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Federal offices
U.S. Senate
Partisan candidates must pay a $100 filing fee. Independent candidates must collect signatures equal to 1% of the voters who cast ballots in the preceding general election. Write-in candidates must file a letter of intent with the Director of Elections or any Regional Election Supervisor.[1]
U.S. House
Partisan candidates must pay a $100 filing fee. Independent candidates must collect signatures equal to 1% of the voters who cast ballots in the preceding general election. Write-in candidates must file a letter of intent with the Director of Elections or any Regional Election Supervisor.[1]
Filing deadlines
2012
Partisan candidates had to file their fee and declaration of candidacy by June 1, 2012. Independent candidates had to file their signatures by August 28, 2012. Write-in candidates had to file their letter of intent by November 1, 2012.[1]
State offices
Statewide executive offices
Partisan candidates must pay a $100 filing fee. Independent candidates must collect signatures equal to 1% of the voters who cast ballots in the preceding general election. Write-in candidates must file a letter of intent with the Director of Elections or any Regional Election Supervisor.[1]
State legislature
Partisan candidates must pay a $30 filing fee. Independent candidates must collect signatures equal to 1% of the voters who cast ballots in the preceding general election in their legislative district. Write-in candidates must file a letter of intent with the Director of Elections or any Regional Election Supervisor.[1]
Note: For the first election after legislative redistricting, only 50 signatures are required for independent legislative candidates.[2]
Filing deadlines
2012
Partisan candidates had to file their fee and declaration of candidacy by June 1, 2012. Independent candidates had to file their signatures by August 28, 2012. Write-in candidates had to file their letter of intent by November 1, 2012.[1]
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The number of signatures required is based on the total number of votes cast in the last general election. For both initiatives and referendums, signatures equal to 10% of these votes are required.
| Year | Initiated statute | Veto referendum |
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| 2014 | 30,169 | 30,169 |
| 2012 | 25,875 | 25,875 |
| 2010 | 32,734 | 32,734 |
| 2008 | 23,831 | 23,831 |
See law: Alaska Statues, Sec. 15.45.140
Basis of calculation
The basis for signature calculation in Alaska is the total number of votes cast in the last general election. In 2006, 238,307 votes were cast. In 2008, 327,341 votes were cast. In 2010, 258,746 votes were cast.[3]
Geographic distribution
- See also: Distribution requirement
Signatures equal to 7% of the total district vote in the last general election must be collected in each of 3/4 of the 40 Alaska House districts.
An older, less restrictive, distribution requirement was changed by a legislatively referred ballot measure on the November 2004 ballot, the Distribution Requirement for Initiatives Act. That measure was approved with 51.7% of the vote. The older requirement was that proponents must collect petition signatures from each of 2/3 of Alaska's 40 state House districts--only one voter needed to sign from each of the 27 districts.
See law: Alaska Statutes, Sec. 15.45.140; Alaska Distribution Requirement for Initiatives, Measure 1 (2004)
Signature deadlines
2012
- See also: Petition drive deadlines, 2012
The deadline to submit signatures for an initiative or referendum in Alaska for the 2012 ballot was January 17, 2012.
Recall
Recall petitions must be signed by qualified voters equal in number to 25% of those who voted in the preceding general election in the district of the official to be recalled. Judicial officers cannot be recalled.
See also
2012
External links
- Alaska Division of Elections, Filing for Office: A Handbook for Candidates
- Alaska Division of Elections, Petitions and Ballot Issues
