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. An initiative allowing citizens to vote by registering up to and including on the day of elections (same day registration) Initiative Id: 01SDRG | AG File Number: 663-01-0169 State: Inactive Petition Status: Petition was not filed by the one year deadline and therefore has no force or effect Primary Sponsors Al Anders, Len Karpinski, Soren Wuerth Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Petition Details Not on ballot. The petition application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on April 10, 2001. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on April 11, 2001 for review and verification of signatures. Notification that the Division of Elections verified 100 signatures of qualified voters was received on April 24, 2001. Legal review was received from the Department of Law on May 10, 2001. The application was certified on June 8, 2001. Petition booklets were distributed to the initiative committee on June 22, 2001. In accordance with AS 15.45.140, the initiative petition must be filed by June 22, 2002. The initiative was not filed by the June 22, 2002 deadline and therefore has no force or effect. Following is the petition booklets’ summary language: Initiative Allowing Same-Day Voter Registration This bill would remove the requirement that persons be registered to vote 30 days before an election in order to vote in that election. The bill would allow people who are otherwise qualified to vote to register to vote at any time before an election. The bill would also allow these persons to register to vote at the polls on election day. The bill applies to state and municipal elections.