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Chapter 7.20
VOTER QUALIFICATIONSections:
7.20.010 Voter qualifications.
7.20.020 Rules for determining residence of voter.
7.20.030 Registration.
7.20.040 Voter disqualification for felony conviction.
7.20.050 Bonded indebtedness.
7.20.010 Voter qualifications.
A person may vote at any election that meets all of the following requirements:
A. Is qualified to vote in state elections under AS 15.05;
B. Is a citizen of the United States;
C. Is eighteen (18) years of age or older;
D. Has been a resident of the city for thirty (30) calendar days immediately preceding the election;
E. Is registered to vote in state elections at a residence address within the city thirty (30) calendar days prior to the city election; and
F. Is not disqualified under Alaska Constitution, Article V. [Ord. 98-16 § 4.]
7.20.020 Rules for determining residence of voter.
For the purpose of determining residence for voting, the place of residence is governed by the following rules:
A. The residence of a person is that place in which habitation is fixed, and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention to return. If a person resides in one (1) place but does business in another, the former is the person’s place of residence. Temporary construction camps do not constitute a dwelling place.
B. A change of residence is made only by the act of removal joined with the intent to remain in another place. There can only be one (1) residence.
C. A person does not gain or lose residence solely by reason of a person’s presence while employed in civil or military service of the United States or of this state, or while a student of an institution of learning, or while kept in an institution or asylum at public expense, or while confined in a public prison, or while residing upon an Indian or military reservation, or while residing in the Alaska Pioneers Home.
D. No member, or spouse or dependent of a member, of the armed forces of the United States is a resident of this state solely by reason of being stationed in the state.
E. A person does not lose residence if the person leaves home and goes to another country, state, or place within this state for temporary purposes only and with the intention of returning.
F. A person does not gain a residence in a place to which the person comes without a present intent to establish a permanent dwelling there.
G. A person loses residence in this state if the person votes in an election held in another state and has not, upon the person’s return, regained residence in this state under the provisions of this chapter and state law.
H. The term of residence is computed by including the day on which the person’s residence commences and by excluding the day of election. [Ord. 98-16 § 4.]
7.20.030 Registration.
A. A person may vote in an election only if the person is a qualified voter under the Alaska State Constitution, the laws of Alaska and this chapter and the person has registered as required by the state election code and BMC 7.20.010.
B. The precinct election officials at any election shall allow a person to vote whose name is on the official precinct registration list for that precinct and who is qualified under this chapter and AS 15.05. A person whose name is not on the official registration list shall be allowed to vote a questioned ballot. [Ord. 98-16 § 4.]
7.20.040 Voter disqualification for felony conviction.
A. A person whose qualifications to vote have been questioned on the basis of a felony conviction shall vote a questioned ballot. A person’s vote shall not count where the voter has been convicted either by state courts of Alaska, by the courts of another state or by the federal courts of a felony involving moral turpitude under Alaska law unless the person’s civil rights have been restored by law or by proper authority in the jurisdiction in which the person was convicted.
B. Felonies involving moral turpitude include, but are not limited to, the crimes of murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping, burglary, incest, and other crimes, which are punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary under Alaska law and which involve conduct contrary to justice, honesty, modesty or good morals. [Ord. 98-16 § 4.]
7.20.050 Bonded indebtedness.
A. Only qualified voters may vote on a question of incurring bonded indebtedness by the city.
B. Notice of bonded indebtedness shall be given consistent with the provisions of BMC 7.10.060(C) and AS 29.47.190. [Ord. 98-16 § 4.]
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