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 Act relating to establishing the Alaska Gaming Commission. Initiative Id: 05GAM2 | AG File Number: 663-06-0010 State: Inactive Petition Status: Proposition appeared on ballot Primary Sponsors Darwin A. Biwer, Cindy Menichetti, Barbara Jean Alberg Date Petition Application Filed July 5, 2005 Application Certified September 1, 2005 Petitions Booklets Issued September 9, 2005 Petitions Booklets Filed with Elections September 11, 2005 The initiative appeared on the August 26, 2008 election ballot and was rejected by a vote of: YES – 73,463 NO – 116,670 Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Ballot Information 05GAM2 ballot language (pdf) Petition Details Application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on July 5, 2005. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on July 6, 2005. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures on July 19, 2005. The application was certified on September 1, 2005. Petition booklets were issued to the initiative committee on September 9, 2005. Due to the filing deadline falling on a Saturday, the petition must be filed by September 11, 2006. Petition booklets were submitted to the Division of Elections on September 11, 2006. Lieutenant Governor Leman certified the petition for this initiative as properly filed on November 2, 2006.