Justice Center
Articles
Alaska Justice Forum
"Loss and Restoration of Voting Rights in Alaska" by Antonia Moras (2004).
"The Hidden Impact of a Criminal Conviction: A Brief Overview of Collateral Consequences in Alaska" by Deborah Periman (2007).
Justice Center Working Papers
"The Hidden Impact of a Criminal Conviction: A Brief Overview of Collateral Consequences in Alaska" by Deborah Periman (2007).
Alaska
State agencies
- Alaska Division of Elections. The Alaska Division of Elections is responsible for the planning and administration of statewide elections, as well as local and regional elections in unorganized boroughs. It also maintains the voter registration records of more than 400,000 Alaskans and processes statewide initiative, recall, and referendum petitions.
- Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC). APOC is a state regulatory agency which upholds laws regarding the public's right to know the financial affairs of public officials, candidates for state and municipal office, and lobbyists and their employers.
Redistricting
Every 10 years, after the federal census, Alaska and other states must redraw the boundaries of legislative election districts to make them equal in population. In many states redistricting is conducted by the legislature, but Alaska's Constitution delegates this power to an independent advisory board. Its five members are appointed: two members are appointed by the governor, one by the president of the Senate, one by the speaker of the House, and one by the chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court.
- Alaska Redistricting Board. Currently no live website.
Political parties
- Statistics. Voter registration stastistics by party, precinct, age, year; voter turnout statistics.
Recognized politcial parties
Political parties currently recognized in Alaska by the Alaska Division of Elections. In Alaska, a Recognized Political Party is defined as an organized group of voters that represents a political program and either nominated a candidate for governor who received at least 3 percent of the total votes cast for Governor at the preceding General Election or has registered voters equal to 3 percent of the votes cast for Governor in the last election.
- Republican Party of Alaska. The majority party in the current Alaska State Legislature; see also Alaska Republicans in the Legislature for information on current bills and issues.
- Alaska Democratic Party. The minority party in the current Alaska State Legislature; see also Alaska Democrats in the Legislature for information on current bills and issues.
- Alaska Libertarian Party
- Alaskan Independence Party
Political groups seeking recognized political party status in Alaska
- Green Party of Alaska
- Republican Moderate Party
- Veterans Party of Alaska
Voter's resources
- 2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for Alaska. Federal Election Commission.
- Get Local: Alaska. Shows the largest political contributors in Alaska and other information on campaign contributions. From the Center for Responsive Politics.
- Project Vote-Smart: Information for Alaska. Information on Alaska ballot measures in current and past elections, Alaska state and national elected officials, and other information.
National
Political parties
- Democratic National Committee
- Green Party of the United States
- Libertarian Party
- Republican National Committee
Resources on campaign finance
- opensecrets.org. The Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C., tracks money in politics and its effect on elections and public policy, and makes the results of its research available on this site.
- Project Vote Smart. Campaign finance data, voting records, performance evaluations by competing special interest organizations, biographical backgrounds, and other information on federal and state officials and candidates for for federal and state offices.
- National Institute on Money in State Politics. A nonpartisan, nonprofit program dedicated to accurate, comprehensive and unbiased documentation and research on campaign finance at the state level.
Other voter's resources
- Center for Public Integrity. Provides findings of investigations and analyses of public service, government accountability, and ethics-related issues in the U.S.
