Alaska Amendment 1, Residency Requirement for Voting Measure (August 1972)
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| Topic Residency voting requirements |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Alaska Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Alaska on August 22, 1972. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to require voters to have been residents of Alaska for at least one year in order to vote, and being required to have been living in the particular election district for at least thirty days. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to require voters to have been residents of Alaska for at least one year in order to vote, and being required to have been living in the particular election district for at least thirty days. |
Election results
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Alaska Amendment 1 |
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31,130 | 60.01% | ||
| No | 20,745 | 39.99% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | Proposition: Shall section 1, article V of the Alaska Constitution be amended (underlined portions to be added; bracketed and capitalized portions to be stricken) to read in part as follows: QUALIFIED VOTERS. Every citizen... at least eighteen years of age, who meets registration residency requirements prescribed by law, and who is qualified to vote under this article, may vote in any state or local election. A voter shall have been, immediately preceding the election, a thirty day [FOR ONE YEAR A RESIDENT OF ALASKA AND FOR THIRTY DAYS A] resident of the election district in which he seeks to vote ... | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Alaska Constitution
A two-thirds vote in each legislative chamber of the Alaska State Legislature during one legislative session to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 27 votes in the Alaska House of Representatives and 14 votes in the Alaska State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
See also
Footnotes
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