absentee.
AS 15.20.190 Appointment, duties, and compensation of district counting boards.
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(a) Thirty days before the date of an election, the election supervisors shall appoint, in the same manner provided for the appointment of election officials prescribed in AS 15.10, district absentee ballot counting boards and district questioned ballot counting boards, each comp…
AS 15.20.200 Time of district canvass and for counting absentee ballots. [Repealed, § 231 ch 100 SLA 1980. For current law, see AS 15.20.201.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.20.201 Time of district absentee ballot counting review.
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(a) No less than seven days preceding the day of election, the election supervisor, in the presence and with the assistance of the district absentee ballot counting board, shall review all voter certificates of absentee ballots received by that date. The review of absentee ballot…
AS 15.20.203 Procedure for district absentee ballot counting review.
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(a) The district absentee ballot counting board shall examine each absentee ballot envelope and shall determine whether the absentee voter is qualified to vote at the election and whether the absentee ballot has been properly cast. (b) An absentee ballot may not be counted if (1)…
AS 15.20.205 Time of district questioned ballot counting review.
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(a) On the second day following the day of the election, the election supervisor or the supervisor's designee, in the presence and with the assistance of the district questioned ballot counting board, shall review all voter certificates of questioned ballots received by that date…
AS 15.20.207 Procedure for district questioned ballot review.
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(a) The district questioned ballot counting board shall examine each questioned ballot envelope and shall determine whether the questioned voter is qualified to vote at the election and whether the questioned ballot has been properly cast. (b) A questioned ballot may not be count…
AS 15.20.210 Procedure for district canvass. [Repealed, § 231 ch 100 SLA 1980. For current law, see AS 15.20.203.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.20.211 Counting cross-district and certain write-in votes.
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(a) If a qualified voter of the state votes a ballot for a house district other than the house district in which the voter is registered, that person may vote only for (1) statewide ballot measures and questions; (2) candidates for federal or statewide offices; (3) candidates for…
AS 15.20.220 Procedure for state review.
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(a) When the director and appointed party representatives have completed the review of ballots cast at the voting precincts, they shall proceed to review the absentee and questioned ballot votes certified by the district counting boards. The review of the absentee and questioned …
AS 15.20.225 Definition of “state election”.
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In AS 15.20.010 — 15.20.225, “state election” means a primary, general, or special election a purpose of which is to (1) select, nominate, or elect a governor, a lieutenant governor, an acting governor, a state senator, or a state representative; (2) select, nominate, or elect de…
AS 15.20.230 Secs. 15.20.230 — 15.20.420. Voting machines. [Repealed, § 231 ch 100 SLA 1980.]
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Article 2. Election Recounts.
AS 15.20.430 Authorization of recount application.
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(a) A defeated candidate or 10 qualified voters who believe there has been a mistake made by an election official or by the counting board in counting the votes in an election, may file an application within five days after the completion of the state review to the director for a…
AS 15.20.440 Form of application.
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(a) The application must state in substance the basis of the belief that a mistake has been made, the particular election precinct or house district for which the recount is to be held, the particular office, proposition, or question for which the recount is to be held, and that …
AS 15.20.450 Costs of recount; requirement of deposit.
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The application must include a deposit in cash, by certified check, or by bond with a surety approved by the director. The amount of the deposit is $1,000 for each precinct, $2,000 for each house district, and $15,000 for the entire state. If the recount includes an office for wh…
AS 15.20.460 Determination of date of recount.
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If the director determines that the application is substantially in the required form, the director shall fix the date of the recount to be held within three days after the receipt of an application requesting a recount of the general election votes cast for the office of governo…
AS 15.20.470 Requirement of notice.
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The director shall give the candidate or designated chairperson signing the application, the two or more persons appointed to represent the applicant during the recount, and other directly interested parties, notice of the time and place of the recount by certified mail, telephon…
AS 15.20.480 Procedure for recount.
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In conducting the recount, the director shall review all ballots, whether the ballots were counted at the precinct or by computer or by the district absentee counting board or the questioned ballot counting board, to determine which ballots, or part of ballots, were properly mark…
AS 15.20.490 Certification of results.
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If it is determined by recount that the plurality of votes was cast for a candidate, the director shall issue a certificate of election or nomination to the elected or nominated candidate as determined by the recount. If it is determined by the recount that a proposition or quest…
AS 15.20.500 Authorization for expanding recount. [Repealed, § 6 ch 26 SLA 1966.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.20.510 Provision for appeal to courts.
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A candidate or any person who requested a recount who has reason to believe an error has been made in the recount (1) involving any question or proposition or the validity of any ballot may appeal to the superior court in accordance with applicable court rules governing appeals i…
AS 15.20.520 Provision for appeal to legislature or Congress.
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A candidate or persons who requested a recount, who have reason to believe an error has been made in the recount involving a candidate for the general election for the state legislature or Congress, may appeal to the chamber in which the candidate seeks membership in accordance w…
AS 15.20.530 Determination of tie votes.
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Article 3. Election Contests. If after a recount and appeal two or more candidates tie in having the highest number of votes for the same office, the director shall notify the candidates who are tied. The director shall notify the candidates of a reasonably suitable time and plac…
AS 15.20.540 Grounds for election contest.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.20.550 Jurisdiction and time for contest.
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The action may be brought in the superior court within 10 days after the completion of the state review.
AS 15.20.560 Judgment of court.
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The judge shall pronounce judgment on which candidate was elected or nominated and whether the question or proposition was accepted or rejected. The director shall issue a new election certificate to correctly reflect the judgment of the court. If the court decides that the elect…
AS 15.20.590 Secs. 15.20.590 — 15.20.740. Punch-card voting. [Repealed, § 92 ch 82 SLA 2000.]
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Article 4. Voting by Mail.