(a) Each applicant who requests registration or reregistration shall supply the following information:

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 15.07.060

  • director: means the director of elections who is the chief elections officer of the state appointed in accordance with Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • division: means the division of elections created under Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • reregistration: means the submission of a registration form by a voter whose registration was inactivated on the master register maintained under Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • voter: means a person who presents oneself for the purpose of voting either in person or by absentee ballot. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
(1) the applicant’s name and sex;
(2) if issued, the applicant’s State of Alaska driver’s license number or State of Alaska identification card number, or the last four digits of the applicant’s social security number;
(3) the applicant’s date of birth;
(4) the applicant’s Alaska residence address;
(5) a statement of whether the applicant has previously been registered to vote in another jurisdiction, and, if so, the jurisdiction and the address of the previous registration;
(6) a declaration that the applicant will be 18 years of age or older within 90 days after the date of registration;
(7) a declaration that the applicant is a citizen of the United States;
(8) the date of application;
(9) the applicant’s signature or mark;
(10) any former name under which the applicant was registered to vote in the state;
(11) an attestation that the information provided by the applicant in (1) – (10) of this subsection is true; and
(12) a certification that the applicant understands that a false statement on the application may make the applicant subject to prosecution for a misdemeanor under this title or Alaska Stat. Title 11.
(b) If the applicant has been previously registered to vote in another jurisdiction, the director shall notify the chief elections officer in that jurisdiction that the applicant has registered to vote in Alaska and request that that jurisdiction cancel the applicant’s voter registration there.
(c) Each applicant who requests registration in person before a registration official shall exhibit one form of identification to the official, including a driver’s license, state identification card, current and valid photo identification, birth certificate, passport, or hunting or fishing license. A registration official who knows the identity of the applicant may waive the identification requirement.
(d) If the applicant requests reregistration, the applicant shall supply under oath any former name under which the applicant was registered to vote in the state.
(e) For an applicant requesting initial registration by mail, by facsimile or other electronic transmission approved by the director under Alaska Stat. § 15.07.050, or by completing a permanent fund dividend application, the director shall verify the information provided in compliance with (a)(2) and (3) of this section through state agency records described in Alaska Stat. § 15.07.055(e). If the applicant cannot comply with the requirement of (a)(2) of this section because the applicant has not been issued any of the listed numbers, the applicant may instead submit a copy of one of the following forms of identification: a driver’s license, state identification card, current and valid photo identification, birth certificate, passport, or hunting or fishing license.
(f) If an applicant who requests registration cannot comply with the requirement of (a)(2) of this section because the applicant has not been issued any of the listed numbers, the division shall assign the applicant a unique identifying number.
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