FY1965-4 Providing for Election of Assembly, School Board, and General Election RulesKODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
ORDINANCE NUMBER 65- 4-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH, KODIAK,
ALASKA, PROVIDING FOR ELECTION OF BOROUGH ASSEMBLYMEN, BOROUGH
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND PROVIDING GENERAL RULES FOR THE CONDUCT
OF BOROUGH ELECTIONS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOROUGH ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK'
ISLAND BOROUGH AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, Section 07.30.020 of the Alaska Statutes
:provides that the date of the regular election in the Borough shall;
be the same within the Borough as that for the council in thelargest
;first -class city within the Borough or on the first Tuesday of
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October, and provides further, that the Assembly may provide for
different dates of election by ordinance,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE it ordained by the Borough Assembly
of the Kodiak Island Borough that the regularlelection of the Kodiak
Island Borough be held on the first Tuesday of each October and
special elections be held from time to time as the Borough Assembl
may deem necessary and the following general rules for the conduc
of Borough elections, both regular and special be and the same are
hereby adopted:
1. Notice of Borough Election.
The Borough Chairman shall cause to be publishe
in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the Bor-
ough a Notice of the Borough election. Public notice shall also b4
given by posting Notices at each polling place designated by the
Borough. The first publication and posting is to be made not less
than ten (10) days before the election.
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2. Election Notices
Notices of election prescribed by paragraph one
above shall state:
a. The date of the election;
b. The time of opening and closing the polling
places;
c. The location of the polling places within the
Borough;
d. The Qualifications of voters;
e. The manner of nominating candidates;
f. The type of election, i.e., general or special
g. The offices to be filled or propositions sub -1
mitted to the voters.
3. The Borough Chairman before 8:00 A.M. onthe day
of the election shall deliver to the election officials in each
polling place a registration index. Every voter shall sign the
registration index before being given an official ballot. The
person who has voted shall deliver his ballot to the election judges.
4. Hours of voting:
The polls in each polling place shall be open from
8:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M. on the election day.
5. The Borough Assembly at their last regular meet-
ing before the election shall appoint three (3) judges for each
polling place who shall be qualified electors of the Borough and
who constitute the election board for the polling place and precinbt
in which they areappointed to act. At such meeting the Borough
Assembly shill also appoint two qualified electors to act as clerk
of such election at Kodiak Precinct No. One and Two only. The
officers of the election so appointed shil be residents in the Borl-
ough and of the polling place and precinctin which they are to
serve. If any judge or clerk so appointed shall fail or refuse to
serve or attend at the time and place appointed, the election offic-
ers present with approval of the Borough Assembly shall choose a
qualified election to serve in the absentee's place.
6. The following precincts and polling places are
hereby established for Borough elections and may be changed from
time to time as deemed necessary by the Borough assembly by resol-
ution:
Alitak: for those qualified voters living at Alitak,
the polling place shall be the Alitak school.
Karluk: for those qualified voters living within
Karluk or vicinity, the polling place shall be the Karluk school.
Kodiak #1: for those qualified voters living within
the city limits of the City of Kodiak, the voting place shall be
the City Hall.
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Kodiak #2: for those qualified voters living outsid
the city limits of the City of Kodiak, the voting place shall be
the State Armory.
Larson Bay: for those qualified voters living in
Larson Bay and vicinity the polling place shall be the school house.
Old Harbor: for those qualified voters living in
Old Harbor and vicinity the polling place shall be the school.
Ouzinkie; for those qualified voters living in
014- 4Earbor and vicinity, the polling place shall be the school
house.
Port Lions: for those qualified vicers living in Port
Lions, the polling place shall be the community center.
Port Wakefield: for those qualified voters living in
Port Wakefield, and on Afognak, Rasberry and Whale Islands and vic-
inity, the polling place shall be Wakefieldst Cannery.
7. Oath of election officials.
The election officers so choseishall each take
or subscribe the following oath:
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"I, , do solemnly /(or affirm) that I
will honestly and faithfully perform the duties of judge (or clerk)
of election according to law;that I will assiduously endeavor to
prevent fraud, deceit or abuse in conducting the election, to the
best of my ability, SO HELP ME GOD."
8. Closing of polls.
Thirty minutes before the closing of the polls on
the day of election one of the judges shall proclaim the time
remaining before the polls shall close and when the polls are clos
the fact must be announced aloud, and after such proclamation, no
ballots shall be received except those qualified electors present
at the polls at the time for closing and waiting to vote.
9. Form of Ballot.
The proposition to be voted on or the names of all
candidates to be voted for shall be printed on one ballot, includ-
ing both candidates for Borough Assembly and Borough School Board.
Preceding the list of candidates for each office there shall be
the words: "Vote for not more than ", inserting the actual
number of persons as are to be elected to the office in question,
as the case may be. On the back of the outside of the ballot
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o as to be clearly visible when folded shall be printed the words
rOfficial Ballot ", date of the election and a facsimile signature of
',the Borough Chairman. The Ballot shall be of plain paper, through
hich writing or printing cannot be read. (plain white paper) The
awes of the candidate shall be printed in capital letters, not les4
l han one - eighth of one inch, (1 /8") or more than one - fourth of one
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inch (t') in height, and at the beginning of each line in which
the name of the candidate's name is printed, a square shall be printed,
I the sides of which shall be not less than one -- fourth of one inch
(4 ") in length. Ballots shall be numbered consecutively. Candida -'
tes names shall be arranged alphabetically and their positions chan-
ged in the manner required by State law for State General Elections..
10. Printing and delivery of ballots, receipts there-
for.
For all elections to which this chapter applies,.
the Borough Chairman shall have charge of the printing of the ballots
and shall deliver them to the election board preceding the opening
of the polls. Ballots shall be printed and in the possession of
the officer charged with distribution of the same at least one day
before election and subject to the inspection of candidates and
their agent; such ballots shall be placed in separate sealed pack-
ages with marks on the outside clearly designating the number of
ballots enclosed by their printed numbers, and the receipt thereforle
taken from the election board to which they are delivered, which
receipt shall be preserved in the records of the Borough office.
11. Voting Booths.
It shall be the duty of the Borough Chairman to
cause to be erected in the polling places designated by the Borough
Assembly, sufficient number of booths which shall be supplied with
such supplies and conveniences, including shelves, and pencils,
as will enable the voter to mark his ballot for voting and in which
the voter may prepare his ballot screened from observation. The
ballot boxes shall be within plain view of the election officers
and the persons within the polling place, outside of the booths;
each of the said booths shall have three sides enclosed.
12. Voting Procedure.
Any person desiring to vote shall give his name
to the election board and sign the election register. The judges
shall give the voter one and only one ballot.
Upon receipt of the ballot, the voter shall
forthwith retire alone to the voting booth provided, and shall pre
pare his or her ballot by marking in the appropriate margin or
place opposite the name of the candidate of his orher choice;
providing however, that such voter shall not vote for more than
the proper number of candidates for each office to be elected
thereto. Before leaving the voting booth, the voter shall fold
his ballot in such a manner as to show and display the number there-
on. He shall then hand the same to one of the judges of the elect
ion who shall examine it, and if found to be correctly numbered
shall deposit it in the ballot box after tearing off the nueb'r
thereon.
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He shall mark his ballot witiout undue delay.
No person shall take any ballots from the polling places before thq
closing of the polls. Any voter who shall through accident or misH
take mutilate or spoil the ballot given him, shall upon returning
the same to the judges receive another in place thereof. Any voter
who shall swear upon oath to be administered by one of the judges
lof the election, that he cannot read the English language, or that
Iby reason of a physical disability he is unable to mark his ballot,
!shall upon request be assisted in the same by two of the election
!judges to be upon between the judges themselves; such
'judges nor either of them shall not divulge any information derive
from so doing. The election board shall cause to be entered upon
I the voter's registration index after the name of a voter receiving
assistance a memorandum of such fact. Intoxication shall notbe
regarded as a physical disability, and no intoxicated person should
receive assistance in marking his ball*.
13. Defective or challenged ballots.
If the voter shall mark more names than there
are persons to be elected to any office, or if for any reason it
is impossible to tell the voter's choice for any office to be filled,
the ballot shall not be counted for such office. Ballots not
counted shall be marked "Defective" on the back thereof, and to
which objection has been made shall be marked "Objected to" on the
back thereof and signed by the one of the judges, stating why the
ballot was not counted, and all defective ballots shall be enclose
in an envelope and so marked so as to distinguish the contents.
All ballots not voted, and all ballots spoiled by the voters shall
be returned by the judges of the election to the Borough Chairman,
and receipt taken therefore, and the same shall be kept for six
(6) months. (6mo.).
14. Counting Ballots
As soon as the polls are finally closed, the judges
shall open the boxes containing the ballots cast, and when the
same have been counted and results ascertained the same shall
be checked with the registration index, and all ballots replaced
to be counted again and in no case shall the ballot box be removed
fromthe room in which any election shall be held until all the
ballots have been finally counted. The counting of ballots shall
in all cases be public. The judges shall write down each office
to be filled and the name of each person to be Voted on for such
office and they shall keep the number of votes by tallys as they
are read aloud. The counting of votes shall be continued without
interruption or adjournment until all are counted.
15. Stringjng and preservation of ballots.
It shall be the duty of one of the judges to string
the ballots at the time of the counting, and after all of the ball
ots have been counted and strung, it shall be the duty of the judg
to place them in a sealed envelope, and to write thereon:
"Ballots of Borough Election of the Kodiak Island
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And to deliver said sealed envelope to the Borough
hairman who shall keep the same unopened for one year, to be used
my as evidence in case of contest when called for; and at the
end of which time the same shall be burned in the presence of two
orough assemblymen as witnesses and a memorandum in writing be
ept of these facts.
16. Certificate of Election.
As soon as all the votes are read off and countegt,
a certificate shall be drawn up upon each of the papers containing
the poll lists and tallys or attached thereto stating the number
of votes each person voted for has received and designating the
office for which he was voted. Said certificate shall be signed by
the election board, and the same, with the registration index, tallys,
votes of judges and other papers shall be sealed in an envelope by
the judges and endorsed "Election Returns' and be delivered to the
Borough Chairman. It shall be the duty of the Borough Chairman or
his authorized representative to pick up all election materials
immediately following the conclusion of the duties of the election
boards.
17. Qualifications of voters
Any person who is a qualified voter in Alaska
and is a resident of the Kodiak Island Borough is a qualified voter
of the Kodiak Island Borough.
18. Nominations.
Candidates for assemblymen mutside the City of
Kodiak shall be nominated by Petition of fifty (50) qualified
!voters of the Kodiak Island Borough who are resident outside the
City. Candidates for Borough School Board shall be nominated by
Petition of fifty (50) qualified voters ofthe Kodiak Island Boroughl.
All nominating petitions fir Borough Assembly members
and Baough School Board members shall be filed inthe Borough office
for acceptance at least fifteen (15) days before the date set for
the election.
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ATTEST: /j'Q„.44411.61 /1PRaF
RUSSELL WRIGH�. IDING OFFICER
HARLES A. POWELL, CHAIRMAN
First Reading and approval date:hint 3,., 1965
Second Reading, public hearing held and passage date: July-15, 196$