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Alaska Stat. § 15.10.105 (2026)
Division of elections; personnel rules
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Sec. 15.10.105. Division of elections; personnel rules.
(a) The division of elections is created. The lieutenant governor shall control and supervise the division of elections. The lieutenant governor shall appoint a director of elections. The director shall act for the lieutenant governor in the supervision of central and regional election offices, the hiring, performance evaluation, promotion, termination, and all other matters relating to the employment and training of election personnel, and the administration of all state elections as well as those municipal elections that the state is required to conduct. The director is responsible for the coordination of state responsibilities under 42 U.S.C. 1973gg (National Voter Registration Act of 1993). The director serves at the pleasure of the lieutenant governor.
(b) It is essential that the nonpartisan nature, integrity, credibility, and impartiality of the administration of elections be maintained. To that end,
(1) the director of elections, the election supervisors appointed under AS 15.10.110, and the full-time members of the director's staff
(A) may not join, support or otherwise participate in a partisan political organization, faction, or activity, including but not limited to the making of political contributions; and
(B) may not hold or campaign for elective office, be an officer of a political party or member or officer of a political committee, permit their name to be used, or make any contributions, in support of or in opposition to a candidate or a ballot proposition or question, participate in any way in a national, state, or local election campaign, or lobby or employ or assist a lobbyist;
(2) the full-time employees of the division of elections, except for the director of elections and the elections supervisors appointed under AS 15.10.110, are subject to the personnel rules adopted under the authority of AS 39.25.150(7), (15), and (16); and
(3) the director of elections, the election supervisors appointed under AS 15.10.110, and the full-time members of the director's staff may, notwithstanding (1) of this subsection, express private opinion, register as to political party, and vote.
(a) The division of elections is created. The lieutenant governor shall control and supervise the division of elections. The lieutenant governor shall appoint a director of elections. The director shall act for the lieutenant governor in the supervision of central and regional election offices, the hiring, performance evaluation, promotion, termination, and all other matters relating to the employment and training of election personnel, and the administration of all state elections as well as those municipal elections that the state is required to conduct. The director is responsible for the coordination of state responsibilities under 42 U.S.C. 1973gg (National Voter Registration Act of 1993). The director serves at the pleasure of the lieutenant governor.
(b) It is essential that the nonpartisan nature, integrity, credibility, and impartiality of the administration of elections be maintained. To that end,
(1) the director of elections, the election supervisors appointed under AS 15.10.110, and the full-time members of the director's staff
(A) may not join, support or otherwise participate in a partisan political organization, faction, or activity, including but not limited to the making of political contributions; and
(B) may not hold or campaign for elective office, be an officer of a political party or member or officer of a political committee, permit their name to be used, or make any contributions, in support of or in opposition to a candidate or a ballot proposition or question, participate in any way in a national, state, or local election campaign, or lobby or employ or assist a lobbyist;
(2) the full-time employees of the division of elections, except for the director of elections and the elections supervisors appointed under AS 15.10.110, are subject to the personnel rules adopted under the authority of AS 39.25.150(7), (15), and (16); and
(3) the director of elections, the election supervisors appointed under AS 15.10.110, and the full-time members of the director's staff may, notwithstanding (1) of this subsection, express private opinion, register as to political party, and vote.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2007–2023 · leading case: Scott A. Kohlhaas, The Alaskan Indep. Party, Robert M. Bird, & Kenneth P. Jacobus v. State of Alaska, Div. of Elections Lieutenant Governor Kevin Meyer, in an Off. Capacity & Dir. Gail Fenumiai, in an Off. Capacity & Alaskans for Better Elections, Inc., 518 P.3d 1095 (Alaska 2022).
Scott A. Kohlhaas, The Alaskan Indep. Party, Robert M. Bird, & Kenneth P. Jacobus v. State of Alaska, Div. of Elections Lieutenant Governor Kevin Meyer, in an Off. Capacity & Dir. Gail Fenumiai, in an Off. Capacity & Alaskans for Better Elections, Inc., 518 P.3d 1095 (Alaska 2022). “3 See AS 15.10.105(a). 4 See former AS 15.25.014 (2020) (repealed Feb.”
State v. Jeffery, 170 P.3d 226 (Alaska 2007). “[9] See AS 15.10.105(a). Alaska law dealing with the requirements of the retention process variously attaches responsibilities to the Division of Elections, the director of the Division, and the lieutenant governor.”
Nageak v. Mallott, 426 P.3d 930 (Alaska 2018). “Census Bureau, supra. And the 2013 Redistricting Plan added precincts for the Allakaket, Bettles, and Hughes areas to House District 40, substantially increasing the size of the district.”
State of Alaska, Off. of Lieutenant Governor, Div. of Elections, & Kevin Meyer, in an Off. capacity v. Vote Yes for Alaska's Fair Share, 478 P.3d 679 (Alaska 2021). “AS 15.10.105(a). The Division of Elections director “act[s] for the lieutenant governor in the supervision of central and regional election offices” and in “the administration of all state elections,” including in preparing all official ballots.”
Bakalar v. Dunleavy (D. Alaska 2022). “24 25 26 27 89 Alaska Stat. § 15.10.105 (b). 90 Id. 28 91 Branti, 445 U.”
Pub. Interest Legal Found., Inc. v. Meyer (D. Alaska 2023). “disproportionately harm voter participation by various groups, including racial minorities.”6 Congress further stated that the purposes of the NVRA are (1) “to establish procedures that will increase the number of eligible citizens who register to vote in elections for Federal…”
— Alaska Stat. § 15.10.105(a) — 4 cases
Scott A. Kohlhaas, The Alaskan Indep. Party, Robert M. Bird, & Kenneth P. Jacobus v. State of Alaska, Div. of Elections Lieutenant Governor Kevin Meyer, in an Off. Capacity & Dir. Gail Fenumiai, in an Off. Capacity & Alaskans for Better Elections, Inc., 518 P.3d 1095 (Alaska 2022). “3 See AS 15.10.105(a). 4 See former AS 15.25.014 (2020) (repealed Feb.”
State v. Jeffery, 170 P.3d 226 (Alaska 2007). “[9] See AS 15.10.105(a). Alaska law dealing with the requirements of the retention process variously attaches responsibilities to the Division of Elections, the director of the Division, and the lieutenant governor.”
Nageak v. Mallott, 426 P.3d 930 (Alaska 2018). “Census Bureau, supra. And the 2013 Redistricting Plan added precincts for the Allakaket, Bettles, and Hughes areas to House District 40, substantially increasing the size of the district.”
State of Alaska, Off. of Lieutenant Governor, Div. of Elections, & Kevin Meyer, in an Off. capacity v. Vote Yes for Alaska's Fair Share, 478 P.3d 679 (Alaska 2021). “AS 15.10.105(a). The Division of Elections director “act[s] for the lieutenant governor in the supervision of central and regional election offices” and in “the administration of all state elections,” including in preparing all official ballots.”
— Alaska Stat. § 15.10.105(b) — 1 case
State of Alaska, Off. of Lieutenant Governor, Div. of Elections, & Kevin Meyer, in an Off. capacity v. Vote Yes for Alaska's Fair Share, 478 P.3d 679 (Alaska 2021). “AS 15.10.105(a). The Division of Elections director “act[s] for the lieutenant governor in the supervision of central and regional election offices” and in “the administration of all state elections,” including in preparing all official ballots.”
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