1996 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 15 ELECTIONS
Chapter 15.60. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 15.60.010. Definitions.

In this title, unless the context otherwise requires,

(1) "absentee voting official" means a person appointed to serve as an absentee voting official in accordance with AS 15.20.045 ;

(2) "ballot" means a hand-marked ballot and a punch-card ballot;

(3) "director" means the director of elections who is the chief elections officer of the state appointed in accordance with AS 15.10.105(a);

(4) "election board" means the local precinct board composed of the three election judges;

(5) "election district" means one of the districts described in art. XIV, sec. 3, of the state constitution, as may be modified under art. VI of the state constitution;

(6) "election official" means election judges, clerks, counters, members of counting or review boards, employees of the division of elections and absentee voting officials;

(7) "federal election" means a general, special, 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;

(8) "felony involving moral turpitude" includes those crimes which are immoral or wrong in themselves such as murder, sexual assault, robbery, kidnapping, incest, arson, burglary, theft, and forgery;

(9) "general election" means the election held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years;

(10) "hand-marked ballot" means a ballot designated to be marked by hand with a pen or pencil;

(11) "lieutenant governor" includes an appointed lieutenant governor, governor, or acting governor if a vacancy has occurred in the office of lieutenant governor or governor;

(12) "limited political party" means a political group which organizes for the purpose of selecting candidates for electors for President and Vice-President;

(13) "local election" means a regular or special election held by a borough, city, school district, or regional educational attendance area;

(14) "master register" means the list of all registered voters in the state which is maintained by the director of elections;

(15) "member of a political party" means a person who supports the political program of a party;

(16) "oath" includes affirmation;

(17) "official registration list" means the list of all voters qualified to vote at a particular election compiled in accordance with AS 15.07.125 ;

(18) "party district committee" means the political party committee that performs the executive function for a region representing an area larger than a precinct and smaller than the state;

(19) "political group" means a group of organized voters which represents a political program and which does not qualify as a political party;

(20) "political party" means an organized group of voters that represents a political program and that nominated a candidate for governor who received at least three percent of the total votes cast at the preceding general election for governor;

(21) "precinct" means the territory within which resident voters may cast votes at one polling place;

(22) "presidential election year" means a year in which the presidential electors are elected;

(23) "proposition" means an initiative, referendum, or constitutional amendment submitted at an election to the public for vote;

(24) "punch-card ballot" means a ballot designed to be punched by a machine and counted by automatic data processing equipment;

(25) "qualified voter" means a person who has the qualification of a voter and is not disqualified as provided by art. V, sec. 2, of the state constitution and AS 15.05.030 ;

(26) "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;

(27) "registration official" includes an employee of the division of elections when performing the task of voter registration and a person appointed to serve as a registration official in accordance with AS 15.07.081 or 15.07.100;

(28) "senate district" means the territory included in the election districts as designated in art. XIV, sec. 2, of the state constitution, as may be modified under art. VI of the state constitution;

(29) "signature" or "subscription" includes a mark intended as a signature or subscription;

(30) "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;

(31) "state chairman" means the party official elected as the highest ranking statewide party executive;

(32) "sworn" includes affirmed;

(33) "unconditional discharge" means that a person is released from all disability arising under a conviction and sentence, including probation and parole;

(34) "vacancy" exists in an office when the person elected or appointed to the office resigns, retires, dies, is recalled, is rejected by majority vote on the question at an election, is convicted of a corrupt practice, is removed by impeachment, or is expelled;

(35) "voter" means a person who presents oneself for the purpose of voting either in person or by absentee ballot;

(36) "voter registration agency" means an agency designated in or under AS 15.07.055 .