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AK HB248

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/19/2010

Primary Sponsor

Harry Crawford

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Origin

House of Representatives

26th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Establishes a separate primary election ballot for voters registered as nonpartisan or undeclared, containing all candidates for state executive and state and national legislative offices.

  • Removes the ability of nonpartisan and undeclared voters to vote any political party's primary ballot; instead limits them to the new nonpartisan ballot unless a party's bylaws explicitly permit their participation.

  • Requires political parties to submit bylaws by September 1 of the year before the primary election specifying whether they permit voters affiliated with other parties to participate in their primary.

  • Clarifies that a voter's party affiliation for ballot eligibility purposes is determined by their registration status 30 days before the primary election, with any changes within that period disregarded.

  • Modifies general election ballot placement to select the candidate from each political party receiving the highest votes in their respective primary.

Legislative Description

Nonpartisan/undeclared Primary Ballot

Legislators

Last Action

REFERRED TO STATE AFFAIRS

1/19/2010

Committee Referrals

State Affairs1/19/2010

Full Bill Text

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