§ 4.50.010. Election officials.

A.

Before each election, the clerk, subject to approval by the assembly, shall appoint at least 3 judges in each precinct. The clerk shall designate one election judge from each precinct as the chairman, who shall be primarily responsible for administering the election in that precinct.

B.

The borough clerk may appoint clerks and counters at any polling place where they are needed to conduct an orderly election and to relieve the election judges of undue hardship.

C.

If any appointed election official is not able or refuses to serve on election day, the clerk may appoint a replacement for that official.

D.

Each election official serving at a precinct polling place must be a qualified voter and, if possible, a resident within the precinct for which he is appointed.

E.

All election judges, clerks and counters before entering upon their duties must subscribe to the oath required of all public officers by the Constitution of the State of Alaska in the manner prescribed by the clerk.

F.

Candidates shall not serve as election officials. Certain familial relationships may not exist between a candidate and a precinct election judge, election clerk, or member of a ballot counting team in regular, run-off or special elections. Those familial relationships are:

1.

Mother, mother-in-law, stepmother;

2.

Father, father-in-law, stepfather;

3.

Sister, sister-in-law, stepsister;

4.

Brother, brother-in-law, stepbrother;

5.

Spouse; or

6.

Person sharing the same living quarters.

G.

If the election supervisor knows or learns that any of these relationships exist, the precinct election judge, election clerk, or member of the ballot counting team shall be notified and replaced.

(Ord. No. 94-08, § 1(part), 1994; Ord. No. 84-28, § 1(part), 1984)