The Alaskan Independence Party is a qualified party in Alaska, but it has no nominees for any partisan office this year. In 2016 it had only one nominee, who ran for the State House. In 2014 it had no nominees, because the only person who filed in its 2014 primary later withdrew. It had no nominees in 2012. In 2010 it had nominees or Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and State House in one district.
The reason it remains ballot-qualified is because it has so many registrants. Parties remain on the ballot if they have registration equal to three percent of the vote cast in the last election. The party has been on the ballot continuously starting in 1983, when it won a lawsuit against the old law on how a party remains on the ballot, Vogler v Miller. In 1990 it elected the Governor and in 1992 elected a state legislator.
The AIP & CP to seek reconciliation and reaffiliation in order to reinvigorate both parties in Alaska!
The AIP & CP should seek reconciliation and reaffiliation in order to reinvigorate both parties in Alaska!
Why?
The AIP that used to be a part of the Constitution party was the American Independent Party in California, not the Alaska Independent Party