00SENATE BILL NO.  5                                                                                                      
01 "An Act prescribing the use and characteristics of voting booths employed in                                            
02 elections and the color of ballots used in state primary elections."                                                    
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 15.15.060(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
05     (a)  Immediately following the appointment of the election board, the election                                     
06 supervisor in conjunction with the election board chair [CHAIRMAN] shall secure                                       
07 polling places for holding the election, suitable ballot boxes that [WHICH] will assure                               
08 security and an adequate number of voting booths or screens, national flags, pens, and                                  
09 pencils.  At every polling place, at least one voting booth shall be furnished and                                     
10 not [NOT] less than one voting booth or screen shall be furnished for each 100 votes                                   
11 or fractional part of 100 votes cast in the previous election.  At every polling place,                                
12 at least one-half of the voting booths used shall be provided with a curtain                                            
13 extending from the top of the voting booth to within approximately 30 inches of                                         
14 the floor.  The curtain of the voting booth must conceal the voter while voting.                                       

01 The election supervisor and the election board chair [CHAIRMAN] may, in an                                            
02 emergency, secure an alternate location for a polling place.                                                            
03    * Sec. 2.  AS 15.15.060(b) is amended to read:                                                                       
04     (b)  To assure administrative economy and to protect the secrecy of the                                           
05 ballot, the [THE] director may adopt regulations prescribing                                                           
06   (1)  the type of polling place for holding the election;                                                          
07   (2)  [AND] the requirements regarding ballot boxes, voting [BOOTHS,]                                                
08 screens, national flags, and other supplies; and                                                                       
09   (3)  subject to the specifications of (a) of this section, the                                                       
10 requirements regarding voting booths [TO ASSURE ADMINISTRATIVE                                                         
11 ECONOMY AND TO PROTECT THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT].                                                                      
12    * Sec. 3.  AS 15.25.060 is amended to read:                                                                          
13  Sec. 15.25.060.   PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BALLOTS.                                                            
14 The primary election ballot shall be prepared and distributed by the director in the                                    
15 manner prescribed for general election ballots except as specifically provided otherwise                                
16 for the primary election.  The director shall print the ballot on white  paper as for                                  
17 the general election ballot and place the names of all candidates who have properly                                    
18 filed in groups according to offices filed for, without regard to party affiliation.  The                               
19 names for each office shall be rotated as provided for the general election ballot.                                    
20 Blank [NO BLANK]  spaces may not [SHALL] be provided on the ballot for the                                           
21 writing or pasting in of names.                                                                                         
22    * Sec. 4.  AS 15.60.010 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                                
23   (37)  "voting booth" means a temporary structure, enclosed on three                                                  
24 sides with the front set off by a curtain, within which ballots may be marked; the top                                  
25 of the voting booth or structure may not be less than six feet in height.