Section 6 AAC 25.050 - Transportation and receipt of ballots(a) Following the elections in all precincts using hand-counted ballots, each election board shall seal the voted and counted ballots in envelopes or bags provided for that purpose. The election board shall mail the ballots to the director no later than the day after the election. Upon arrival in the director's office, the envelopes containing the voted ballots will be logged and placed in the designated secured area.(b) In locations where a precinct tabulator is used, the voted ballots counted by the tabulator must be transported on election night to a secured storage area prearranged by the director or the director's designee or mailed to the director's office.(c) On the day following the election, or on a day determined by the director, the ballots described in (b) of this section that were not mailed must be transported by air to the director. The ballots must be accompanied from the secured storage area to the airport of departure, and from the airport of destination to a designated secured storage area by a licensed and bonded courier service or licensed security officer.(d) A chain of custody document will accompany each ballot shipment. Access to the secured area will be limited to election personnel, state trooper, or authorized licensed security officer.(e) On each day after the election designated by the director for the counting of absentee and questioned ballots and after the completion of the counting by each election supervisor, the counted absentee and questioned ballots will be transported to the designated secured areas in Anchorage, Wasilla, Fairbanks, Juneau, and Nome.(g) After certification by the district absentee ballot counting board or by the district questioned ballot counting board, as appropriate, absentee and questioned ballots must be transported from all regional elections offices by a licensed and bonded air courier service to the director's office. A chain of custody document must accompany the ballots.(i) Upon the arrival of the absentee and questioned ballots in the director's office, an elections official or a licensed security officer will transport the ballots to the secured area in the director's office.Eff. 10/1/74, Register 52; am 7/11/82, Register 83; am 8/6/87, Register 103; am 7/17/88, Register 107; am 8/9/94, Register 131; am 6/22/98, Register 147; am 10/31/98, Register 148; am 4/25/2008, Register 186; am 2/24/2022, Register 241, April 2022Authority:AS 15.15.010
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