OFFICIAL BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
ON THE 1998 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT
Updated September 22, 1998
STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS: Alaska Statute 15.50.010 requires the
lieutenant governor to prepare a proposed ballot title and proposition for
each amendment to the state constitution proposed by the legislature.
Proposed ballot language was prepared in accordance with AS 15.50.020 and
AS 15.60.005 and the proposed language was submitted to the Department of
Law for drafting.
PUBLIC COMMENT: The ballot titles and propositions for constitutional
amendments were presented for public comment to comply with the law.
OBJECTION / DECISION: The deadline for objections was June 26, 1998,
and the lieutenant governor has made a final decision and has approved the
following constitutional amendment ballot titles and proposition wording for
the 1998 General Election ballot.
APPEAL: AS 15.50.027 allows for a person who filed an objection and
is still unsatisfied with the final language to bring an action in the
superior court to have the determination reviewed. The deadline for the
commencement of the action in superior court was July 27, 1998.
INDEX
Ballot Measure No. 1 - Constitutional Amendment Limiting Prisoners' Rights
(Removed from the ballot by order of the Alaska Supreme Court on 9/22/98)
Ballot Measure No. 2 - Constitutional Amendment Limiting Marriage -
(Language modified by Supreme Court on 9/22/98)
Ballot Measure No. 3 - Constitutional Amendment To Reorganize Reapportionment Board
Ballot Measure No. 4 - None
BALLOT MEASURE NO. 1
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3 (FIN)
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT LIMITING PRISONERS' RIGHTS
Ballot Measure No. 1 was removed
from the General Election ballot
by order of the Alaska Supreme Court on
September 22, 1998.
BALLOT MEASURE NO. 2
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 42 (RLS)
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT LIMITING MARRIAGE
This measure would amend the Declaration of Rights section of the Alaska
Constitution to limit marriage. The amendment would say that to be valid, a
marriage may exist only between one man and one woman.
SHOULD THIS AMENDMENT BE ADOPTED?
BALLOT MEASURE NO. 3
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 44 (JUD)
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO REORGANIZE REAPPORTIONMENT BOARD
This measure changes the name, power and membership of the reapportionment
board. Under existing law, the governor selects the reapportionment board.
With the advice of the board, the governor draws the boundaries of election
districts after each federal census. This measure creates a redistricting
board and gives it the power to draw boundaries for 40 House and 20
Senate districts. Two members of the board would be chosen by the governor,
and one each by the House speaker, the Senate president, and the chief
justice of the Supreme Court. The board would have 90 days to act after
being appointed.
SHOULD THIS AMENDMENT BE ADOPTED?
NOTE: A designation of Ballot Measure No. 4 was reserved in case the
legislature passed a Constitutional Amendment regarding subsistence in the
special session. The deadline for that language was July 26, 1998. An
amendment for the ballot was not passed by the deadline; therefore, there
will not be a ballot measure no. 4.
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