Alaska HB390 amends election laws to enhance absentee voting procedures, clarify write-in candidate rules, and strengthen penalties for election.

HB390 revises absentee voting processes by requiring the director to provide secrecy sleeves and postage-paid return envelopes for absentee ballots. It mandates that absentee ballots not be counted if the voter fails to properly execute the certificate or if the signature on the certificate does not match the voter's signature in registration records. The bill also introduces a procedure for curing uncounted ballots and establishes an online ballot-tracking system. It clarifies that write-in votes for governor and lieutenant governor are not counted unless specific conditions are met.

Alaska HB390 amends election laws to enhance absentee voting procedures, clarify write-in candidate rules, and strengthen penalties for election.

HB390 revises absentee voting processes by requiring the director to provide secrecy sleeves and postage-paid return envelopes for absentee ballots. It mandates that absentee ballots not be counted if the voter fails to properly execute the certificate or if the signature on the certificate does not match the voter's signature in registration records. The bill also introduces a procedure for curing uncounted ballots and establishes an online ballot-tracking system. It clarifies that write-in votes for governor and lieutenant governor are not counted unless specific conditions are met.