Alaska Voter Registration Veto Referendum (1968)

Alaska Voter Registration Veto Referendum
Election date November 5, 1968
Topic Voter registration
Status Approved
Type Veto referendum	Origin Citizens

Alaska Voter Registration Veto Referendum was on the ballot as a veto referendum in Alaska on November 5, 1968. It was approved. The measure was part of an effort to overturn a law passed by the Alaska State Legislature, Ch. 211, SLA 1968. It got 51.29 percent of the vote, which meant that Alaskan voters agreed with the bill passed by their state legislature. The upheld law established a system of pre-registration for voters in Alaska.

A "yes" vote supported upholding Ch. 211, SLA 1968, which established a system of pre-registration for voters in Alaska.

A "no" vote supported repealing Ch. 211, SLA 1968, which established a system of pre-registration for voters in Alaska.

Election results

Alaska Voter Registration Veto Referendum
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		37,152	51.29%
No		35,278	48.71%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Voter Registration Veto Referendum was as follows:

“

Shall the provisions of Chapter 211 of the Session Laws of Alaska 1968, which establishes a system of pre-registration of voters in Alaska, be approved?

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Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Alaska

A veto referendum is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that asks voters whether to uphold or repeal an enacted law. This type of ballot measure is also called statute referendum, popular referendum, people's veto, or citizen's veto. Proponents collected signatures to put the veto referendum on the ballot

See also

1968 Measures

• 1968 Measures
• Voter registration on the ballot
• 1968 legislative sessions

Alaska

• Alaska ballot measures
• Alaska ballot measure laws

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