Section 15.56.090. Improper subscription to petition.

   (a) A person commits the crime of improper subscription to petition if the person
        (1) signs a name other than the person's own to a petition proposing an initiative, referendum, recall, or nomination of a candidate for state or local office;
        (2) knowingly signs more than once for the same proposition, question, or candidate at one election;
        (3) signs a petition proposing an initiative, referendum, recall, or nomination of a candidate for state or local office, while knowingly not being a qualified voter; or
        (4) solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept money or other valuable thing in exchange for signing or refraining from signing a petition proposing an initiative; in this paragraph, "other valuable thing" has the meaning given in AS 15.56.030(d).
   (b) Improper subscription to petition is a class B misdemeanor.

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History

(Sec. 205 ch 100 SLA 1980; am Sec. 6 ch 80 SLA 1998)