Alaska Anti-Corruption Act (2010)
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The Anti-Corruption Act will appear on the August 24, 2010 primary election ballot as an indirect initiated state statute in the state of Alaska. It would create a section on the Alaska Constitution to read that public resources from any source are not to be used or received to further any political agenda. The petition did not gather enough signatures to qualify for the 2008 election. [1][2]
Text of amendment
The beginning of the text of the amendment reads as follows:
- No public body, public officer, person in the employ of the state, any of its political subdivisions, any school district, or candidate for public office may, directly or indirectly, direct, permit, receive, require, or facilitate the use of tax revenues or any other public resources for campaign, lobbying, or partisan purposes, including payment of dues or membership fees of any kind to any person, league, or association which, directly or indirectly, engages in lobbying, campaigns, or partisan activity. No candidate, political committee, or political party may accept any contribution from any state, state agency, political subdivision of the state, foreign government, federal agency, or the federal government. A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.[3]
Support
Primary Sponsors: Scott A. Kohlhaas, Tonya A. Shuravloff, Robert Clift.
According to them the initiative would prohibit government contractors from contributing to political campaigns and hiring legislators or their staffers -- or even former legislators and aides who have been out of office less than two years. The Anti-Corruption Initiative also prohibits spending any public money on any campaign, lobbying or partisan purpose.[1]
The Committee to Stop Corruption is one of the groups that is support of the measure. According to their website, they state their reasons for support: “Our state and federal politicians have blemished our good name and have given us a black eye in the national spotlight. Alaska politicians caught up in a web of special interest shakedowns and greedy scandals are looked on as the embodiment of everything wrong with politics today.”[4]
Status
- October 22, 2007: Application was received in the Alaska Lieutenant Governor's Office with copies sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections.
- November 1, 2007: The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures.
- December 19, 2007: The application was certified by the Lt. Governor.
- December 21, 2007: Petition booklets were issued to the sponsors.
- December 22, 2008: The one year filing deadline for this petition.
- April 4, 2008: Not enough signatures were gathered to qualify the petition for 2008 election ballot. The group is instead trying for 2010.
See also
- Alaska 2010 ballot measures
- Alaska Initiative Law
- Campaign finance requirements for Alaska ballot measures
- Alaska Senate
- Alaska House of Representatives
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Anchorage Daily News: "Dueling initiatives," April 4, 2008
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "Petition Status Report"
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "An Initiative Creating An Alaska Anti-Corruption Act"
- ↑ Committee to Stop Corruption, "Home Page"
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