A. The clerk may conduct a regular or special election by mail with the approval of the assembly.

B. When the borough clerk conducts an election by mail, 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 ballots must be voted, the oath and affidavit envelope completed, and the 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). 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. [Ord. FY2023-05 §2, 2022; Ord. FY2009-19 §2, 2009; Ord. 90-07 §5, 1990].