Alaska Measure 3, Transfer Legislative Redistricting from Governor to Board Amendment (1998)
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| Topic Redistricting policy |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Alaska Measure 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Alaska on November 3, 1998. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported replacing the governor-controlled redistricting process with a redistricting board authorized to draw legislative district boundaries, with five members appointed by the governor, House speaker, Senate president, and chief justice, and required to act within 90 days of appointment. |
A "no" vote opposed replacing the governor-controlled redistricting process with a redistricting board authorized to draw legislative district boundaries, with five members appointed by the governor, House speaker, Senate president, and chief justice, and required to act within 90 days of appointment. |
Election results
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Alaska Measure 3 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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110,768 | 52.14% | ||
| No | 101,686 | 47.86% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 3 was as follows:
| “ | This measure changes the name, power and membership of the reapportionment board. Under existing law, the governor selects the reapportionment board. With the advice of the board, the governor draws the boundaries of election districts after each federal census. This measure creates a redistricting board and gives it the power to draw boundaries for 40 House and 20 Senate districts. Two members of the board would be chosen by the governor, and one each by the House speaker, the Senate president, and the chief justice of the Supreme Court. The board would have 90 days to act after being appointed. SHOULD THIS AMENDMENT BE ADOPTED? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The Alaska State Legislature referred the constitutional amendment to the ballot.
See also
External links
Footnotes
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State of Alaska Juneau (capital) |
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