SB 5: "An Act relating to voter registration; and providing for an effective date."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 5 01 "An Act relating to voter registration; and providing for an effective date." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 15.07.130(a) is amended to read: 04 (a) Periodically, at times of the director's choosing, but not [NO] less 05 frequently than in January of each calendar year, the director shall examine the master 06 register maintained under AS 15.07.120 and shall send, by nonforwardable mail to the 07 voter's registration mailing address, a notice requesting address confirmation or 08 correction to each voter 09 (1) whose mail from the division has been returned to the division in 10 the two years immediately preceding the examination of the register; 11 (2) who has not contacted the division in the two years immediately 12 preceding the examination of the register; [OR] 13 (3) who has not voted or appeared to vote in the two general elections 14 immediately preceding the examination of the register; or 15 (4) who, according to information received by the division, is not
01 domiciled in the state. 02 * Sec. 2. AS 15.07.130 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 03 (g) The division shall adopt regulations providing for regular review and 04 updates of the master register. The regulations must provide for review of the register 05 for data breaches, the number of registered voters compared to persons eligible to vote 06 in the state, and the names of deceased voters, persons convicted of a felony involving 07 moral turpitude, persons not qualified to vote under AS 15.05, and persons registered 08 to vote in another state. The regulations must specify records and databases for use in 09 reviewing the master register; the records and databases may include the United States 10 Postal Service national change of address database, an electronic registration 11 information center dedicated to improving the integrity of voter rolls and maintained 12 by a nonprofit membership organization of which the state is a member, state motor 13 vehicle records, records of the state programs of corrections, property and sales tax 14 records, records of the federal social security system, municipal assessor databases, 15 the United States Social Security Administration death index, an alien database 16 maintained by the United States Department of Homeland Security, and jury duty 17 records. 18 (h) The director shall adopt a best practice voter registration system to 19 improve identity matching when comparing the master register with the records and 20 databases used to review the master register. The director shall develop a written 21 maintenance schedule and guideline manual for the system and provide a report on the 22 system to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of the house of representatives on or 23 before the first day of the first regular session of each legislature and shall notify the 24 legislature that the report is available. 25 (i) The director shall, in a notice sent under (a) of this section, inform a voter 26 of the criteria to qualify as a voter and the penalties for voter misconduct. 27 * Sec. 3. AS 15.07 is amended by adding a new section to read: 28 Sec. 15.07.133. Process to cancel registration. The director shall develop a 29 process to allow a voter to cancel the voter's registration in person before an election 30 official or electronically. The director shall prominently display instructions for a 31 voter to cancel the voter's registration at each polling place.