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A. Precincts where the voter turnout was less than 75 voters at the last regular election may be designated as absentee by-mail precincts by resolution of the assembly. In those precincts, no precinct election board shall be appointed.

B. The borough clerk shall send a ballot to each person whose name appears on the official voter registration list prepared under AS 15.07.125 for that election. The ballot shall be accompanied by instructions on how the ballot must be voted, the oath and affidavit envelope completed, and ballot returned in order to be counted. The ballot shall be sent to the address stated on the official registration list unless the voter has notified the borough clerk in writing of a different address to which the ballot should be sent or the address on the official registration list has been identified as being an undeliverable address. The borough clerk shall send ballots by first-class, nonforwardable mail on or before the fifteenth day before the election.

C. Upon receipt of a by-mail ballot, the voter shall cast the ballot in the manner specified in KIBC 7.50.050(C) and (D). The voted by-mail ballot must be either delivered to an election official before the time set for in person absentee votes to be cast, or postmarked on or before midnight of election day and received by the clerk no later than the Tuesday following the election by 5 p.m. Ballot envelopes received after that time shall not be opened but shall be marked “rejected,” with the date of receipt noted thereon, and shall be preserved as set by the records retention schedule. The canvass board shall review voted by-mail ballots under this section using the established procedures for the review of absentee ballots.

D. A voter who does not receive a by-mail ballot or any voter wishing to vote absentee in person or early vote in person may do so at any designated absentee or early voting site.

E. The borough clerk may appoint election officials in Akhiok, Chiniak, Karluk, Larsen Bay, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie, and Port Lions who are willing and able to serve as absentee voting officials. Absentee voting officials serving under this section shall be compensated at a rate determined by the clerk to be commensurate with the duties as compared to other election officials. The duties of the absentee voting officials shall be as follows:

1. Provide absentee voting in person and personal representative voting on any date including the day of the election.

2. Sign a voter’s by-mail oath and affidavit envelope as an authorized attesting official, except that the absentee voting official may not attest his or her own ballot.

3. Accept receipt of a by-mail voter’s hand-delivered ballot, which has been sworn to, attested and sealed in the by-mail return envelope.

4. Provide general voter assistance, including, but not limited to, assistance to a qualified voter who cannot read, mark the ballot, or sign his name, and providing replacement ballots to voters who have improperly marked or damaged their ballots.

5. Receive ballots, provide for the security and safekeeping of all ballots received and return those ballots to the borough clerk for canvassing. The borough clerk will specify the means of returning the voted ballots and all other election supplies to the borough.

F. Any precinct designated as a voting by mail precinct in accordance with the provisions of subsection A of this section will remain a voting by mail precinct until such time as the voting by mail status is removed by resolution of the assembly. [Ord. FY2023-05 §2, 2022].