Section 6 AAC 27.180 - Advisory school board elections(a) A school district in a regional educational attendance area may request that the election board appointed by the division for the conduct of the regional educational attendance area school board election also conduct the advisory school board election under AS 14.08.115, on behalf of the school district, on the first Tuesday in October. The request must be submitted in writing, signed by the superintendent, and received by the division at least 150 days before the date of the election. The request must include a list of the communities where the advisory school board election is to be conducted and the name and contact information for the district's site administrator or other designated person responsible for the advisory school board election in each community. The list of communities in the request must be limited to those areas where the division is scheduled to conduct a simultaneous in-person regional educational attendance area election.(b) The advisory school board election will be conducted separately from the regional educational attendance area school board election. The election board appointed by the division will serve as election board for the advisory school board election during the hours the polls are scheduled to be open for the regional educational attendance area school board election.(c) If requested by the school district, the division will provide a separate list of voters registered in the precinct for use by the election board during the advisory school board election.(d) In order for a request to be granted under this section, the school district must agree in writing to be responsible for (1) all advertising and public notice requirements for the advisory school board election as set out in board policy or board regulations;(2) printing the advisory school board ballots and delivering them to the polling place; the ballots must be printed on colored paper that can be easily distinguished from the state's white ballots;(3) retrieving the voted ballots from the election board when the polls close;(4) tallying the ballots and notifying the public of election results; and(5) certifying the election and notifying the candidates of certification.(e) When the polls close, the election board shall secure the advisory school board ballots and return them to the site administrator or designated person named in the request submitted under (a) of this section.Eff. 2/28/2014, Register 209, April 2014Authority:AS 14.08.071
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