2022-03-14                     House Journal                      Page 2102
The Speaker maintained the ruling.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman appealed the ruling of the Chair.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall the Ruling of the Chair be sustained?"  The                                                         
roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 234(STA) am                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Sustain Ruling of the Chair - Amendment No. 9 Not Germane                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  22   NAYS:  15   EXCUSED:  3   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Claman, Cronk, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Gillham,                                                                        
Hannan, Hopkins, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, Merrick, Ortiz,                                                                     
Patkotak, Schrage, Snyder, Spohnholz, Story, Stutes, Tarr, Tuck,                                                                
Wool, Zulkosky                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Carpenter, Eastman, Kaufman, Kurka, LeBon, McCabe,                                                                       
McCarty, McKay, Nelson, Prax, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Shaw, Tilton,                                                                
Vance                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Foster, Johnson, Thompson                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 9 was ruled out of order.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 10 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 1, following "contributions;" (title amendment):                                                                 
     Insert "relating to election ballots;"                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Page 3, following line 7:                                                                                                       
     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
"* Sec. 8. AS 15.15.030 is amended to read:                                                                                   
         Sec. 15.15.030. Preparation of official ballot. The director                                                         
     shall prepare all official ballots to facilitate fairness, simplicity,                                                     
     and clarity in the voting procedure, to reflect most accurately the                                                        
     intent of the voter, and to expedite the administration of elections.                                                      
     The following directives shall be followed when applicable:                                                                
              (1)  The director shall determine the size of the ballot, the                                                     
     type of print, necessary additional instruction notes to voters, and                                                       
     other similar matters of form not provided by law.                                                                         
              (2)  The director shall number ballots in series to ensure