CSHB 287(STA): "An Act providing that an absentee ballot application submitted by a voter or on behalf of a voter is valid through the following two general elections; providing that an absentee ballot application for a voter who submits an absentee ballot application and then votes an absentee ballot is valid through the two general elections following the election at which the ballot is cast; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 287(STA) 01 "An Act providing that an absentee ballot application submitted by a voter or on behalf 02 of a voter is valid through the following two general elections; providing that an 03 absentee ballot application for a voter who submits an absentee ballot application and 04 then votes an absentee ballot is valid through the two general elections following the 05 election at which the ballot is cast; and providing for an effective date." 06 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 07 * Section 1. AS 15.20.081(i) is repealed and reenacted to read: 08 (i) An absentee ballot application submitted by a qualified voter or on behalf 09 of a qualified voter is valid through the next two regularly scheduled general elections 10 following the date the application is submitted. If a voter casts an absentee ballot in 11 accordance with (d) - (f) of this section that was received by the voter as a result of an 12 absentee ballot application, the voter's application remains valid through the next two 13 regularly scheduled general elections following the election in which the ballot was
01 cast. However, nothing in this subsection requires the director or an election 02 supervisor to send an absentee ballot to a voter after the director or election supervisor 03 has received actual notice that mail sent to the permanent mailing address of the voter, 04 or a different address provided by the voter, is undeliverable to the voter at that 05 address. 06 * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2013.