00                            SENATE BILL NO. 87                                                                          
01 "An Act providing special absentee ballots for voters in remote areas."                                                 
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 15.20.082(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (a)  The director shall prepare special absentee ballots under this section for                              
05       use in a state primary election, a state general election, and a state special election                           
06       when the voter notifies the director in writing that the voter expects to be living,                              
07       working, or traveling outside the United States or in a remote area where distance,                           
08       terrain, or other natural conditions deny the voter reasonable access to a polling                            
09       place at the time of the election.  The director shall prepare the ballot so that it may be                   
10       sent to the absentee voter 60 days before the date of the election.  The director shall                           
11       list on the ballot the different races to be voted on at the particular election on a                             
12       statewide basis and, if the director prepares the ballot without the names of candidates                          
13       printed on the ballot, the director shall provide the voter with information described in                         
14       (c) of this section.