00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 5(STA)                                                                                           
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 not less than six feet in height,                                  
13 enclosed on three sides, and provided with a curtain extending from the top of the                                      
14 voting booth to within approximately 30 inches of the floor.  The curtain of the                                        

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