00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 72                                                                          
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 or on the day of an election                          
15       may only vote a questioned ballot [IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE] at that election.                                 

01       Upon receipt and approval of the registration forms, the director or the election                                 
02       supervisor shall forward to the voter an acknowledgment in the form of a registration                             
03       card, and the voter's name shall immediately be placed on the master register. Names                              
04       of persons registering 30 or more days before an election shall be placed on the                                  
05       official registration list for that election.                                                                     
06    * Sec. 3. AS 15.07.070(h) is amended to read:                                                                      
07            (h)  The director shall design the form of the voter's certificate appearing on                              
08       the envelope that is used for voting an absentee in-person or questioned ballot so that                           
09       all information required for registration by AS 15.07.060(a) may be obtained from a                               
10       voter who votes an absentee in-person or questioned ballot. A qualified voter may                             
11       register by completing the registration form on the absentee in-person or                                     
12       questioned ballot envelope. If the voter voting an absentee in-person or questioned                           
13       ballot has completed all information on the voter registration portion of the absentee                            
14       in-person or questioned ballot voter's certificate, the director shall place the name of                          
15       the voter on the official registration list.                                                                      
16    * Sec. 4. AS 15.15.198 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
17            (c)  A person who casts an absentee in-person or questioned ballot under (a) of                              
18       this section shall have the ballot counted if the person has completed all of the                                 
19       information on the voter registration portion of the absentee in-person or questioned                             
20       ballot voter's certificate under AS 15.07.070(h) and the person has the qualifications of                         
21       a voter set out in AS 15.05.010(1) - (4).