Alaska Representative Ivy Spohnholz has agreed to introduce a bill to ease the definition of “political party.” Currently it is a group that has registration membership equal to 3% of the last vote cast, or a group that polled 3% of the vote for the top non-presidential office at the last election.

As a registration requirement, Alaska has the nation’s most severe registration test, unless one counts the Pennsylvania law that puts a party on the ballot if it has 15% of the statewide registration.

The only qualified parties in Alaska now are the Republican, Democratic, and Alaskan Independence Party. The Alaskan Independence Party had no nominees for any office in 2018, yet it easily remains on the ballot because it has such high registration.