On January 18, Alaska Representative Max Gruenberg (D-Anchorage) introduced HB 96. It eases the definition of “political party” to a group that has at least 2,500 registered members. Currently, the number of registered voters a group needs to be a qualified party is 3% of the vote cast in the last election. That number varies according to whether the last election was a high-turnout presidential election, or a lower-turnout midterm election, and ranges from 7,000 to 10,000.
How many of the 50 States have EQUAL ballot access laws — equal as in EQUAL protection in 14th Amdt, Sec. 1 ???
This is more like it! This would put the Green Party back on the ballot & help others such as the ACP. This would only be a third of current requirement which is 7,686 registered voters.
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Gruenberg is the guy who earlier in the month introduced a bill for top-two primaries in the state.
So yeah, good luck, Greens, at being re-recognized; to bad you won’t ever be on the general election ballot.
If THIS bill passed but the top-two bill didn’t, that would be grand!
To Alabama Constitution Party says: When are you folks going to get some “smarts” and work within the Alaskan Independence Party? Okay, even as some suggest, the AIP leadership is not what it needs to be right now, time and hard work can put the right leadership in the right hands – if that is your problem.
You’re kidding yourself if you believe you’re going to be successful with the ACP as long as the AIP is a force to be reckoned with.
Why don’t you wake up to reality and work to build a strong 3rd party in Alaska under the Alaskan Independence Party label?
To Alaska Constitution Party says: I guess I need some “smarts” too. I meant “Alaska Constitution Party” not “Alabama Constitution Party.” No offense intended.
Oh yeah!!! Go Alaska!