00                            SENATE BILL NO. 305                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to voter registration."                                                                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 15.05.010 is amended to read:                                                                     
04            Sec. 15.05.010.  Voter qualification.  A person may vote at any election who                               
05                 (1)  is a citizen of the United States;                                                                 
06                 (2)  is 18 years of age or older;                                                                       
07                 (3)  has been a resident of the state and of the house district in which                                
08       the person seeks to vote for at least 30 days just before the election; and                                       
09                 (4)  has registered [BEFORE THE ELECTION] as required under                                             
10       AS 15.07 and is not registered to vote in another jurisdiction.                                                   
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 15.07.070(d) is amended to read:                                                                     
12            (d)  Qualified voters may register in person before a registration official or                               
13       through a voter registration agency at any time throughout the year, except that a                                
14       person registering within 30 days preceding an election may only vote a questioned                            
15       ballot [NOT VOTE] at that election.  Upon receipt and approval of the registration                            

01       forms, the director or the election supervisor shall forward to the voter an                                      
02       acknowledgment in the form of a registration card, and the voter's name shall                                 
03       immediately be placed on the master register located in the office of the director and                            
04       on the district register located in the office of the election supervisor.  Names of                              
05       persons registering 30 or more days before an election shall be placed on the official                            
06       registration list for that election.                                                                              
07    * Sec. 3.  AS 15.07.070(h) is amended to read:                                                                     
08            (h)  The director shall design the form of the voter's certificate appearing on                              
09       the envelope that is used for voting a questioned ballot so that all information required                         
10       for registration by AS 15.07.060(a) may be obtained from a voter who votes a                                      
11       questioned ballot.  A qualified voter may register by completing the registration                             
12       form on the questioned ballot envelope.  If the voter voting a questioned ballot has                          
13       completed all information on the voter registration portion of the questioned ballot                              
14       voter's certificate, the director shall place the name of the voter on the official                               
15       registration list.                                                                                                
16    * Sec. 4.  AS 15.15.198 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
17            (c)  A person who casts a questioned ballot under (a) of this section shall have                             
18       the ballot counted if the person has completed all of the information on the voter                                
19       registration portion of the questioned ballot voter's certificate under AS 15.07.070(h)                           
20       and the person has the qualifications of a voter set out in AS 15.05.010(1) - (4).                                
21    * Sec. 5.  AS 15.20.207(b) is amended to read:                                                                     
22            (b)  A questioned ballot may not be counted if                                                               
23                 (1)  the voter has failed to properly execute the certificate; or                               
24                 (2)  the person casting the ballot does not possess the qualifications                              
25       of a voter under AS 15.05.010.                                                                                
26    * Sec. 6.  AS 15.15.198(b) is repealed.