Alaska Ballot Proposition 5, Bottle Deposit Refund Initiative (1978)

Alaska Ballot Proposition 5
Election date November 7, 1978
Topic Fees, licenses, and charges and Pollution, waste, and recycling policy
Status Defeated
Type Indirect initiated state statute	Origin Citizens

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

Alaska Ballot Proposition 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		49,882	39.84%
No		75,337	60.16%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Ballot Proposition 5 was as follows:

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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.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Alaska

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

1978 Measures

• 1978 Measures
• Fees on the ballot
• licenses on the ballot
• and charges on the ballot
• Pollution on the ballot
• waste on the ballot
• and recycling policy on the ballot
• 1978 legislative sessions

Alaska

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• Alaska ballot measure laws

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