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roduced By:C Manager
Introduction Date: October 26, 1981
Public Hearing and
Enactment: November 23, 198]
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
ORDINANCE NO. 502
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
REVISING SECTIONS 8-3 AND 8-7 OF THE SE1.ARD CITY CODE
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 8-3 of the Seward City Code is hereby revised
to read as follows:
Sec. 8-3 Qualification of voters.
a) In accordance with AS 15.05.010, a person is qualified to
vote who:
1) is a citizen of the United States;
2) is 18 years of age or older;
3) has been a resident of the state and of the city
for at least 30 days just before the election; and
4) has registered before the election as required
under AS 15.07 and is not registered to vote in
another jurisdiction.
b) State voter registration is prima facie evidence of a
voter's qualification, but every election official shall
challenge, and every watcher and other person qualified to
vote in the precinct may challenge a person attempting to
vote if he believes the person is not qualified to vote.
If the voter's polling place is in question, the voter
shall be allowed to vote a questioned ballot. A person who
frivolously, maliciously or in bad faith challenges a voter
or questions his ballot is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 2. Section 8-7 (b) of the Seward City Code is hereby
revised to read as follows:
Sec. 8-7. Nomination of candidates by petition.
b) Nominations for elective offices shall be by petition only.
To be eligible to file a nominating petition for election to a
city office, a person shall be an elector of the city or of the
territory annexed to the city, or shall have had a combination