Chapter 2.04
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
2.04.010 Applicability of provisions.
2.04.020 Incorporation of state and federal law.
2.04.040 Voting devices, ballot types and ballot clarity.
2.04.050 Who is declared elected.
2.04.010 Applicability of provisions.
The provisions contained in this title shall apply to all regular and special municipal elections held in the borough. [Ord. 782 § 1, 2006; Ord. 199 § 5, 1967; prior code § 36.65.010.]
2.04.020 Incorporation of state and federal law.
All provisions of the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Alaska, and any laws enacted pursuant to said constitutions affecting municipal elections are incorporated in this chapter as if fully set forth in this chapter. [Ord. 270 § 5, 1972; prior code § 36.65.020.]
2.04.030 Expenses.
A. The borough shall pay all necessary election expenses, including those of securing places for polls and providing ballot boxes, optical scanning devices, reprogramming of optical scanning device memory cards, ballots, voting booths, screens, national and state flags and other pertinent supplies, and any wages due judges and clerks.
B. Salaries for the election judges and clerks shall be set by the assembly.
C. However, all expenses of making a recount pursuant to an election contest shall be paid by the candidate or voters contesting the election, unless the results of the election are changed by the recount. [Ord. 782 § 2, 2006; Ord. 199 § 5, 1967; prior code § 36.60.010.]
2.04.040 Voting devices, ballot types and ballot clarity.
The borough clerk will follow procedures consistent with state law for the preparation, process and tabulation of optically scanned, electronically generated or paper ballots. All official ballots shall be prepared to facilitate fairness, simplicity, and clarity to accurately reflect the intent of the voter. [Ord. 782 § 3, 2006.]
2.04.050 Who is declared elected.
A. In a borough election, the top vote-getting candidate for the office of mayor shall be declared elected.
B. In a borough election in which multiple assembly, school board, port commission, or medical center board vacancies for full terms are being filled, the candidate(s) receiving the greatest number of votes, and whose standing in the vote count is at least equal to the number of full-term vacancies to be filled, shall be declared elected.
C. In a borough election in which a vacancy or vacancies for an unexpired term(s) on the assembly, school board, port commission, or medical center board are being filled, the top vote-getting candidate for each unexpired term vacancy shall be declared elected. [Ord. 874 § 2, 2014; Ord. 827 § 4, 2008.]