(a) The following information set out in state voter registration records is confidential and is not open to public inspection:

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 15.07.195

  • director: means the director of elections who is the chief elections officer of the state appointed in accordance with Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • division: means the division of elections created under Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • political party: means an organized group of voters that represents a political program and has at least 5,000 registered voters in the state. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • voter: means a person who presents oneself for the purpose of voting either in person or by absentee ballot. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
  • writing: includes printing. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) the voter’s age or date of birth;
(2) the voter’s social security number, or any part of that number;
(3) the voter’s driver’s license number;
(4) the voter’s voter identification number;
(5) the voter’s place of birth;
(6) the voter’s signature.
(b) In addition to the information in (a) of this section, a voter may elect in writing to keep the voter’s residential address confidential and not open to public inspection if the voter provides a separate mailing address. However, notwithstanding an election under this subsection, a voter’s residential address may be disclosed to

(1) a watcher appointed under Alaska Stat. § 15.10.170 and, in the case of a watcher appointed by an organization or group sponsoring or opposing an initiative, referendum, or recall group, authorized by the director;
(2) an observer of a recount provided under Alaska Stat. § 15.20.440(b) by a candidate, political party, or organized group having a direct interest in the recount; or
(3) the subject of a recall election if the voter voted in the recall election.
(c) Notwithstanding other provisions, and in compliance with federal law, information made confidential by this section may be released by the division

(1) to a local, state, or federal government agency, including to the child support services agency created in Alaska Stat. § 25.27.010 or the child support enforcement agency of another state; the agency receiving information under this paragraph may use the information only for governmental purposes authorized under law;
(2) in compliance with a court order;
(3) to a person holding a writ of execution against the person or property of the voter;
(4) if the voter about whom information has been requested has provided written consent to the release; or
(5) to another state or an organized group of states for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy of the state’s voter registration list prepared under Alaska Stat. § 15.07.125 and the eligibility of persons on the list to vote in state elections, if the other state or organized group of states maintains the confidentiality of the information using information security management policies and procedures that comply with

(A) the information security standards of the International Organization for Standardization; or
(B) a published information security standard used by the state and approved by the Department of Administration.
(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the release of a voter’s voter ascension number if that information may be released under other provisions of law.
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