CSSB 183(STA): "An Act relating to voter qualification, disqualification, and registration; relating to voter registration officials; relating to election notices; relating to mail elections; relating to certain voting procedures; relating to the transportation of ballots; relating to the official election pamphlet and certain immunity from liability regarding claims arising from publication of the official election pamphlet; and exempting certain election workers from federal unemployment tax."
00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 183(STA) 01 "An Act relating to voter qualification, disqualification, and registration; relating 02 to voter registration officials; relating to election notices; relating to mail elections; 03 relating to certain voting procedures; relating to the transportation of ballots; 04 relating to the official election pamphlet and certain immunity from liability 05 regarding claims arising from publication of the official election pamphlet; and 06 exempting certain election workers from federal unemployment tax." 07 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 08 * Section 1. AS 14.08 is amended by adding a new section to read: 09 Sec. 14.08.082. Elections by mail. Elections supervised by the lieutenant 10 governor under AS 14.08.071 and 14.08.081 may be conducted by mail as permitted 11 by AS 15.20.800. 12 * Sec. 2. AS 15.07.010 is amended to read: 13 Sec. 15.07.010. Registration of voters. The precinct election judges at any 14 election shall allow a person to vote whose name is on the official registration list for
01 that precinct and who is qualified under AS 15.05. A person whose name is not on 02 the official registration list shall be allowed to vote a special review [QUESTIONED] 03 ballot. 04 * Sec. 3. AS 15.07.070(h) is amended to read: 05 (h) The director shall design the form of the voter's certificate appearing on 06 the envelope that is used for voting a special review [QUESTIONED] ballot so that 07 all information required for registration by AS 15.07.060(a) may be obtained from a 08 voter who votes a special review [QUESTIONED] ballot. If the voter voting a special 09 review [QUESTIONED] ballot has completed all information on the voter registration 10 portion of the special review [QUESTIONED] ballot voter's certificate, the director 11 shall place the name of the voter on the official registration list. 12 * Sec. 4. AS 15.07.090(a) is amended to read: 13 (a) A voter whose name is changed by marriage or court order may vote under 14 the previous name, but a voter who desires to use a new name shall vote a special 15 review [QUESTIONED] ballot. 16 * Sec. 5. AS 15.07.090(c) is amended to read: 17 (c) The director shall transfer the registration of a voter from one precinct to 18 another within an election district when requested by the voter. The request shall be 19 made 30 or more days before the election day. The director shall transfer the 20 registration of a voter from one election district to another when requested by the 21 voter. The voter must reside in the new election district for at least 30 days in order 22 to vote for that district's candidates . 23 * Sec. 6. AS 15.07.090(d) is amended to read: 24 (d) A person who claims to be a registered voter, but for whom no evidence 25 of registration in the precinct can be found, shall be granted the right to vote in the 26 same manner as that of a [QUESTIONED] voter whose ballot is subject to special 27 review, and the ballot shall be treated in the same manner. The ballot shall be 28 considered to be a " special review [QUESTIONED] ballot" and shall be so designated. 29 The director or the director's representative shall determine whether the voter is 30 registered in the election district before counting the ballot. A voter who has failed to 31 obtain a transfer as provided in (c) of this section shall vote a " special review
01 [QUESTIONED] ballot" in the precinct in which the voter resides. 02 * Sec. 7. AS 15.07.100 is amended to read: 03 Sec. 15.07.100. Registration officials. (a) The director shall appoint one or 04 more persons to serve as registration officials in each precinct. When more than one 05 registration official is appointed to serve in a precinct, each political party shall be 06 represented. However, any precinct containing more than 250 voters must have at 07 least two registration officials, one from each political party. The registration official 08 shall be a qualified state voter and shall take an oath to honestly, faithfully , and 09 promptly perform the duties of the office. 10 (b) Training for registration officials appointed under (a) of this section shall 11 be provided by the director. On the completion of training, the director may require 12 that officials demonstrate their competence by a test or other method. 13 (c) A registration official appointed under (a) of this section serves at the 14 pleasure of the director. Each such registration official shall be periodically evaluated 15 by the director based on the completeness of the registration forms, timely filing of 16 registration forms, and the voter registration activity attributed to the registration 17 official. 18 (d) A registration official appointed under (a) of this section shall transmit 19 completed voter registration forms to the election supervisor within five days following 20 completion by the voter. 21 * Sec. 8. AS 15.07.100 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 22 (e) In addition to registration officials appointed under (a) of this section, 23 election board judges and clerks appointed under AS 15.10.120 - 15.10.150 serve as 24 registration officials at the polls on election day. 25 * Sec. 9. AS 15.07.130(d) is amended to read: 26 (d) The notice described in (b) of this section must include a postage prepaid 27 and pre-addressed return card on which the voter may state the voter's current address. 28 The notice must indicate 29 (1) that the voter should return the card not later than 30 days before 30 the next primary election if the voter did not change residence; 31 (2) that the voter may vote only a special review [QUESTIONED] or
01 absentee ballot if the voter does not return the card at least 30 days before the next 02 primary election; 03 (3) that the voter's registration will be cancelled if the voter does not 04 vote or appear to vote in an election held during the period beginning on the date of 05 the notice and ending on the day after the last day of the fourth calendar year that 06 occurs after the date of notice; and 07 (4) how the voter can continue to be eligible to vote if the voter has 08 changed residence. 09 * Sec. 10. AS 15.15.070(b) is amended to read: 10 (b) The notice shall be given by publication at least twice in one or more 11 newspapers of general circulation in each of the four judicial [MAJOR ELECTION] 12 districts. The printed notice shall specifically include [BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO] 13 the date of election, the hours between which the polling places will be open, the 14 offices to which candidates are to be nominated or elected, and the subject of the 15 propositions and questions that [WHICH] are to be voted on. 16 * Sec. 11. AS 15.15.070(h) is amended to read: 17 (h) An abbreviated form of the notice published under (b) of this section shall 18 be broadcast on one or more radio or television stations in each of the four judicial 19 districts. The broadcast notice must include at a minimum the date of the election, the 20 hours between which the polling places will be open, and the address and phone 21 number of the election supervisor or supervisors for the judicial district [THE 22 NAMES OF THE NEWSPAPERS] in which the notice is broadcast [PUBLISHED, 23 AND THE DATES OF PUBLICATION IN THE NEWSPAPERS]. 24 * Sec. 12. AS 15.15.198(a) is amended to read: 25 (a) If a voter's name does not appear on the official registration list in the 26 precinct in which the voter seeks to vote, the election judge shall affirmatively advise 27 the voter that the voter may cast a special review [QUESTIONED] ballot , and the 28 voter shall be allowed to vote a special review [QUESTIONED] ballot. 29 * Sec. 13. AS 15.15.215(a) is amended to read: 30 (a) A voter who casts a special review [QUESTIONED] ballot shall vote the 31 ballot in the same manner as prescribed for other voters. The voter shall insert the
01 ballot into a secrecy sleeve, the election judge shall remove the numbered stub from 02 the ballot, and the voter shall put the secrecy sleeve into an envelope on which the 03 statement the voter previously signed is located. The envelope shall be sealed and 04 deposited in the ballot box. When the ballot box is opened, the envelopes shall be 05 segregated, counted, compared to the voting list, and delivered to the official or body 06 supervising the election. The merits of the question shall be determined by this 07 official or body in accordance with the procedure prescribed for special 08 review [QUESTIONED] votes in AS 15.20.207. 09 * Sec. 14. AS 15.15.225(c) is amended to read: 10 (c) A voter who cannot exhibit a required form of identification shall be 11 allowed to vote a special review [QUESTIONED] ballot. 12 * Sec. 15. AS 15.15.350(a) is amended to read: 13 (a) The director may adopt regulations prescribing the manner in which the 14 precinct ballot count is accomplished so as to assure accuracy in the count and to 15 expedite the process. The election board shall account for all ballots by completing 16 a ballot statement containing (1) the number of official ballots received; (2) the number 17 of official ballots voted; (3) the number of official ballots spoiled; (4) the number of 18 official ballots unused and destroyed. The board shall count the number of special 19 review [QUESTIONED] ballots and shall compare that number to the number of 20 [QUESTIONED] voters whose ballots are subject to special review in the register. 21 Discrepancies shall be noted and the numbers included in the certificate prescribed by 22 AS 15.15.370. The election board shall count the ballots in a manner that allows 23 watchers to see the ballots when opened and read. A [NO] person handling the ballot 24 after it has been taken from the ballot box and before it is placed in the envelope for 25 mailing may not have a marking device in hand or remove a ballot from the 26 immediate vicinity of the polls. 27 * Sec. 16. AS 15.15.380 is amended to read: 28 Sec. 15.15.380. Payment of election board members. The director shall pay 29 each election board member for time spent at election duties, including the receiving 30 of instructions. Election board chair [CHAIRMEN] and the chair [CHAIRMAN] and 31 members of the absentee ballot, special review [QUESTIONED] ballot , and state
01 ballot counting review boards shall be paid for time spent at their election duties. The 02 director shall set the compensation to be paid under this section by regulation. 03 * Sec. 17. AS 15.15.430(a) is amended to read: 04 (a) The review of ballot counting by the director shall include only a review 05 (1) [A REVIEW] and comparison of the tallies of hand-marked ballots 06 in the election poll books with the precinct election certificates to correct any 07 mathematical error in the count of hand-marked ballots; 08 (2) [A REVIEW] of the tallies of write-in votes and a review of 09 election certificates as provided by law from precincts using punch-card ballots; 10 (3) [A REVIEW] of absentee and special review [QUESTIONED] 11 ballots as prescribed by law. 12 * Sec. 18. AS 15.20.015 is amended to read: 13 Sec. 15.20.015. Moving from election district just before election. A person 14 who meets all voter qualifications except that listed in AS 15.05.010(4) is qualified to 15 vote by absentee ballot in the election district in which the person formerly resided if 16 the person lived in that election district for at least 30 days immediately before 17 changing residence , except that the person may vote only for 18 (1) statewide ballot measures and questions; 19 (2) candidates for federal or statewide office; 20 (3) candidates for state senate if the voter's former residence and 21 present residence are in the same senate district; and 22 (4) candidates for judicial retention if the voter's former residence 23 and present residence are in the same judicial district . 24 * Sec. 19. AS 15.20.030 is amended to read: 25 Sec. 15.20.030. Preparation of ballots, envelopes, and other material. The 26 director shall provide ballots for use as absentee ballots in all districts. The director 27 shall provide a small, unmarked sealable envelope [SECRECY SLEEVE] in which 28 the voter shall initially place the marked ballot [,] and shall provide an envelope with 29 the prescribed voter's certificate on it [,] in which the small, unmarked sealable 30 envelope [SECRECY SLEEVE] with ballot enclosed shall be placed. The director 31 shall prescribe the form of and prepare the voter's certificate, envelopes, and other
01 material used in absentee voting. The voter's certificate shall include a declaration, for 02 use when required, that the voter is a qualified voter in all respects, a blank for the 03 voter's signature, a certification that the affiant properly executed the marking of the 04 ballot and gave the voter's identity, blanks for the attesting official or witnesses, and 05 a place for recording the date the envelope was sealed and witnessed. 06 * Sec. 20. AS 15.20.071 is repealed and reenacted to read: 07 Sec. 15.20.071. Absentee voting by personal representative. (a) A qualified 08 voter with a disability who, because of that disability, is unable to go to a polling place 09 to vote may vote an absentee ballot through a personal representative. 10 (b) The voter must apply in writing to the following election officials, at the 11 times specified, for an absentee ballot: 12 (1) to an absentee voting official on or after the 15th day before an 13 election, up to and including the day of the election; 14 (2) to an election supervisor 15 (A) after a date announced by the director under 16 AS 15.20.048(b); and 17 (B) on or after the 15th day before an election up to and 18 including the day of the election; 19 (3) to an absentee voting official at an absentee voting station 20 designated under AS 15.20.045(b) at a time when the absentee voting station is in 21 operation; or 22 (4) to a member of the precinct election board on election day. 23 (c) The voter's application must include the following: 24 (1) the name and full residence address of the voter; 25 (2) a form of identification for the voter that meets the requirements 26 established by the director for absentee voting by mail under AS 15.20.081(f); 27 (3) the full name of the personal representative; and 28 (4) the voter's signature or mark. 29 (d) The election official shall issue the ballot and voter's certificate, which 30 includes the date and location from which the ballot was issued, upon 31 (1) receipt of the written application of the voter that meets the
01 requirements of (c) of this section; 02 (2) presentation of identification by the personal representative; and 03 (3) completion by the personal representative of a certification that 04 includes the personal representative's name, residence and mailing address, type and 05 number of identification, and signature and the name of the voter on whose behalf the 06 ballot is requested. 07 (e) The personal representative shall deliver the absentee ballot and other 08 absentee voting materials to the voter as soon as practicable. The voter shall proceed 09 to mark the ballot in secret, place the ballot in the small unmarked envelope, seal the 10 envelope, and place the small envelope in the envelope provided. On the voter's 11 certificate portion of the envelope, the voter shall state the name of the personal 12 representative who delivered the absentee ballot, shall state that, because of a 13 disability, the voter is unable to go to a polling place to vote, and shall sign the voter's 14 certificate in the presence of the personal representative. The personal representative 15 shall witness and date the signature of the voter. The voter shall mark the ballot and 16 complete and sign the voter's certificate. The voter shall return the absentee ballot and 17 voter's certificate to the personal representative by a time reasonably calculated to be 18 necessary for the personal representative to deliver the material to an election official 19 before 8:00 p.m. on election day. The personal representative shall 20 (1) deliver the ballot and voter's certificate to an election official not 21 later than 8:00 p.m. on election day; and 22 (2) sign the personal certification form required under (d)(3) of this 23 section certifying the date and time that the voter's absentee ballot and voter's 24 certificate was delivered to the election official. 25 (f) Notwithstanding (e) of this section, if a qualified voter's disability 26 precludes the voter from performing any of the requirements of (e) of this section, the 27 personal representative may perform those requirements on the voter's behalf, except 28 the voting decision. 29 (g) The voter's employer, an agent of the voter's employer, or an officer or 30 agent of the voter's union may not act as a personal representative for the voter. A 31 candidate for office at an election may not act as a personal representative for a voter
01 in the election. 02 * Sec. 21. AS 15.20.081(b) is amended to read: 03 (b) An application requesting delivery of an absentee ballot to the applicant 04 by mail must be received by the division of elections not less than seven days before 05 the election for which the absentee ballot is sought. An application for an absentee 06 ballot for a state election from a qualified voter requesting delivery of an absentee 07 ballot to the applicant by electronic transmission must be received by the division of 08 elections not later than 5:00 p.m. Alaska time on the day [LESS THAN FOUR 09 DAYS] before the election for which the absentee ballot is sought. An absentee ballot 10 application submitted by mail under this section must permit the person to register to 11 vote under AS 15.07.070 and to request an absentee ballot for each state election held 12 within that calendar year for which the voter is eligible to vote. An absentee ballot 13 application submitted by electronic transmission under this section may not include a 14 provision that permits a person to register to vote under AS 15.07.070. 15 * Sec. 22. AS 15.20.190 is amended to read: 16 Sec. 15.20.190. Appointment, duties, and compensation of district counting 17 boards. (a) Thirty days before the date of an election, the election supervisors shall 18 appoint, in the same manner provided for the appointment of election judges prescribed 19 in AS 15.10.150, district absentee ballot counting boards and district special review 20 [QUESTIONED] ballot counting boards, each composed of at least four members. At 21 least one member of each board must be a member of the same political party of 22 which the governor is a member, and at least one member of each board must be a 23 member of the political party whose candidate for governor received the second largest 24 number of votes in the preceding gubernatorial election. The district boards shall 25 assist the election supervisors in counting the absentee and special review 26 [QUESTIONED] ballots and shall receive the same compensation paid election judges 27 under AS 15.15.380. 28 (b) The election supervisor shall appoint a counting team or teams to aid the 29 district absentee ballot counting board in counting absentee ballots and the district 30 special review [QUESTIONED] ballot counting board in counting special review 31 [QUESTIONED] ballots. There shall be four counters on each counting team, no more
01 than two of whom may be members of the same political party. 02 * Sec. 23. AS 15.20.205 is amended to read: 03 Sec. 15.20.205. District examination of special review ballots [TIME OF 04 DISTRICT QUESTIONED BALLOT COUNTING REVIEW]. (a) On the second 05 day following the day of the election, the election supervisor or the supervisor's 06 designee, in the presence and with the assistance of the district special review 07 [QUESTIONED] ballot counting board, shall examine [REVIEW] all voter certificates 08 of special review [QUESTIONED] ballots received by that date. The examination 09 [REVIEW] of special review [QUESTIONED] ballots shall continue at times 10 designated by the election supervisor until completed. 11 (b) Counting of special review [QUESTIONED] ballots that [WHICH] have 12 been examined [REVIEWED] shall begin on the third day following the day of the 13 election and shall continue at times designated by the election supervisor until all 14 special review [QUESTIONED] ballots examined [REVIEWED] and eligible for 15 counting have been counted. The counting teams shall report the count to the district 16 special review [QUESTIONED] ballot counting board. 17 (c) The district special review [QUESTIONED] ballot counting board shall 18 certify the special review [QUESTIONED] ballot totals as soon as the count is 19 completed but no later than the 10th day following the election. 20 (d) Special review [QUESTIONED] ballots received after certification of the 21 count shall be forwarded immediately to the director by the most expeditious service. 22 * Sec. 24. AS 15.20.207(a) is amended to read: 23 (a) The district special review [QUESTIONED] ballot counting board shall 24 examine each special review [QUESTIONED] ballot envelope and shall determine 25 whether the [QUESTIONED] voter whose ballot is subject to special review is 26 qualified to vote at the election and whether the special review [QUESTIONED] ballot 27 has been properly cast. 28 * Sec. 25. AS 15.20.207(b) is amended to read: 29 (b) A special review [QUESTIONED] ballot may not be counted if 30 (1) the voter has failed to properly execute the certificate; or 31 (2) an official or the witnesses authorized by law to attest the voter's
01 certificate fail to execute the certificate. 02 * Sec. 26. AS 15.20.207(c) is amended to read: 03 (c) Any person present at the district special review [QUESTIONED] ballot 04 examination [REVIEW] may challenge the name of a [QUESTIONED] voter whose 05 ballot is subject to special review when read from the voter's certificate on the 06 envelope if the person has good reason to suspect that the [QUESTIONED] voter 07 whose ballot is subject to special review is not qualified to vote, is disqualified, or 08 has voted at the same election. The person making the challenge shall specify the 09 basis of the challenge in writing. The district special review [QUESTIONED] ballot 10 counting board by majority vote may refuse to accept and count the special review 11 [QUESTIONED] ballot of a person properly challenged under grounds listed in (b) of 12 this section. 13 * Sec. 27. AS 15.20.207(d) is amended to read: 14 (d) The election supervisor shall place all rejected special review 15 [QUESTIONED] ballots in a separate envelope with statements of challenge. The 16 envelope shall be labeled "rejected special review [QUESTIONED] ballots" and shall 17 be forwarded to the director with the election certificates and other returns. 18 * Sec. 28. AS 15.20.207(e) is amended to read: 19 (e) If a special review [QUESTIONED] ballot is not rejected, the envelope 20 shall be opened and the secrecy sleeve containing the special review [QUESTIONED] 21 ballot shall be placed in a container and mixed with other secrecy sleeves containing 22 special review [QUESTIONED] ballots. 23 * Sec. 29. AS 15.20.207(f) is amended to read: 24 (f) The secrecy sleeves shall be drawn from the container, the special review 25 [QUESTIONED] ballots shall be removed from the secrecy sleeves, and the special 26 review [QUESTIONED] ballots counted at the times specified in AS 15.20.205 and 27 according to the rules for determining properly marked ballots in AS 15.15.360. 28 * Sec. 30. AS 15.20.207(g) is amended to read: 29 (g) Upon completion of the special review [QUESTIONED] ballot 30 examination [REVIEW], the election supervisor shall prepare an election certificate 31 for execution by the district special review [QUESTIONED] ballot counting board [,]
01 and shall forward the original certificate and returns to the director as soon as the 02 count is completed but no later than the 11th day following the election. 03 * Sec. 31. AS 15.20.207(h) is amended to read: 04 (h) The director shall prepare and mail to each [QUESTIONED] voter whose 05 special review [QUESTIONED] ballot was rejected under this section a summary of 06 the reason that the challenge to the special review [QUESTIONED] ballot was upheld 07 and the special review [QUESTIONED] ballot was rejected. 08 * Sec. 32. AS 15.20.207(j) is amended to read: 09 (j) In addition to mailing the materials under (i)(1) of this section, for a 10 [QUESTIONED] voter whose special review [QUESTIONED] primary election ballot 11 was rejected, not later than the deadline set out in (i)(1) of this section, the director 12 shall 13 (1) determine whether, from the information obtained under 14 AS 15.07.070(h), the voter's name may be entered on the voter registration list; 15 (2) if the voter is eligible, register the voter in accordance with the 16 information submitted by the voter under AS 15.07.070(h); and 17 (3) confirm or deny the registration under this subsection by written 18 notice mailed to the voter. 19 * Sec. 33. AS 15.20.211(e) is amended to read: 20 (e) In addition to mailing the materials under (d)(1) of this section, for a 21 [QUESTIONED] voter whose special review [QUESTIONED] primary election ballot 22 was partially counted, not later than the deadline set out in (d)(1) of this section, the 23 director shall 24 (1) determine whether, from the information obtained under 25 AS 15.07.070(h), the voter's name may be entered on the voter registration list; 26 (2) if the voter is eligible, register the voter in accordance with the 27 information submitted by the voter under AS 15.07.070(h); and 28 (3) confirm or deny the registration under this subsection by written 29 notice mailed to the voter. 30 * Sec. 34. AS 15.20.220 is amended to read: 31 Sec. 15.20.220. Procedure for state review. (a) When the director and
01 appointed party representatives have completed the review of ballots cast at the voting 02 precincts, they shall proceed to review the absentee and special review 03 [QUESTIONED] ballot votes certified by the district counting boards. The review of 04 the absentee and special review [QUESTIONED] ballot vote certified by the district 05 counting boards shall be accomplished by reviewing the tallies of the recorded vote to 06 check for mathematical error and by comparing the totals with the election certificate 07 of results. 08 (b) The state review board shall review and count absentee ballots under 09 AS 15.20.081(e) and (h) and special review [QUESTIONED] ballots that have been 10 forwarded to the director and that have not been reviewed or counted by a district 11 counting board. 12 * Sec. 35. AS 15.20.480 is amended to read: 13 Sec. 15.20.480. Procedure for recount. In conducting the recount, the 14 director shall review all ballots whether the ballots were counted at the precinct or by 15 computer or by the district absentee counting board or the special review 16 [QUESTIONED] ballot counting board to determine which ballots, or part of ballots, 17 were properly marked and which ballots are to be counted in the recount, and shall 18 check the accuracy of the original count, the precinct certificate and the review. The 19 director shall check the number of ballots and special review [QUESTIONED] ballots 20 cast in a precinct against the registers and shall check absentee ballots voted against 21 absentee ballots distributed. The director shall count absentee ballots received before 22 the completion of the recount. For administrative purposes, the director may join and 23 include two or more applications in a single review and count of votes. The rules in 24 AS 15.15.360 governing the counting of hand-marked ballots and the rules in 25 AS 15.20.730 governing the counting of punch-card ballots shall be followed in the 26 recount. The ballots and other election material must remain in the custody of the 27 director during the recount , and the highest degree of care shall be exercised to protect 28 the ballots against alteration or mutilation. The recount shall be completed within 10 29 days. The director may employ additional personnel necessary to assist in the recount. 30 * Sec. 36. AS 15.20.620(b) is amended to read: 31 (b) In addition to the test specified in (a) of this section, other tests shall be
01 made to ensure that the system is functioning properly 02 (1) at least one day before the election at a time specified by the data 03 processing review board presiding officer; 04 (2) on the day of the election one hour before the polls close; 05 (3) immediately after the final vote tabulation is complete; 06 (4) approximately one hour before the processing of the special review 07 [QUESTIONED] and absentee ballots; and 08 (5) immediately after the final vote tabulation of special review 09 [QUESTIONED] and absentee ballots is complete. 10 * Sec. 37. AS 15.20.640(c) is amended to read: 11 (c) The ballots containing write-in votes shall be banded together and placed 12 behind the other undamaged ballot cards that [WHICH] have been voted. The 13 envelope containing special review [QUESTIONED] ballots shall be banded to the 14 computer-ready ballots, and the bundle placed in a special container and sealed, with 15 the seal signed by the election board members. 16 * Sec. 38. AS 15.20.670 is amended to read: 17 Sec. 15.20.670. Receipt of ballots by control board. The control board shall 18 (1) cut the seal and remove all ballots and envelopes from the special 19 container; 20 (2) insert the proper header and end cards into the ballots; 21 (3) place the ballot bundles and unprocessable ballots envelope in a tray 22 for delivery to the computer room; and 23 (4) give the envelopes [ENVELOPE] containing special 24 review [QUESTIONED] ballots to the election supervisor. 25 * Sec. 39. AS 15.20.700(a) is amended to read: 26 (a) The ballots that [WHICH] have been counted in the computer room shall 27 be sealed by the data processing review board or the designated counting team. The 28 sealed ballots shall then be transported to a designated place of security. The special 29 review [QUESTIONED] ballots shall be sealed and given to the election supervisor 30 for tallying. 31 * Sec. 40. AS 15.20.740 is amended to read:
01 Sec. 15.20.740. Special review [QUESTIONED] punch-card ballots. The 02 procedure for examining [REVIEWING] and counting special review 03 [QUESTIONED] punch-card ballots is the same procedure established in AS 15.20.205 04 and 15.20.207 for hand-marked ballots except that special review [QUESTIONED] 05 punch-card ballots may be processed by the computer from the third through the 10th 06 day following the election. The data processing review board shall supervise the count 07 and shall follow the procedure established in AS 15.20.680 and 15.20.685. 08 * Sec. 41. AS 15.20.800(a) is amended to read: 09 (a) The director may conduct an election by mail if it is held at a time other 10 than when the general, [PARTY] primary, or municipal election is held. 11 * Sec. 42. AS 15.58.020 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 12 (11) under AS 37.13.170, the Alaska permanent fund annual income 13 statement and balance sheet for the two fiscal years preceding the publication of the 14 election pamphlet. 15 * Sec. 43. AS 15.58.030(a) is amended to read: 16 (a) No later than August 30 [JULY 15] of a presidential election year, 17 candidates for the offices of the United States President and Vice-President may file 18 with the lieutenant governor photographs and statements advocating their candidacy. 19 * Sec. 44. AS 15.58.030(d) is amended to read: 20 (d) Pages on which candidates' photographs or statements appear must be 21 clearly identified with the words " provided and paid for by the candidate." 22 * Sec. 45. AS 15.58.030(f) is amended to read: 23 (f) A candidate's photograph must be five inches by seven inches in size and 24 must have been [A 5" X 7" BLACK AND WHITE GLOSSY PRINT] taken within 25 the past five years. The photograph must be limited to the head, neck , and shoulders 26 of the candidate. 27 * Sec. 46. AS 15.58 is amended by adding a new section to read: 28 Sec. 15.58.100. Immunity from suit. A person may not bring an action 29 against the state, a state official or employee, or an election official arising out of the 30 publication of the official election pamphlet. This section does not bar an action 31 against an individual state official or employee who with malice knowingly places
01 false statements of fact into the official election pamphlet. 02 * Sec. 47. AS 23.20.526(d) is amended to read: 03 (d) For the purposes of AS 23.20.525(a)(4) - (6) and (14), the term 04 "employment" does not apply to service performed 05 (1) by a duly ordained, commissioned, or licensed minister of a church 06 in the exercise of the person's ministry or by a member of a religious order in the 07 exercise of duties required by the order; 08 (2) in a facility conducted for the purpose of carrying out a program 09 of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical 10 or mental deficiency or injury or providing remunerative work for individuals who, 11 because of their impaired physical or mental capacity, cannot be readily absorbed in 12 the competitive labor market by an individual receiving the rehabilitation or 13 remunerative work; 14 (3) as part of an unemployment work-relief or work-training program 15 assisted or financed in whole or in part by any federal agency or any agency of a state 16 or political subdivision of the state, by an individual receiving work relief or work 17 training; 18 (4) for a state hospital by an inmate of a prison or correctional 19 institution; 20 (5) in the employ of a school, college, or university [,] if the service 21 is performed by a student who is enrolled and is regularly attending classes at the 22 school, college, or university; 23 (6) by an individual under the age of 22 who is enrolled at a nonprofit 24 or public educational institution that [WHICH] normally maintains a regular faculty 25 and curriculum and normally has a regularly organized body of students in attendance 26 at the place where its educational activities are carried on as a student in a full-time 27 program, taken for credit at the institution, which combines academic instruction with 28 work experience, if the service is an integral part of the program, and the institution 29 has so certified to the employer, except that this paragraph does not apply to service 30 performed in a program established for or on behalf of an employer or group of 31 employers;
01 (7) in the employ of a hospital, if the service is performed by a patient 02 of the hospital, as defined in AS 23.20.520; 03 (8) in the employ of the state or a political subdivision of the state if 04 the service is performed by an individual in the exercise of duties 05 (A) as a "public official" as defined in AS 39.50.200(a), any 06 other elected official, the fiscal analyst of the legislative finance division, the 07 legislative auditor of the legislative audit division, the executive director of the 08 Legislative Affairs Agency, and the directors of the divisions within the 09 Legislative Affairs Agency; 10 (B) as a member of the Alaska Army National Guard or Alaska 11 Air National Guard or Alaska Naval Militia; or 12 (C) as an employee serving on only a temporary basis in case 13 of fire, storm, snow, earthquake, flood, or similar emergency; 14 (D) as an election official or election worker if the amount 15 of remuneration received by the individual during the calendar year for 16 services as an election official or election worker is less than $1,000; 17 (9) in the employ of 18 (A) a church or a convention or association of churches; or 19 (B) an organization that [WHICH] is operated primarily for 20 religious purposes and that [WHICH] is operated, supervised, controlled, or 21 principally supported by a church or a convention or association of churches. 22 * Sec. 48. AS 36.30.850(b)(7) is amended to read: 23 (7) contracts for the preparation and transportation of ballots under 24 AS 15 [AS 15.15.030]; 25 * Sec. 49. AS 46.40.150 is amended to read: 26 Sec. 46.40.150. Elections in coastal resource service areas. Organization 27 elections under AS 46.40.130 and other elections, including recall elections conducted 28 under AS 46.40.140, shall be administered by the lieutenant governor in the general 29 manner provided in AS 15 (Election Code). In addition, the lieutenant governor may 30 adopt regulations necessary to the conduct of coastal resource service area board 31 elections. The state shall pay all elections costs. Elections supervised by the
01 lieutenant governor under AS 46.40.110 - 46.40.180 may be conducted by mail as 02 permitted by AS 15.20.800.