00                        CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 7(STA)                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to the exhibition of marked ballots and the prohibition on political                                   
02 persuasion near election polls."                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 15.15.170 is amended to read:                                                                      
05            Sec. 15.15.170. Prohibition of political persuasion near election polls. (a)                           
06       During the hours the polls are open, a person who is in the polling place or within 200                           
07       feet of any entrance to the polling place may not                                                                 
08                 (1)  attempt to persuade a person to vote for or against a candidate,                               
09       proposition, or question; or                                                                                  
10                 (2)  physically display a photo, video, or other image of the person's                              
11       marked ballot in an attempt to persuade a person to vote for or against a                                     
12       candidate, proposition, or question.                                                                        
13            (b)  The election officials shall post warning notices at the required distance in                       
14       the form and manner prescribed by the director.                                                                   
01    * Sec. 2. AS 15.15.280 is amended to read:                                                                         
02 Sec. 15.15.280.  Prohibiting the exhibition of marked ballots.  A [SUBJECT                                          
03 TO AS 15.15.240 A] voter may not exhibit the voter's ballot to an election official or                                  
04 any other person so as to enable any person to ascertain how the voter marked the                                       
05       ballot.                                                                                                           
06    * Sec. 3. AS 15.15.280 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
07            (b)  This section does not apply to a voter who                                                              
08                 (1)  requests assistance under AS 15.15.240; or                                                         
09                 (2)  subject to the prohibition on political persuasion in, or within 200                               
10       feet of an entrance to, a polling place under AS 15.15.170, shares a photo, video, or                             
11       other image of the voter's marked ballot with another person or with the public.