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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.
- 2001 Election Calendar
- Status of Active Petitions (initiatives, referenda, recall petitions). The text of petitions is provided.
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.
- Online Campaign Disclosure Database
- Campaign Summaries. Reports on campaign contributions and expenditures by candidates for public office.
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
- 1994 Election
Voter's resources on campaign financing
- Open Secrets Alaska. Provides campaign finance, travel, and sponsored legislation information on members of the Alaska congressional delegation, Alaska's governor, and members of the Alaska Legislature. From the Center for Responsive Politics.
- Get Local: Alaska. Showing the largest political contributors in Alaska and other information on campaign contributions. From the Center for Responsive Politics.
Other voter's resources
- 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.
Justice Center articles & reports
Moras, Antonia. (Summer 2004). "Loss and Restoration of Voting Rights in Alaska." Alaska Justice Forum 21(2): 11.