Title 15 — Elections
20 chapters · 453 sections in this title.
AS 15.30.010 Provision for selection of electors.
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Electors of President and Vice President of the United States are selected by election at the general election in presidential election years, in the manner and as determined by the ranked-choice method of tabulating votes described in AS 15.15.350 — 15.15.370.
AS 15.30.020 Number and manner of selecting candidates.
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Each political party shall select a number of candidates for electors of President and Vice-President of the United States equal to the number of senators and representatives to which the state is entitled in Congress. The candidates for electors shall be selected by the state pa…
AS 15.30.025 Qualifications for limited political parties.
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(a) A limited political party may be organized for the purpose of selecting candidates for electors of President and Vice-President of the United States by filing with the director at least 90 days before a presidential general election a petition signed by qualified voters of th…
AS 15.30.026 Qualifications for independent candidates for President of the United States; selection of candidate for Vice-President; selection of electors.
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(a) A person who desires to be an independent candidate for President of the United States must file with the director not earlier than January 1 of a presidential election year and not later than the 90th day before a presidential general election a petition signed by qualified …
AS 15.30.030 Qualification of electors.
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Any qualified voter except a United States senator or representative or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States may be selected as a candidate for elector.
AS 15.30.040 Requirement of party pledge.
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The party shall require from each candidate for elector a pledge that as an elector the person will vote for the candidates nominated by the party of which the person is a candidate.
AS 15.30.050 Interpretation of votes cast for candidates for President and Vice-President.
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In voting for presidential electors, a vote marked for the candidates for President and Vice-President is considered and counted as a vote for the presidential electors of the party or for the presidential electors named under AS 15.30.026, as appropriate.
AS 15.30.060 Notification of electors.
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When the results of the election of presidential electors have been determined, the director shall send a certificate of election to each elector and shall notify the electors of the time and place of their meeting and of their duties as electors.
AS 15.30.070 Place and time of meeting.
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The electors shall meet at the office of the director or other place designated by the director at 11:00 o'clock in the morning on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December following their election. If Congress fixes a different day for the meeting, the electors sha…
AS 15.30.080 Filling of vacancies.
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If there is a vacancy caused by death, failure to attend, ineligibility, or other cause, and if available alternates have not been designated, the electors shall fill the vacancy by plurality vote.
AS 15.30.090 Duties of electors.
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After any vacancies have been filled, the electors shall proceed to cast their votes for the candidates for the office of President and Vice-President of the party that selected them as candidates for electors, or for the candidates for the office of President and Vice-President …
AS 15.30.100 Compensation of electors.
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Article 2. United States Congress. Each elector is entitled to receive from the state treasury the same per diem and travel expenses allowed members of the legislature.
AS 15.30.110 Provisions for election of United States senators.
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A United States senator shall be elected at the general election held in the year 1960 and at the general election every sixth year thereafter. A United States senator shall be elected at the general election held in the year 1962 and at the general election every sixth year ther…
AS 15.30.120 Provisions for election of United States representatives.
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Article 3. Congressional Ballot Access Limitation Act. A United States representative in Congress shall be elected from each congressional district at the general election in 1960 and at the general election every second year thereafter.
AS 15.30.150 Short title.
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AS 15.30.150 — 15.30.190 shall be known and may be cited as “The Alaska Congressional Ballot Access Limitation Act of 1993.”
AS 15.30.160 Findings and declarations.
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The people of the State of Alaska hereby find and declare as follows: (1) federal officeholders who remain in office for extended periods of time become preoccupied with their own reelection and for that reason devote more effort to campaigning for their office than making legisl…
AS 15.30.170 Purpose and intent.
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The purpose and intent in enacting AS 15.30.150 — 15.30.190 is to: (1) promote, protect, and defend the compelling interest of the citizens of this state in preventing corruption and the appearance of corruption among the federal legislative representatives of this state by limit…
AS 15.30.180 Federal legislative candidates; ballot access.
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(a) Subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall take effect only when twenty-four (24) states, not including this state, have enacted and have in simultaneous effect statutes, state constitutional provisions, ordinances and other enactments having the force and effect of law, t…
AS 15.30.190 Severability.
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If any provision, subsection, part of the subsection, or clause of AS 15.30.150 — 15.30.190 shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void, invalid, or unconstitutional for any reason, the remaining provisions of AS 15.30.150 — 15.30.190 shall not be affected, and …