Alaska Compensation Referendum (1975)
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The Alaska Compensation Referendum appeared on the 1975 ballot in Alaska. It was a veto referendum seeking to overturn a law recently passed by the Alaska State Legislature, Ch. 205, SLA 1975. It got 19.9% of the vote, which meant that Alaskan voters decisively repudiated the act passed by their state legislature.
The repudiated law:
- Increased compensation for judges, legislators, commissioners, and members of certain commissions and for improved retirement benefits for all members of the retirement systems.
- Required judges appointed after the effective date to contribute to their retirement program.
- Increased legislative per diem.
- Decreased the period of service required for retirement benefits to vest in the governor, lieutenant governor, and members of the legislature.
- Tied salaries of high ranking officials by percentages to the general salary schedule for state employees.
Use of veto referendum in Alaska
The 1975 referendum was the second time Alaskans used their right of veto referendum. They used it first in 1968, with the Voter Registration Referendum, and in 2000, with the Game Management Act.
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