Title 15 — Elections
20 chapters · 453 sections in this title.
AS 15.45.010 Provision and scope for use of the initiative.
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The law-making powers assigned to the legislature may be exercised by the people through the initiative. However, an initiative may not be proposed to dedicate revenue, to make or repeal appropriations, to create courts, to define the jurisdiction of courts or prescribe their rul…
AS 15.45.020 Filing application.
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An initiative is proposed by filing an application with the lieutenant governor. A deposit of $100 must accompany the application. This deposit shall be retained if a petition is not properly filed. If a petition is properly filed, the deposit shall be refunded.
AS 15.45.030 Form of application.
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The application must include the (1) proposed bill; (2) printed name, the signature, the address, and a numerical identifier of not fewer than 100 qualified voters who will serve as sponsors; each signature page must include a statement that the sponsors are qualified voters who …
AS 15.45.040 Form of proposed bill.
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The proposed bill shall be in the following form: (1) the bill shall be confined to one subject; (2) the subject of the bill shall be expressed in the title; (3) the enacting clause of the bill shall be: “Be it enacted by the People of the State of Alaska;” (4) the bill may not i…
AS 15.45.050 Manner of notice.
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Notice to the initiative committee on any matter pertaining to the application and petition may be served on any member of the committee in person or by mail addressed to a committee member as indicated on the application.
AS 15.45.060 Designation of sponsors.
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The qualified voters who subscribe to the application in support of the proposed bill are designated as sponsors. The initiative committee may designate additional sponsors by giving written notice to the lieutenant governor of the names, addresses, and numerical identifiers of t…
AS 15.45.070 Review of application for certification.
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Within 60 calendar days after the date the application is received, the lieutenant governor shall review the application and shall either certify it or notify the initiative committee of the grounds for denial.
AS 15.45.080 Bases of denial of certification.
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The lieutenant governor shall deny certification upon determining in writing that (1) the proposed bill to be initiated is not confined to one subject or is otherwise not in the required form; (2) the application is not substantially in the required form; or (3) there is an insuf…
AS 15.45.090 Preparation of petition.
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(a) If the application is certified, the lieutenant governor shall prepare a sufficient number of sequentially numbered petitions to allow full circulation throughout the state. Each petition must contain (1) a copy of the proposed bill; (2) an impartial summary of the subject ma…
AS 15.45.100 Statement of warning.
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Each petition shall include a statement of warning that a person who signs a name other than the person's own on the petition, or who knowingly signs more than once for the same proposition at one election, or who signs the petition when knowingly not a qualified voter, is guilty…
AS 15.45.105 Qualifications of circulator.
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To circulate a petition booklet, a person shall be (1) a citizen of the United States; (2) 18 years of age or older; and (3) a resident of the state as determined under AS 15.05.020.
AS 15.45.110 Circulation of petition; prohibitions and penalty.
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(a) The petitions may be circulated throughout the state only in person. (b) [Repealed, § 92 ch 82 SLA 2000.] (c) A circulator may not receive payment or agree to receive payment that is greater than $1 a signature, and a person or an organization may not pay or agree to pay an a…
AS 15.45.120 Manner of signing and withdrawing name from petition.
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Any qualified voter may subscribe to the petition by printing the voter's name, a numerical identifier, and an address, by signing the voter's name, and by dating the signature. A person who has signed the initiative petition may withdraw the person's name only by giving written …
AS 15.45.130 Certification of circulator.
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Before being filed, each petition shall be certified by an affidavit by the person who personally circulated the petition. In determining the sufficiency of the petition, the lieutenant governor may not count subscriptions on petitions not properly certified at the time of filing…
AS 15.45.140 Filing of petition.
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(a) The sponsors must file the initiative petition within one year from the time the sponsors received notice from the lieutenant governor that the petitions were ready for delivery to them. The petition may be filed with the lieutenant governor only if it meets all of the follow…
AS 15.45.150 Review of petition.
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Within not more than 60 days of the date the petition was filed, the lieutenant governor shall review the petition and shall notify the initiative committee whether the petition was properly or improperly filed, and at which election the proposition shall be placed on the ballot.
AS 15.45.160 Bases for determining the petition was improperly filed.
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The lieutenant governor shall notify the committee that the petition was improperly filed upon determining that (1) there is an insufficient number of qualified subscribers; (2) the subscribers were not resident in at least three-fourths of the house districts of the state; or (3…
AS 15.45.170 Submission of supplementary petition. [Repealed, § 7 ch 80 SLA 1998.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.45.180 Preparation of ballot title and proposition.
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(a) If the petition is properly filed, the lieutenant governor, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall prepare a ballot title and proposition. The ballot title shall, in not more than 25 words, indicate the general subject of the proposition. The proposition shall giv…
AS 15.45.190 Placing proposition on ballot.
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The lieutenant governor shall direct the director to place the ballot title and proposition on the election ballot of the first statewide general, special, special primary, or primary election that is held after (1) the petition has been filed; (2) a legislative session has conve…
AS 15.45.195 Public hearings.
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(a) At least 30 days before the election at which an initiative is to appear on the ballot, the lieutenant governor or a designee of the lieutenant governor shall hold two or more public hearings concerning the initiative in each judicial district of the state. Each public hearin…
AS 15.45.200 Display of proposed law.
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The director shall provide each election board with at least five copies of the proposed law being initiated, and the election board shall display at least one copy of the proposed law in a conspicuous place in the room where the election is held.
AS 15.45.210 Determination of void petition.
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If the lieutenant governor, with the formal concurrence of the attorney general, determines that an act of the legislature that is substantially the same as the proposed law was enacted after the petition had been filed, and before the date of the election, the petition is void a…
AS 15.45.220 Adoption and effective date of proposed law.
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If a majority of the votes cast on the initiative proposition favor its adoption, the proposed law is enacted, and the lieutenant governor shall so certify. The act becomes effective 90 days after certification.
AS 15.45.230 Insufficiency of application or petition. [Repealed, § 7, ch 80 SLA 1998.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 15.45.240 Judicial review.
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Any person aggrieved by a determination made by the lieutenant governor under AS 15.45.010 — 15.45.220 may bring an action in the superior court to have the determination reviewed within 30 days of the date on which notice of the determination was given.
AS 15.45.245 Delegation by lieutenant governor.
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Article 2. Referendum. The lieutenant governor may delegate the duties imposed on the lieutenant governor by AS 15.45.010 — 15.45.240 to the director.
AS 15.45.250 Provision and scope of use of referendum.
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The people may approve or reject acts of the legislature by referendum. However, a referendum may not be applied to dedication of revenue, to an appropriation, to local or special legislation, or to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or saf…
AS 15.45.260 Filing application.
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A referendum is proposed by filing an application with the lieutenant governor. A deposit of $100 must accompany the application. This deposit shall be retained if a petition is not properly filed. If a petition is properly filed, the deposit shall be refunded.
AS 15.45.270 Form of application.
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The application must include (1) the act to be referred; (2) a statement of approval or rejection; (3) the printed name, the signature, the address, and a numerical identifier of not fewer than 100 qualified voters who will serve as sponsors; each signature page must include a st…
AS 15.45.280 Manner of notice.
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Notice to the referendum committee on any matter pertaining to the application and petition may be served on any member of the committee in person or by mail addressed to a committee member as indicated on the application.
AS 15.45.290 Designation of sponsors.
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The qualified voters who subscribe to the application in support of the referendum are designated as sponsors. The referendum committee may designate additional sponsors by giving notice to the lieutenant governor of the names, addresses, and numerical identifiers of those so des…
AS 15.45.300 Time of review of application for certification.
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Within seven calendar days after the date the application is received, the lieutenant governor shall review the application and shall either certify it or notify the referendum committee of the grounds for denial.
AS 15.45.310 Bases of denial of certification.
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The lieutenant governor shall deny certification upon determining that (1) the application is not substantially in the required form; (2) there is an insufficient number of qualified sponsors; or (3) more than 90 days have expired since the adjournment of the legislative session …
AS 15.45.320 Preparation of petition.
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(a) The lieutenant governor shall prepare a sufficient number of sequentially numbered petitions to allow full circulation throughout the state. Each petition must contain (1) a copy of the act to be referred if the number of words included in both the formal and substantive prov…
AS 15.45.330 Statement of warning.
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Each petition shall include a statement of warning that a person who signs a name other than the person's own to the petition, or who knowingly signs more than once for the same proposition at one election, or who signs the petition when knowingly not a qualified voter is guilty …
AS 15.45.335 Qualifications of circulator.
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To circulate a petition booklet, a person shall be (1) a citizen of the United States; (2) 18 years of age or older; and (3) a resident of the state as determined under AS 15.05.020.
AS 15.45.340 Circulation; prohibitions.
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(a) The petitions may be circulated throughout the state only in person. (b) A circulator may not receive payment or agree to receive payment that is greater than $1 a signature, and a person or an organization may not pay or agree to pay an amount that is greater than $1 a signa…
AS 15.45.350 Manner of signing and withdrawing name from petition.
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Any qualified voter may subscribe to the petition by printing the voter's name, a numerical identifier, and an address, by signing the voter's name, and by dating the signature. A person who has signed the referendum petition may withdraw the person's name only by giving written …
AS 15.45.360 Certification of circulator.
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Before being filed, each petition shall be certified by an affidavit by the person who personally circulated the petition. In determining the sufficiency of the petition, the lieutenant governor may not count subscriptions on petitions not properly certified at the time of filing…
AS 15.45.370 Filing of petition.
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The sponsors may file the petition (1) only if it is signed by qualified voters (2) only within 90 days after the adjournment of the legislative session at which the act was passed; and (A) equal in number to 10 percent of those who voted in the preceding general election; (B) re…
AS 15.45.380 Review of petition.
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Within not more than 60 days of the date the petition was filed, the lieutenant governor shall review the petition and shall notify the committee whether the petition was properly or was improperly filed and at which election the proposition shall be placed on the ballot.
AS 15.45.390 Bases for determining the petition was improperly filed.
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The lieutenant governor shall notify the committee that the petition was improperly filed upon determining that (1) there is an insufficient number of qualified subscribers; (2) the subscribers were not resident in at least three-fourths of the house districts of the state; (3) t…
AS 15.45.400 Submission of supplementary petition.
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Upon receipt of notice that the filing of the petition was improper, the committee may amend and correct the petition by circulating and filing a supplementary petition within 10 days of the date that notice was given if 90 days have not expired after the adjournment of the legis…
AS 15.45.410 Preparation of ballot title and proposition.
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(a) The lieutenant governor, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall prepare a ballot title and proposition upon determining that the petition is properly filed. The ballot title shall, in not more than 25 words, indicate the general subject area of the act. The propos…
AS 15.45.420 Placing proposition on ballot.
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The lieutenant governor shall direct the director to place the ballot title and proposition on the election ballot for the first statewide general, special, special primary, or primary election held more than 180 days after adjournment of the legislative session at which the act …
AS 15.45.430 Display of act being referred.
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The director shall provide each election board with at least five copies of the act being referred, and the election board shall display at least one copy of the act in a conspicuous place in the room where the election is held.
AS 15.45.440 Rejection of act.
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If a majority of the votes cast on the referendum proposition favor the rejection of the act referred, the act is rejected, and the lieutenant governor shall so certify. The act rejected by referendum is void 30 days after certification.
AS 15.45.450 Insufficiency of application or petition.
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A referendum submitted to the voters may not be held void because of the insufficiency of the application or petition by which the submission was procured.
AS 15.45.460 Judicial review.
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Any person aggrieved by any determination made by the lieutenant governor under AS 15.45.250 — 15.45.450 may bring an action in the superior court to have the determination reviewed within 30 days of the date on which notice of the determination was given.