Alaska Proposition 2, State Boundaries Measure (August 1958)

Alaska Proposition 2
Election date August 26, 1958
Topic Statehood
Status Approved
Type Constitutional convention referral	Origin Constitutional convention

Alaska Proposition 2 was on the ballot as a constitutional convention referral in Alaska on August 26, 1958. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported ratifying the boundaries of the State of Alaska that were designed by the United States Congress in the Alaska Statehood Act.

A "no" vote opposed ratifying the boundaries of the State of Alaska that were designed by the United States Congress in the Alaska Statehood Act.

All three ballot propositions on the August 26, 1958, special election ballot were referred to the ballot by the federal government's Alaska Statehood Act. President Dwight Eisenhower (R) signed the act on July 7, 1958. All three ballot propositions needed to be approved in order for the Territory of Alaska to become the State of Alaska.

Election results

Alaska Proposition 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		40,421	83.88%
No		7,766	16.12%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 2 was as follows:

“

SPECIAL ELECTION-PROPOSITION NO. 2  "The boundaries of the State of Alaska shall be as prescribed in the Act of Congress approved July 7, 1958 and all claims of this State to any areas of land or sea outside the boundaries so prescribed are hereby irrevocably relinquished to the United States." FOR AGAINST

”

Path to the ballot

The ballot proposition was referred to the ballot by the federal government's Alaska Statehood Act, which was signed by President Eisenhower on July 7, 1958.

See also

1958 Measures

• 1958 Measures
• Statehood on the ballot
• 1958 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 Constitution
• Alaska Statehood Act