Alaska 2018 ballot measures

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One statewide ballot measure was certified to appear on the Alaska ballot in 2018. It was defeated.

HIGHLIGHTS

The Alaska Ballot Measure 1, Salmon Habitat Protections and Permits Initiative was on the ballot for November 6, 2018. It was defeated.

The Alaska Legislator Conflicts of Interest and Per Diem Limits Initiative was approved by the legislature and was not on the ballot on November 6, 2018. On May 11, 2018, the legislature approved House Bill 44. On June 1, 2018, the lieutenant governor confirmed that HB 44 was deemed similar enough to the initiative to replace and preclude an election on it.

On the ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
IndISS	Ballot Measure 1	Environment	Creates salmon habitat protection standards and permit requirements	d

Approved by the legislature

Signatures were submitted for the Alaska Legislator Conflicts of Interest and Per Diem Limits Initiative (2018), a measure that was designed to create provisions related to (a) preventing legislator conflicts of interest, (b) making per diems for legislators contingent on passing a budget bill, (c) prohibiting lobbyists from buying meals and drinks for legislators, (d) justifying public expenses for travel to another country, and (e) restricting campaign spending and contributions of foreign-influenced corporations. On May 11, 2018, the Alaska legislature approved House Bill 44, which was deemed on June 1, 2018, to be substantially similar to the initiative, thereby precluding an election on it.

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
IndISS	Legislator Conflicts of Interest and Per Diem Limits Initiative	Gov't Acc	Prohibits per diem during special sessions if no budget passed during regulation session and addresses conflicts of interest

Getting measures on the ballot

Citizens of Alaska may initiate legislation through the process of indirect initiative. In Alaska, successful petitions are first presented to the Alaska State Legislature. If the measure (or an equivalent measure) is not adopted, the law is then placed before voters. In Alaska, citizens also have the power to repeal legislation via veto referendums. Alaska residents may not amend their constitution via initiative or directly initiate legislation. Petitioners must gather 32,127 valid signatures to qualify veto referendums and initiated state statutes for the ballot.

The Alaska State Legislature can also place legislative referrals on the ballot. Article 13 of the Alaska Constitution specifies that a two-thirds vote of the legislature is required to refer an amendment to the ballot.

Historical facts

See also: List of Alaska ballot measures and History of Initiative & Referendum in Alaska

• A total of 53 measures appeared on statewide ballots in Alaska from 1995 to 2016.
• From 1996 to 2016, the number of measures on even-year statewide ballots ranged from two to seven.
• Between 1996 and 2016, an average of five measures appeared on the ballot in Alaska during even-numbered election years.
• Between 1996 and 2015, about 56.6 percent (30 of 53) of the total number of measures that appeared on statewide ballots during even-numbered years were approved, and about 43.4 percent (23 of 53) were defeated.

Summary of campaign contributions

See also: Ballot measure campaign finance, 2018

The following chart illustrates how much support and opposition committees had amassed in campaign contributions for each measure on the ballot:

Note: In some cases committees are registered to support or oppose multiple propositions. Ballotpedia lists the total sum that all committees registered to support or oppose each proposition have received in contributions. This means that the sum of all contributions in the chart below is higher than the total amount contributed.

Ballot Measure:	Support contributions:	Opposition contributions:	Outcome:
Alaska Ballot Measure 1	$	$	d

Cost per required signature

See also: Ballot measure signature costs, 2018

The cost-per-required signature (CPRS) is a comparison of the amount of money spent on the petition drive to the number of signatures the state requires for an initiative to make the ballot. The following chart illustrates the CPRS for ballot initiatives:

A total of $196,101 was spent on the petition drive for the one citizen initiative on the ballot.

Ballot Measure:	Topic:	Petition company	Cost	Signatures	CPRS
Alaska Ballot Measure 1	Environment	Scott Kohlhaas and Advanced Micro Targeting	$196,101.31	32,127	$6.10
Averages:	N/A	N/A	$196,101	N/A	$6.10

Not on the ballot

See also: Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
IndISS	Medicaid and Denali KidCare Expansion Law Initiative	Healthcare	Adds Medicaid and Denali KidCare expansion to state code
IndISS	Specific Affordable Care Act Requirements as State Law Initiative	Healthcare	Adds specific provisions and aspects of the ACA to state code

See also

• 2018 ballot measures
• List of Alaska ballot measures
• Laws governing the initiative process in Alaska
• Alaska Legislature

External links

• Alaska Division of Elections