Alaska HB 66: An Act relating to voting, voter qualifications, and voter registration; relating to poll watchers; relating to absentee ballots and questioned ballots; relating to election worker compensation; and providing for an effective date.

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CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 66(STA) 
 
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA 
 
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION 
 
BY THE HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 
 
Offered:  5/15/22 
Referred:  Finance   
 
Sponsor(s):  REPRESENTATIVES TUCK, Schrage, Drummond, Kreiss-Tomkins, Tarr 
A BILL 
 
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED 
 
"An  Act  relating  to  elections;  relating  to  voters;  relating  to the  crimes  of  unlawful 1 
interference  with  voting,  unlawful  interference  with  an  election,  election  fraud,  and 2 
election official misconduct; and providing for an effective date." 3 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4 
   * Section 1. AS 15.05.010 is amended to read: 5 
Sec. 15.05.010. Voter qualification. A person may vote at any election who  6 
(1)  is a citizen of the United States;  7 
(2)  is 18 years of age or older;  8 
(3)  has been a resident of the state and of the house district in which 9 
the person seeks to vote for at least 30 days just before the election; and  10 
(4)    has  registered  [BEFORE  THE  ELECTION]  as  required  under 11 
AS 15.07 and is not registered to vote in another jurisdiction.  12 
   * Sec. 2. AS 15.07.060(a) is amended to read: 13 
(a)  Each applicant who requests registration or reregistration shall supply the 14 

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following information:  1 
(1)  the applicant's name and sex;  2 
(2)  if issued, the applicant's State of Alaska driver's license number or 3 
State of Alaska identification card number, or the last four digits of the applicant's 4 
social security number;  5 
(3)  the applicant's date of birth;  6 
(4)  the applicant's Alaska residence address;  7 
(5)  a statement of whether the applicant has previously been registered 8 
to  vote  in  another  jurisdiction,  and,  if  so,  the  jurisdiction  and  the  address  of  the 9 
previous registration;  10 
(6)  a declaration that the applicant will be 18 years of age or older 11 
within 90 days after the date of registration;  12 
(7)  a declaration that the applicant is a citizen of the United States;  13 
(8)  the date of application;  14 
(9)  the applicant's signature or mark, or an electronic image of the 
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applicant's  signature  submitted in  the  format  and  according  to the  process 16 
specified by the division in regulation;  
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(10)  any former name under which the applicant was registered to vote 18 
in the state;  19 
(11)  an attestation that the information provided by the applicant in (1) 20 
- (10) of this subsection is true; [AND]  21 
(12)  a certification that the applicant understands that a false statement 22 
on  the  application  may  make  the  applicant  subject  to  prosecution  [FOR  A 23 
MISDEMEANOR] under this title or for perjury under AS 11; 
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(13)  if applying to register for the next election within 30 days 25 
before or on the day of the election,  
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(A)    an  affidavit,  signed  under  penalty  of  perjury  and 27 
witnessed by an election official, stating whether the applicant established 28 
residency at least 30 days before the date of the election in 29 
(i)  the state; and 30 
(ii)  the house district in which the applicant seeks to 
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vote at the election; and 
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(B)  a physical or electronic copy of  2 
(i)  identification issued by the federal government, 3 
the state, a municipality, a tribal government, or a secondary or 4 
postsecondary school that displays the applicant's Alaska residence 5 
address; or 
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(ii)    a  utility  bill,  bank  statement,  paycheck, 
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government check, or other government document dated not more 8 
than  60  days  before  the  registration  or  reregistration  and 9 
displaying the applicant's name and Alaska residence address; and 
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(14)  an acknowledgment of understanding by the applicant that, if 
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the applicant is registered to vote in another jurisdiction, the director will notify 
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the chief elections officer of that jurisdiction that the applicant has registered to 13 
vote in this state and request the applicant's voter registration be canceled in that 14 
jurisdiction.  15 
   * Sec. 3. AS 15.07.060 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 16 
(g)  The division shall provide an applicant the opportunity to designate, from 17 
among  the  written  languages  in  which  the  division  is  required  to  print  election 18 
materials under 52 U.S.C. 10503, as amended, the language in which the applicant 19 
prefers to receive ballots and other election materials printed for an election. The 20 
division  shall  provide  the  applicant  with  ballots  and  election materials  in  the 21 
applicant's designated language unless the applica