Alaska Administrative Code
Title 6 - Governor's Office
Part 1 - Elections
Chapter 25 - Administration of Elections
Article 1 - General Administration
6 AAC 25.270 - Conduct of certain special elections
Universal Citation: 6 AK Admin Code 25.270
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) If an election is set aside by court order, the director will promptly schedule a special election. The date of the special election will be determined by the director upon consideration of the time necessary to
(1) provide adequate public notice;
(2) prepare and distribute election
materials; and
(3) appoint and
train election personnel.
(b) Except as provided in this section, the provisions regarding the conduct of the election that was set aside by court order or for which no certification was issued govern the conduct of the special election. The following provisions apply to a special election under this section:
(1) the director will place on
the special election ballot the names of all candidates who were listed on the
ballot in the election that was set aside or for which no certification of
election or nomination was issued; vacancies in nomination may be filled to the
extent provided by law;
(2) the
requirements in AS 15.10 and AS 15.20 regarding political party nomination or
approval of bipartisan boards do not apply to a special election conducted
under this section if the director determines that those requirements will
delay the special election; however, the director will advise the political
parties and political groups of any appointment to a board and will, to the
extent reasonable and practicable, solicit the advice of the political party or
political groups; any deadline regarding the appointment of board members does
not apply to a special election conducted under this section;
(3) the director will determine whether
ballots will be electronically tabulated or hand counted; the ballot counting
procedures established by the director will maintain ballot security and will
allow watchers to observe the counting process; the director may also establish
expedited procedures to govern the review and counting of absentee and
questioned ballots, and review by the state ballot counting review
board;
(5) applications for
absentee voting by mail will be made available as promptly as possible upon
scheduling of a special election under this section; if a regular absentee
ballot is available in a timely fashion, the director may, waive preparation
and distribution of the special absentee ballot described in
AS
15.20.082.
Authority:AS 15.10.105
AS 15.15.010
AS 15.20.560
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