Chapter 2.08
VOTER QUALIFICATIONS
Sections:
2.08.020 Disqualification of voters.
2.08.030 Qualification of voters.
2.08.040 Qualification certification.
2.08.060 Time off from work for certain voters.
2.08.010 Registration.
A person is qualified to vote in borough elections who is registered to vote in state elections at a residence address within the borough at least 30 days before the election at which the person seeks to vote. [Ord. 782 § 4, 2006; Ord. 270 § 5, 1972; prior code § 36.10.010.]
2.08.020 Disqualification of voters.
No person may vote who has been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude unless the person has been unconditionally discharged from custody as provided for by the Alaska Election Code. No person may vote who has been judicially determined to be of unsound mind unless the disability has been removed. [Ord. 782 § 5, 2006; Ord. 270 § 5, 1971; prior code § 36.10.030.]
2.08.030 Qualification of voters.
Each voter must have the qualifications prescribed by state law. Each voter shall be registered to vote in the precinct in which that person seeks to vote in municipal elections. A voter that desires to vote in a municipal election, whose name does not appear on the precinct list provided by the State of Alaska for said municipal election, shall be required to vote a questioned ballot. There shall be no additional requirement that every person voting upon a bond issue submitted in either a general or special election shall, in addition to the other qualifications for voters, be enrolled as a taxpayer of real property taxed upon the last tax roll of the borough. [Ord. 491 § 4, 1986; Ord. 270 § 5, 1972; prior code § 36.16.035.]
2.08.040 Qualification certification.
Each person, before voting a questioned ballot, shall certify as to his qualifications as a voter. Certification shall be by voter’s affixation of signature on the right-hand page of a book maintained at each polling place, the left-hand page of which shall state:
I hereby certify that I am:
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a citizen of the United States, |
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both qualified to vote in State of Alaska elections and registered therefor for at least 30 days immediately preceding this municipal election, |
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at least 18 years of age, |
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a resident of the borough for 30 days immediately preceding the election, and |
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not disqualified by reason of having been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude, and if so, I have been unconditionally discharged from custody; nor disqualified because judicially determined to be of unsound mind. |
Signed and dated this ____________ day of _____________, in the year ________.
[Ord. 782 § 6, 2006; Ord. 589 § 4, 1993; Ord. 272 § 7, 1972; prior code § 36.10.040.]
2.08.060 Time off from work for certain voters.
Any qualified voter who does not have sufficient time outside his working hours within which to vote at any borough election may, without loss of pay, take off as much working time as will enable him to vote. If any employee has two consecutive hours in which to vote, either between the opening of the polls and the beginning of his regular shift, or between the end of his regular working shift and the closing of the polls, he shall be deemed to have sufficient time outside his working hours within which to vote. [Ord. 270 § 5, 1972; prior code 36.45.010(f).]