1996 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 15 ELECTIONS
Chapter 15.07. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
Sec. 15.07.130. Voter registration list maintenance.

(a) At the close of each calendar year the area election supervisor shall examine the register maintained by the supervisor under AS 15.07.120.

(b) When a registered voter has not indicated in writing a desire to remain registered within the preceding four calendar years and has neither voted nor appeared to vote in a local, regional school board, primary, special, or general election during the last four calendar years, the voter shall be advised by a notice sent by forwardable mail to the voter's last known address that registration will be inactivated unless the voter responds to the notice at least 30 days before the date of the next primary election on a form furnished by the director. The director shall maintain on the master register the name of a voter whose registration is inactivated. The director shall cancel a voter's inactive registration after the second general election that occurs after the registration becomes inactive if the voter does not vote or appear to vote.

(c) The director shall obtain from the bureau of vital statistics a certified list of all residents over 18 years of age who have died or who have been presumptively declared dead. Promptly after receipt of each list, but, in any event, at least once each month, the director shall cancel the registration of all deceased voters.

(d) The notice described in (b) of this section must include a postage prepaid and pre-addressed return card on which the voter may state the voter's current address. The notice must indicate

(1) that the voter should return the card not later than 30 days before the next primary election if the voter did not change residence;

(2) that the voter may vote only a questioned or absentee ballot if the voter does not return the card at least 30 days before the next primary election;

(3) that the voter's registration will be cancelled if the voter does not vote or appear to vote in an election held during the period beginning on the date of the notice and ending on the day after the last day of the fourth calendar year that occurs after the date of notice; and

(4) how the voter can continue to be eligible to vote if the voter has changed residence.

(e) For purposes of (b) and (d) of this section, a voter "appears to vote" if

(1) the voter is present at a polling place or at an absentee voting station at a time when the polling place or absentee voting station is operating, for the purpose of casting a vote;

(2) the voter applies to the division to obtain an absentee ballot; or

(3) in an election conducted by mail under AS 15.20.800 , a voter who has not received a ballot by mail makes a timely request to the division for a ballot.