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 amending the election process for election to Alaska state and federal elective office, except governor, by adopting preferential or instant run-off voting; authorizing local option to adopt preferential or instant run-off voting; repealing conflicting statutes, and providing for severability. Initiative Id: 99PRVT | AG File Number: 663.00.0015 State: Inactive Petition Status: Proposition appeared on ballot Primary Sponsors James Sykes, Mark Chryson, Paulette Simpson Contact Sponsors Kenneth P. Jacobus The initiative appeared on the November 7, 2000 election ballot and was rejected by a vote of: YES – 39,666 NO – 69,683 Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Ballot Information 99PRVT ballot language (pdf) Petition Details The petition application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on September 23, 1999. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on September 23, 1999 for review and verification of signatures. Notification that the Division of Elections verified 100 signatures of qualified voters was received on October 1, 1999. Legal review was received from the Department of Law on October 14, 1999. The application was certified committee on October 28,1999. The petition was filed October 26, 2000. The petition was certified on December 21, 2000.