§ 15.15.010 General administrative supervision by director
§ 15.15.020 Date of general election
§ 15.15.025 Top four nonpartisan open primary
§ 15.15.030 Preparation of official ballot
§ 15.15.032 Use of electronically generated ballots
§ 15.15.035 Printing of ballots and other material
§ 15.15.040 Preparation of other election materials
§ 15.15.050 Distribution of election materials
§ 15.15.060 Polling places, voting booths, and supplies
§ 15.15.070 Public notice of election required
§ 15.15.080 Time for opening and closing polls
§ 15.15.090 Designation of precinct polling place
§ 15.15.100 Time off for voting
§ 15.15.110 General duties and oath of election board
§ 15.15.120 Filling vacancies in election board
§ 15.15.130 Majority decision of election board
§ 15.15.140 Permitted use of unofficial ballots
§ 15.15.150 Official opening of polls
§ 15.15.160 Prohibition of political discussion by election board
§ 15.15.170 Prohibition of political persuasion near election polls
§ 15.15.180 Keeping of register
§ 15.15.195 Voters on official registration list
§ 15.15.198 Voters not on official registration list
§ 15.15.210 Questioning of voters of suspect qualification
§ 15.15.215 Disposition of questioned votes
§ 15.15.220 Administration of oaths
§ 15.15.225 Voter identification at polls
§ 15.15.230 Providing ballot to voter
§ 15.15.240 Voter assistance
§ 15.15.250 Disposition of spoiled ballot
§ 15.15.260 Placing ballot in ballot box by voter
§ 15.15.270 Prohibiting the leaving of the polling place with ballot
§ 15.15.280 Prohibiting the exhibition of marked ballots
§ 15.15.290 Prohibiting the identification of ballots
§ 15.15.300 Prohibiting the count of exhibited ballots
§ 15.15.310 Official closing of polls
§ 15.15.320 Voters in line when polls close
§ 15.15.330 Commencement of ballot count
§ 15.15.340 Duties, oath, and vacancies of additional election officials
§ 15.15.350 General procedure for ballot count
§ 15.15.360 Rules for counting ballots
§ 15.15.361 Stickers
§ 15.15.365 Counting of write-in votes in general election
§ 15.15.370 Completion of ballot count; certificate
§ 15.15.380 Payment of election board members
§ 15.15.390 Election expenses
§ 15.15.400 Preparation of voter list
§ 15.15.410 Plural voting
§ 15.15.420 Duty to review the ballot counting
§ 15.15.430 Scope of the review of ballot counting
§ 15.15.440 State ballot counting review
§ 15.15.450 Certification of state ballot counting review
§ 15.15.460 Tie votes
§ 15.15.470 Preservation of election ballots, papers, and materials
§ 15.15.480 Security of ballots
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes > Title 15 > Chapter 15 - Elections and Ballots

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • 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
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • division: means the division of elections created under Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • election board: means the board appointed in accordance with Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • 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
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • federal election: means a general, special, special primary, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting, nominating, or electing a candidate for the office of President, Vice-President, presidential elector, United States senator, or United States representative. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • general election: means the election held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • house district: means one of the districts described in art. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • judicial district: means one of the districts defined in 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • lieutenant governor: includes an appointed lieutenant governor, governor, or acting governor if a vacancy has occurred in the office of lieutenant governor or governor. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • oath: includes affirmation. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • official registration list: means the list of all voters qualified to vote at a particular election compiled in accordance with Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
  • political group: means a group of organized voters which represents a political program and which does not qualify as a political party. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • political party: means an organized group of voters that represents a political program and has at least 5,000 registered voters in the state. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • precinct: means the territory within which resident voters may cast votes at one polling place. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • Pretrial conference: A meeting of the judge and lawyers to discuss which matters should be presented to the jury, to review evidence and witnesses, to set a timetable, and to discuss the settlement of the case.
  • property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • proposition: means an initiative, referendum, or constitutional amendment submitted at an election to the public for vote. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • qualified voter: means a person who has the qualification of a voter and is not disqualified as provided by art. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • question: means an issue placed on the ballot to determine whether a judge or justice shall be accepted or rejected, whether a constitutional convention shall be called, whether a state debt shall be contracted, or whether a state official shall be recalled. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • ranked-choice voting: means , in a general election, the method of casting and tabulating votes in which voters rank candidates in order of preference and in which tabulation proceeds in sequential rounds in which (a) a candidate with a majority in the first round wins outright, or (b) last-place candidates are defeated until there are two candidates remaining, at which point the candidate with the greatest number of votes is declared the winner of the election. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • special election: means an election held at a time other than when the general or primary election is held and an election called to be held with, and at the time of, the general or primary election. 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
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Voice vote: A vote in which the Presiding Officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of legisators voting on each side are not recorded.
  • 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
  • writing: includes printing. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060