A. The assembly shall appoint at least three election officials in each precinct to constitute the election board of that precinct. The clerk is the election supervisor. One election official shall be designated as chair and shall be ordinarily responsible for administering the election in that precinct. The clerk may appoint additional election officials at any polling place where they are needed to conduct an orderly election and to relieve other election officials of undue hardship. The clerk may appoint persons aged 16 or older as additional election officials if they meet the requirements to serve in the Youth Vote Ambassador Program under AS 15.10.108. Any person so appointed serves under the supervision of the precinct board chair.

B. All election officials should attend a training session unless personally and specifically excused for cause by the clerk. If any appointed election official is not able to or refuses to serve on election day, the clerk may appoint a replacement for that official.

C. Except for duly qualified persons 16 to 18 years old appointed under subsection A of this section, each election official serving at a precinct polling place must be a qualified voter and, if possible, a resident within the precinct for which appointed.

D. All election officials, before entering upon their duties, must subscribe to the oath required of all public officers by the Constitution of the State of Alaska in the manner prescribed by the clerk.

E. Candidates shall not serve as election officials. Certain familial relationships may not exist between a candidate and a precinct election official, member of a ballot receiving/counting team or canvass board in regular or special elections. Those familial relationships are:

F. If the clerk knows or learns that any of these relationships exist, the precinct election official shall be notified and replaced. [Ord. FY2023-05 §2, 2022; Ord. FY2021-11 §5, 2020; Ord. FY2009-19 §2, 2009; Ord. 86-22-O §2, 1986].