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Alaska Ballot Proposition 5, Bottle Deposit Refund Initiative (1978)
| Alaska Ballot Proposition 5 | |
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| Topic Fees, licenses, and charges and Pollution, waste, and recycling policy |
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| Type Indirect initiated state statute |
Origin |
Alaska Ballot Proposition 5 was on the ballot as an indirect initiated state statute in Alaska on November 7, 1978. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported requiring a 10-cent refund for beer and carbonated beverage containers sold in certain areas of Alaska, excluding remote locations, with marked containers and bans on unsanitary ones. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring a 10-cent refund for beer and carbonated beverage containers sold in certain areas of Alaska, excluding remote locations, with marked containers and bans on unsanitary ones. |
Election results
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Alaska Ballot Proposition 5 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 49,882 | 39.84% | ||
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75,337 | 60.16% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Ballot Proposition 5 was as follows:
| “ | This proposal would provide that all beer and carbonated beverage containers sold in certain areas of Alaska after July 1, 1979, have a refund value of at least ten cents. Areas without access to Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and Ketchikan by road, rail or mainline state ferry service would not be affected. An unaffected area could elect to participate by vote of its local governing body. Containers would have to be marked 'Alaska Refund-10¢' or 'Rural Alaska - No Refund.' Dealers could refuse to accept unstamped, damaged, or unsanitary containers. Pull tabs on metal beverage containers would be banned statewide. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
An indirect initiated state statute is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends state statute. While a direct initiative is placed on the ballot once supporters file the required number of valid signatures, an indirect initiative is first presented to the state legislature. Legislators have a certain number of days, depending on the state, to adopt the initiative into law. Should legislators take no action or reject the initiative, a second round of signatures is required to put the initiative on the ballot for voters to decide.
See also
Footnotes
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