Section 6 AAC 25.040 - Elections security(a) A printer who prepares ballots for use at a state election will be provided a certificate to sign indicating that any overruns have been destroyed and that all official ballots ordered by the division have been delivered to the election supervisor or director. Upon receipt of the official ballots from the printer, each election supervisor shall secure the ballots. A locked room with access limited to election personnel will be provided wherever possible.(b) When voted absentee ballots begin to arrive in the regional and director's offices, the ballots will be secured and access limited to personnel of the division and the district absentee review board. The absentee ballots will be bundled, date stamped by bundle, and processed according to the date stamped for the bundle. The information contained on the affidavit envelope will be compared to the master list of registered voters, and the name of the voter recorded in the absentee register for that district's ballots. The register may be reviewed by interested persons at any time during the election process at the regional elections offices.(c) The security of the polling place and electronic voting equipment must be maintained by the election board during the hours that the polls are open. The election board shall inspect the tamper-evident seal on electronic voting equipment and shall report any evidence of tampering to the election supervisor.(d) After the counting of voted ballots has been completed in a precinct, the election board shall seal the ballots in the envelopes provided and place their initials across the seal.(e) The regional counting centers are located in Juneau, Anchorage, Wasilla, Fairbanks, and Nome. Access into a regional counting center is restricted to those persons approved by the election supervisor. The election supervisor will prepare the listing of persons who will have access to the restricted area and provide those persons with the appropriate identification.(g) Following the counting of absentee and questioned ballots at a regional counting center, the ballot containers must be sealed. The election supervisor shall prepare a receipt indicating the number of containers of ballots. When the count is completed, the ballots must be transported to the arranged secured storage areas previously determined by the division.Eff. 10/1/74, Register 52; am 7/11/82, Register 83; am 8/6/87, Register 103; am 8/25/89, Register 111; am 8/9/94, Register 131; am 6/22/98, Register 147; am 10/31/98, Register 148; am 8/23/2001, Register 159; am 8/22/2004, Register 171; am 4/25/2008, Register 186; am 10/16/2009, Register 192; am 2/24/2022, Register 241, April 2022Authority:AS 15.15.010
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