18.27.060 Special needs voting.
A. A voter with a disability who, because of that disability, is unable to go to a polling place to vote may vote a special needs ballot through any person other than a candidate for office at that election, an immediate family member of the candidate for office at that election, the voter’s employer, an agent of the voter’s employer, or an officer or agent of the voter’s union.
B. The request for a special needs ballot may be made:
1. To the clerk on or after the fifteenth calendar day before a regular election or special election, up to and including the day before the election; or
2. From an absentee voting official at an absentee voting station designated by the clerk at a time when the absentee voting station is in operation; or
3. From a member of the precinct election board on election day.
C. If the request for a special needs ballot is made through a representative, the representative shall sign the special needs voting envelope provided by an election official. The envelope must include the following information:
1. The representative’s name;
2. The representative’s residence and mailing address;
3. The representative’s Social Security number, voter number, or date of birth;
4. The name of the voter on whose behalf the representative is requesting a ballot and voting materials;
5. An oath that the representative:
a. Is receiving a ballot and voting materials on behalf of the voter;
b. Will not vote the ballot for the voter;
c. Will not coerce the voter;
d. Will not divulge the vote cast by the voter; and
e. Has been notified that unlawful interference with voting is punishable under AS 15.56.030;
6. The representative’s signature.
D. The representative shall deliver the special needs ballot and other voting materials to the voter as soon as practicable. The voter shall mark the ballot in secret, place the ballot in a secrecy sleeve, and place the secrecy sleeve in the envelope provided. The voter shall provide the information on the envelope that would be required for absentee voting if the voter voted in person. The voter shall sign the voter’s certificate in the presence of the representative. The representative shall sign as attesting official and date voter’s signature.
E. The representative shall deliver the ballot envelope to a city of Palmer election official at a city of Palmer precinct not later than 8:00 p.m. Alaska time on election day.
F. If a qualified voter’s disability precludes the voter from performing any of the requirements of subsection (D) of this section, the representative may perform those requirements, except making the voting decision, on the voter’s behalf.
G. An election official shall deliver the voted special needs ballot to the clerk. The clerk shall deliver the voted special needs ballot to the canvass board for canvassing. (Ord. 12-009 § 12, 2012)