CSSB 258(STA): "An Act relating to the use of electronic ballots, and to voting equipment allowing disabled voters to cast secret, independent, and verifiable ballots."
00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 258(STA) 01 "An Act relating to the use of electronic ballots, and to voting equipment allowing 02 disabled voters to cast secret, independent, and verifiable ballots." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 05 to read: 06 SHORT TITLE. This Act may be known as the Frank Haas Act. 07 * Sec. 2. AS 15.15.030(5) is amended to read: 08 (5) The [STATE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT SHALL BE 09 PRINTED ON WHITE PAPER WITH THE] names of the candidates and their party 10 designations shall be placed in separate sections on the state general election ballot 11 under the office designation to which they were nominated. The party affiliation, if 12 any, shall be designated after the name of the candidate. The lieutenant governor and 13 the governor shall be included under the same section. Provision shall be made for 14 voting for write-in and no-party candidates within each section. Paper ballots for the
01 state general election shall be printed on white paper. 02 * Sec. 3. AS 15.15.030(13) is amended to read: 03 (13) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the director may 04 provide for voting by use of electronic ballots or optically scanned ballots where the 05 requisite [OPTICAL SCANNING] equipment is available. If the director provides 06 for voting by use of electronic ballots, the director shall lease or purchase voting 07 machines that would allow voters with disabilities, including those who are blind 08 or visually impaired, to cast secret, independent, and verifiable ballots. 09 * Sec. 4. AS 15.20.900 is amended to read: 10 Sec. 15.20.900. Optically scanned or electronic ballots [BALLOT 11 TABULATION]. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, the director 12 may adopt regulations that provide procedures for the tabulation of electronic ballots 13 or optically scanned ballots, including procedures for 14 (1) tests of the counting programs developed for each precinct 15 tabulator to ensure that the system is functioning properly; 16 (2) security for the voting and tabulation of ballots; 17 (3) the transmission and accumulation of vote totals to assure the 18 integrity of the vote counting process; 19 (4) observation by the public of the counting process in the regional 20 offices; and 21 (5) the disposition of ballots. 22 (b) The state ballot counting review board established under AS 15.10.180 23 shall test the counting programs for the tabulation of electronic ballots or optically 24 scanned ballots and certify their accuracy in accordance with the regulations adopted 25 under (a) of this section.