Petition Status Find information about active and inactive petitions, including initiative, referendum, and recall petitions. Search Petitions Petition Type (Required) * Initiative Recall Referendum Status (Optional) Petition Year (Optional) Petition Year (Optional) Petition Topic Petition Topic All Petition IDs Your request returned multiple entries, please select an ID to view * Your request returned multiple entries, please select an ID to view * Petition Topic (Short Title) Submit Reset form If you are human, leave this field blank. Your search returned 1 results. Return to Petitions page. Initiative Moving Location of Legislative Sessions. Initiative Id: 01CHGE | AG File Number: 663-01-0196 State: Inactive Petition Status: Proposition appeared on ballot Primary Sponsors Robert Monson; Mark Chryson; James A. Nelson Date Petition Application Filed June 29, 2001 Application Certified July 23, 2001 Petitions Booklets Filed with Elections January 10, 2002 The initiative appeared on the November 5, 2002 election ballot and was rejected by a vote of: YES – 74,650 NO – 153,127 Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Ballot Information 01CHGE ballot language (pdf) Petition Details The petition application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on June 29, 2001. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on June 29, 2001 for review and verification of signatures. Legal review was received from the Department of Law on July 11, 2001. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of signatures on July 18, 2001. The application was certified on July 23, 2001. The petition was filed on January 10, 2002. Lieutenant Governor Ulmer certified the petition for this initiative as properly filed on March 4, 2002. Alaska Statute 15.45.180 requires the lieutenant governor to prepare a ballot title and proposition for initiative petitions properly filed for placement on the ballot. An action regarding this ballot language was filed in state superior court, case number 3 AN-01-9799 CI, and an appeal of that action was filed in the state supreme court, case number S-10633. In accordance with Supreme Court Order Number 41, dated August 7, 2002, the following revised ballot title and proposition appeared on the 2002 general election ballot: Initiative Moving Location of Legislative Sessions This bill would move all sessions of the state legislature to the Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Borough. If facilities fit for these sessions cannot be found in that borough, sessions would be held in Anchorage until facilities are available in the Mat-Su Borough. The bill would repeal the requirements that before the state can spend money to move the legislature, the voters must be informed of the total costs as would be determined by a commission, and approve a bond issue for all bondable costs of the move.