Alaska Statutes Title 15, Chapter 15.45, Article 03 - Recall

• Sec. 15.45.470 Provision and Scope for Use of Recall.
  The governor, the lieutenant governor, and members of the state legislature are subject to recall by the voters of the state or the political...
• Sec. 15.45.480 Filing Application.
  The recall of the governor, lieutenant governor, or a member of the state legislature is proposed by filing an application with the director. A...
• Sec. 15.45.490 Time of Filing Application.
  An application may not be filed during the first 120 days of the term of office of any state public official subject to recall.
• Sec. 15.45.500 Form of Application.
  The application must include(1) the name and office of the person to be recalled;(2) the grounds for recall described in particular in not more...
• Sec. 15.45.510 Grounds for Recall.
  The grounds for recall are (1) lack of fitness, (2) incompetence, (3) neglect of duties, or (4) corruption.
• Sec. 15.45.515 Designation of Sponsors.
  The qualified voters who subscribe to the application in support of the recall are designated as sponsors. The recall committee may designate additional sponsors...
• Sec. 15.45.520 Manner of Notice.
  Notice on all matters pertaining to the application and petition may be served on any member of the recall committee in person or by...
• Sec. 15.45.530 Notice of the Number of Voters.
  The director, upon request, shall notify the recall committee of the official number of persons who voted in the preceding general election in the...
• Sec. 15.45.540 Review of Application for Certification.
  The director shall review the application and shall either certify it or notify the recall committee of the grounds of refusal.
• Sec. 15.45.550 Bases of Denial of Certification.
  The director shall deny certification upon determining that(1) the application is not substantially in the required form;(2) the application was filed during the first...
• Sec. 15.45.560 Preparation of Petition.
  (a) The director shall prepare a sufficient number of sequentially numbered petitions to allow full circulation throughout the state or throughout the senate or...
• Sec. 15.45.570 Statement of Warning.
  Each petition must include a statement of warning that a person who signs a name other than the person's own to the petition, or...
• Sec. 15.45.575 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. 15.45.580 Circulation; Prohibitions.
  (a) The petitions may be circulated only in person throughout the state.(b) A circulator may not receive payment or agree to receive payment that...
• Sec. 15.45.590 Manner of Signing and Withdrawing Name From Petition.
  Any qualified voter registered to vote in the district represented by the official sought to be recalled may subscribe to the petition by printing...
• Sec. 15.45.600 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. 15.45.610 Filing of Petition.
  A petition may not be filed within less than 180 days of the termination of the term of office of a state public official...
• Sec. 15.45.620 Review of Petition.
  Within 30 days of the date of filing, the director shall review the petition and shall notify the recall committee and the person subject...
• Sec. 15.45.630 Bases for Determining the Petition Was Improperly Filed.
  The director shall notify the committee that the petition was improperly filed upon determining that(1) there is an insufficient number of qualified subscribers; or(2)...
• Sec. 15.45.640 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. 15.45.650 Calling Special Election.
  If the director determines the petition is properly filed and if the office is not vacant, the director shall prepare the ballot and shall...
• Sec. 15.45.660 Preparation of Ballot.
  The ballot shall be designed with the question of whether the public official shall be recalled, placed on the ballot in the following manner:...
• Sec. 15.45.670 Conduct of Special Election.
  Unless specifically provided otherwise, all provisions regarding the conduct of a general election shall govern the conduct of a special election for the recall...
• Sec. 15.45.680 Display of Grounds for and Against Recall.
  The director shall provide each election board in the state or in the senate or house district of the person subject to recall with...
• Sec. 15.45.690 Certification of Election Results.
  If a majority of the votes cast on the question of recall favor the removal of the official, the director shall so certify and...
• Sec. 15.45.700 Filling Vacancy.
  A vacancy caused by a recall is filled as a vacancy caused by any other means is filled.
• Sec. 15.45.710 Insufficiency of Grounds, Application, or Petition.
  A recall submitted to the voters may not be held void because of the insufficiency of the grounds, application, or petition by which the...
• Sec. 15.45.720 Judicial Review.
  Any person aggrieved by a determination made by the director under AS 15.45.470 - 15.45.710 may bring an action in the superior court to...

Last modified: November 15, 2016