Alaska Measure 1, Prohibit Ballot Initiatives on Hunting Amendment (2000)

Alaska Measure 1
Election date November 7, 2000
Topic Hunting regulations and Initiative and referendum process
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Alaska Measure 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Alaska on November 7, 2000. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported prohibiting ballot initiatives from addressing laws that permit, regulate, or restrict the taking or transporting of wildlife, or establish seasons or methods for taking wildlife.

A "no" vote opposed prohibiting ballot initiatives from addressing laws that permit, regulate, or restrict the taking or transporting of wildlife, or establish seasons or methods for taking wildlife.

Election results

Alaska Measure 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		96,253	34.90%
No		179,552	65.10%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Measure 1 was as follows:

“

This ballot measure would change the Alaska Constitution so that voters could not use the initiative process to make laws that permit, regulate, or prohibit taking or transporting wildlife, or prescribe seasons or methods for taking wildlife. SHOULD THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BE ADOPTED? Yes or No

”

Background

Ballot Measure 1 was partly a response to the fact that in 1996, voters passed an initiative to ban land-and-shoot hunting.(citation?) The legislature overturned that initiative in the 2000 legislative session. A veto referendum to restore matters to where they stood after the 1996 vote was placed on the 2000 ballot, where opponents of land-and-shoot lost. However, citizens retained their right to continue to vote on such matters when they rejected this measure. In 2008, voters took advantage of their right to weigh in on hunting matters in the Wolf and Bear Hunting Protection Measure.

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

2000 Measures

• 2000 Measures
• Initiative and referendum process on the ballot
• Hunting regulations on the ballot
• 2000 legislative sessions

Alaska

• Alaska ballot measures
• Alaska ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Alaska 2000 Election Results
• 2000 Alaska Voter Guide