Section 6.25.200. Recounts.

	(a)  All recounts will be conducted in the director's office or at another site in Juneau, selected by the director. The director will, in his or her discretion, prescribe reasonable rules and procedures for the orderly conduct of recounts.  
	(b)  In the conduct of a recount, the director will open and count properly cast absentee ballots that are received after the deadlines established in AS 15.20.081(e) and (h) but before the completion of a recount.  
	(c)  A recount may be conducted using Accu-Vote counting systems along with a hand-count verification of the recount results from one precinct per house district.  
	(d)  A recount of the ballots cast on the Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting system shall be conducted by hand counting the voter-verifiable paper receipt from that voting system for that polling place. If the voter-verifiable paper receipt is not  
		(1) available, the election results reflected on the printed results report and reported election night by the election board for the affected precinct is the result for the recount for that precinct;  
		(2) readable, the election results reflected on the printed results report and reported election night by the election board for the affected precinct is the result for the recount for that precinct; if the printed results report from  the election board are not available, a duplicate receipt may be printed from the polling place memory card.  

Authorities

15.15.010;15.20.430;15.20.480

Notes

Authority

AS 15.15.010 AS 15.20.430 AS 15.20.480

History

Eff. 6/23/86, Register 99; am 8/6/87, Register 103; am 8/22/2004, Register 171; am 4/25/2008, Register 186; am 10/16/2009, Register 192