Anti-Corruption Act Application Certified

(December 19, 2007, Anchorage, Alaska) – Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell certified an initiative today related to the prohibition on using public funds for political campaigns, partisan purposes, and ballot measures; the initiative also prohibits holders of government contracts from making campaign contributions or employing legislators and their staff for two years following state service. The lieutenant governor certified that the initiative application, known as 07ANCO, was in proper form.

Lieutenant Governor Parnell’s decision to certify the initiative (07ANCO) was supported by a legal opinion from the Department of Law, which concluded that the bill and application are in the proper form, and that the application complies with the constitutional and statutory provisions governing the use of the initiative.

Petition booklets will be prepared for the prime sponsors of the initiative by the Alaska Division of Elections. The sponsors will need to collect at least 23,831 valid signatures from qualified voters in 30 election districts in order for the proposed bill to be placed on a ballot.

The lieutenant governor’s letter to the initiative’s sponsors is available at
http://ltgov.state.ak.us/PDFs/07ANCOletter.pdf

The Department of Law’s legal opinion is available online at
http://ltgov.state.ak.us/PDFs/07ANCOopinion.pdf

The Division of Elections memorandum is available online at
http://ltgov.state.ak.us/PDFs/07ANCOelections.pdf