§ Alaska Stat. § 15.15.360Rules for counting ballots.

The election board shall count ballots according to the following rules: A voter may mark a ballot only by filling in, making “X” marks, diagonal, horizontal, or vertical marks, solid marks, stars, circles, asterisks, checks, or plus signs that are clearly spaced in the oval opposite the name of the candidate, proposition, or question that the voter desires to designate. In a general election, a voter may mark a ballot that requires the voter to vote for candidates in order of ranked preference by the use of numerals that are clearly spaced in one of the ovals opposite the name of the candidate that the voter desires to designate. A failure to properly mark a ballot as to one or more candidates does not itself invalidate the entire ballot. If a voter marks more names than there are persons to be elected to the office, the votes for candidates for that office may not be counted. The mark specified in (1) of this subsection shall be counted only if it is substantially inside the oval provided, or touching the oval so as to indicate clearly that the voter intended the particular oval to be designated. Improper marks on the ballot may not be counted and do not invalidate marks for candidates properly made. An erasure or correction invalidates only that section of the ballot in which it appears. A vote marked for the candidate for President or Vice-President of the United States is considered and counted as a vote for the election of the presidential electors. The rules set out in this section are mandatory and there are no exceptions to them. A ballot may not be counted unless marked in compliance with these rules. [Repealed, § 24 ch 113