(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful interference with voting in the second degree if the person

Attorney's Note

Under the Alaska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $25,000
For details, see Alaska Stat. § 12.55.135

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 15.56.035

  • ballot: means any document provided by the director on which votes may be cast for candidates, propositions, or questions. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • 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
  • election official: means election board members, members of counting or review boards, employees of the division of elections, and absentee voting officials. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • local election: means a regular or special election held by a borough, city, school district, or regional educational attendance area. 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
  • 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
(1) has an official ballot in possession outside of the voting room unless the person is an election official or other person authorized by law or local ordinance, or by the director or chief municipal elections official in a local election;
(2) makes, or knowingly has in possession, a counterfeit of an official election ballot;
(3) knowingly solicits or encourages, directly or indirectly, a registered voter who is no longer qualified to vote under Alaska Stat. § 15.05.010, to vote in an election;
(4) as a registration official

(A) knowingly refuses to register a person who is entitled to register under Alaska Stat. § 15.07.030; or
(B) accepts a fee from an applicant applying for registration;
(5) violates Alaska Stat. § 15.20.081(a) by knowingly supplying or encouraging or assisting another person to supply to a voter an absentee ballot application form with a political party or group affiliation indicated if the voter is not already registered as affiliated with that political party or group;
(6) knowingly designs, marks, or encourages or assists another person to design or mark an absentee ballot application in a manner that suggests choice of one ballot over another as prohibited by Alaska Stat. § 15.20.081(a); or
(7) knowingly submits or encourages or assists another person to submit an absentee ballot application to an intermediary who could control or delay the submission of the application to the division of elections or who could gather data from the application form as prohibited by Alaska Stat. § 15.20.081(a).
(b) Violation of (a)(3) of this section is a corrupt practice.
(c) Unlawful interference with voting in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
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