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 the use of snares in trapping wolves. Initiative Id: 97TRAP State: Inactive Petition Status: Proposition appeared on ballot Primary Sponsors Kneeland Taylor, Bonnie Robson, Thomas Classen The initiative appeared on the November 3, 1998 election ballot and was rejected by a vote of: YES – 83,224 NO – 140,049 Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Ballot Information 97TRAP ballot language (pdf) Petition Details Application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on September 4, 1997. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on September 4, 1997. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures on September 30, 1997. The application was certified on October 9, 1996. Petition booklets were issued to the initiative committee on October 20, 1997. The one year filing deadline was October 20, 1998. Petition booklets were submitted to the Division of Elections on January 12, 1998. Lieutenant Governor Ulmer certified the petition for this initiative as properly filed on April 2, 1998. The Supreme Court of the State of Alaska ruled on August 17, 1998 that the initiative be placed on the 1998 general election ballot.