Alaska Statutes (Last Updated: January 11, 2017) |
Title 15. ELECTIONS. |
Chapter 15.25. NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES. |
Article 15.25.01. PRIMARY ELECTIONS. |
Section 15.25.010. Provision for primary election.
Latest version.
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Candidates for the elective state executive and state and national legislative offices shall be nominated in a primary election by direct vote of the people in the manner prescribed by this chapter. The director shall prepare and provide a primary election ballot for each political party. A voter registered as affiliated with a political party may vote that party's ballot. A voter registered as nonpartisan or undeclared rather than as affiliated with a particular political party may vote the political party ballot of the voter's choice unless prohibited from doing so under AS 15.25.014. A voter registered as affiliated with a political party may not vote the ballot of a different political party unless permitted to do so under AS 15.25.014.
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Recent Bills that will modify this
HB 17 NONPARTISAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS
History
(Sec. 5.01 ch 83 SLA 1960; am Sec. 1 ch 1 SLA 1967; am Sec. 1 ch 20 SLA 1980; am Sec. 3 ch 103 SLA 2001)