Alaska Statutes: AS 15.56.014. Campaign Misconduct in the Second Degree.

Alaska Statutes. Title 15. Elections Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties Section 14. Campaign Misconduct in the Second Degree.

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AS 15.56.014. Campaign Misconduct in the Second Degree.

   (a) A person commits the crime of campaign misconduct in the second degree if the person
        (1) knowingly circulates or has written, printed or circulated a letter, circular, or publication relating to an election, to a candidate at an election, or an election proposition or question without the name and address of the author appearing on its face;
        (2) except as provided by AS 15.13.090 (b), knowingly prints or publishes an advertisement, billboard, placard, poster, handbill, paid-for television or radio announcement, or communication, as that term is defined in AS 15.13.400, intended to influence the election of a candidate or outcome of a ballot proposition or question without the words "paid for by" followed by the name and address of the person paying for the advertising or communication and, if a candidate or group, with the name of the campaign chair;
        (3) knowingly makes a communication, as that term is defined in AS 15.13.400,
             (A) containing false factual information relating to a candidate for an election;
             (B) that the person knows to be false; and
             (C) that would provoke a reasonable person under the circumstances to a breach of the peace or that a reasonable person would construe as damaging to the candidate's reputation for honesty or integrity, or to the candidate's qualifications to serve if elected to office.
   (b) Violation of this section is a corrupt practice.
   (c) Campaign misconduct in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.

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