(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, the director may adopt regulations that provide procedures for the tabulation of electronically generated ballots or optically scanned ballots, including procedures for

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 15.20.900

  • ballot: means any document provided by the director on which votes may be cast for candidates, propositions, or questions. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • 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
  • precinct: means the territory within which resident voters may cast votes at one polling place. 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
(1) tests of the counting programs developed for each precinct tabulator to ensure that the system is functioning properly;
(2) security for the voting and tabulation of ballots;
(3) the transmission and accumulation of vote totals to assure the integrity of the vote counting process;
(4) observation by the public of the counting process in the regional offices; and
(5) the disposition of ballots.
(b) The state ballot counting review board established under Alaska Stat. § 15.10.180 shall test the counting programs for the tabulation of electronically generated ballots or optically scanned ballots and certify their accuracy in accordance with the regulations adopted under (a) of this section.
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