7.70.030 Absentee voting officials – Duties.
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 election official shall be as follows:
A. Provide absentee voting in person and personal representatives voting on any date the election officials are available, including the day of the election.
B. Sign a voter’s by-mail oath and affidavit envelope as an authorized attesting official, except that the election official may not attest the official’s own ballot.
C. Accept receipt of a by-mail voter’s hand-delivered voted ballot, which has been sworn to, attested, and sealed in the by-mail return envelope.
D. Provide general voter assistance including, but not limited to, assistance to a qualified voter who cannot read, mark the ballot, or sign the register, and providing replacement ballots to voters who have improperly marked or damaged their ballots.
E. Receive ballots and provide for the security and safekeeping of all ballots received and return those ballots to the clerk for canvassing. The borough clerk will specify the means of returning the voted ballots and all other election supplies to the borough. [Ord. FY2023-05 §2, 2022; Ord. FY2012-16 §2, 2012; Ord. FY2009-19 §2, 2009; Ord. 90-07 §5, 1990].