Alaska Statutes 15.56.070 – Election official misconduct in the first degree

(a) A person commits the crime of election official misconduct in the first degree if while an election official, the person

Under the Alaska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:

Class	Prison	Fine
Class C felony	up to 5 years	up to $50,000

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election official: means election board members, members of counting or review boards, employees of the division of elections, and absentee voting officials. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
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

(1) intentionally fails to perform an election duty or knowingly does an unauthorized act with the intent to affect an election or its results;

(2) knowingly permits or makes or attempts to make a false count of election returns; or

(3) intentionally conceals, withholds, destroys, or attempts to conceal, withhold, or destroy election returns.

(b) Election official misconduct in the first degree is a class C felony.