1995 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 15 ELECTIONS
Chapter 15.56. ELECTION OFFENSES, CORRUPT PRACTICES, AND PENALTIES
Sec. 15.56.010. CAMPAIGN MISCONDUCT IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
(a) A person commits the crime of campaign misconduct in the first degree if the person
(1) knowingly circulates or has written, printed or circulated a letter, circular, or publication relating to an election, to a candidate at an election, or an election proposition or question without the name and address of the author appearing on its face;
(2) knowingly prints or publishes an advertisement, billboard, placard, poster, handbill, paid-for television or radio announcement or other communication intended to influence the election of a candidate or outcome of a ballot proposition or question without the words "paid for by" followed by the name and address of the candidate, group or individual paying for the advertising or communication and, if a candidate or group, with the name of the campaign chairman; or
(3) knowingly writes or prints and circulates, or has written, printed and circulated, a letter, circular, bill, placard, poster or advertisement in a newspaper, on radio or television
(A) containing false factual information relating to a candidate for an election;
(B) which the person knows to be false; and
(C) which would provoke a reasonable person under the circumstances to a breach of the peace or damages the candidate's reputation for honesty, integrity, or the candidate's qualifications to serve if elected to office.
(b) Violation of this section is a corrupt practice.
(c) Campaign misconduct in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.
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