Alaska Statutes Title 15, Chapter 15.45, Article 02 - Referendum

• Sec. 15.45.250 Provision and Scope of Use of Referendum.
  The people may approve or reject acts of the legislature by referendum. However, a referendum may not be applied to dedication of revenue, to...
• Sec. 15.45.260 Filing Application.
  A referendum is proposed by filing an application with the lieutenant governor. A deposit of $100 must accompany the application. This deposit shall be...
• Sec. 15.45.270 Form of Application.
  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...
• Sec. 15.45.280 Manner of Notice.
  Notice to the referendum committee on any matter pertaining to the application and petition may be served on any member of the committee in...
• Sec. 15.45.290 Designation of Sponsors.
  The qualified voters who subscribe to the application in support of the referendum are designated as sponsors. The referendum committee may designate additional sponsors...
• Sec. 15.45.300 Time of Review of Application for Certification.
  Within seven calendar days after the date the application is received, the lieutenant governor shall review the application and shall either certify it or...
• Sec. 15.45.310 Bases of Denial of Certification.
  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...
• Sec. 15.45.320 Preparation of Petition.
  (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)...
• Sec. 15.45.330 Statement of Warning.
  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...
• Sec. 15.45.335 Qualifications of Circulator.
  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...
• Sec. 15.45.340 Circulation; Prohibitions.
  (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...
• Sec. 15.45.350 Manner of Signing and Withdrawing Name From Petition.
  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,...
• Sec. 15.45.360 Certification of Circulator.
  Before being filed, each petition shall be certified by an affidavit by the person who personally circulated the petition. In determining the sufficiency of...
• Sec. 15.45.370 Filing of Petition.
  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...
• Sec. 15.45.380 Review of Petition.
  Within not more than 60 days of the date the petition was filed, the lieutenant governor shall review the petition and shall notify the...
• Sec. 15.45.390 Bases for Determining the Petition Was Improperly Filed.
  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)...
• Sec. 15.45.400 Submission of Supplementary Petition.
  Upon receipt of notice that the filing of the petition was improper, the committee may amend and correct the petition by circulating and filing...
• Sec. 15.45.410 Preparation of Ballot Title and Proposition.
  (a) The lieutenant governor, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall prepare a ballot title and proposition upon determining that the petition is...
• Sec. 15.45.420 Placing Proposition on Ballot.
  The lieutenant governor shall direct the director to place the ballot title and proposition on the election ballot for the first statewide general, special,...
• Sec. 15.45.430 Display of Act Being Referred.
  The director shall provide each election board with at least five copies of the act being referred, and the election board shall display at...
• Sec. 15.45.440 Rejection of Act.
  If a majority of the votes cast on the referendum proposition favor the rejection of the act referred, the act is rejected, and the...
• Sec. 15.45.450 Insufficiency of Application or Petition.
  A referendum submitted to the voters may not be held void because of the insufficiency of the application or petition by which the submission...
• Sec. 15.45.460 Judicial Review.
  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...
• Sec. 15.45.465 Delegation by Lieutenant Governor.
  The lieutenant governor may delegate the duties imposed upon the lieutenant governor by AS 15.45.250 - 15.45.460 to the director.

Last modified: November 15, 2016