Section 6.25.020. Privileges and conduct of poll watchers.

	(a)  Poll watchers shall produce their identification badges upon the request of the election board and shall have identification badges visible and attached to their person at all times.  
	(b)  No more than one poll watcher from each group may be present at a polling place at any time.  
	(c)  The election board shall allow the poll watcher to have a complete view of the election process. The poll watcher may not sit in the area behind the table where election workers are working or in between poll workers handling precinct registers, and shall remain a distance away from voting machines and voting booths to ensure the privacy of the ballots. The poll watcher may be in close enough proximity to hear and record the name of a person who is voting.  
	(d)  The poll watcher may not interfere with the election process and may not handle any election supplies or materials, including precinct registers.  
	(e)  Poll watchers may be present during voting hours, during ballot accounting, and, in precincts using hand-marked ballots, during the vote-counting process.  
	(f)  A poll watcher who creates a public disturbance may be removed from the polling place.  

Authorities

15.10.170;15.15.010;15.15.110;15.15.160;15.15.170

Notes

Authority

AS 15.10.170 AS 15.15.010 AS 15.15.110 AS 15.15.160 AS 15.15.170

History

Eff. 10/1/74, Register 52; am 7/11/82, Register 83; am 5/14/2006, Register 178