05/14/2005 04:33 PM Joint 094
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB 94
May 14, 2005
4:33 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Ralph Samuels, Chair
Representative Jim Elkins
Representative Max Gruenberg
Senator Gary Stevens, Chair
Senator Gene Therriault
Senator Kim Elton
MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL NO. 94
"An Act relating to qualifications of voters, requirements and
procedures regarding independent candidates for President and
Vice-President of the United States, voter registration and
voter registration records, voter registration through a power
of attorney, voter registration using scanned documents, voter
residence, precinct boundary and polling place designation and
modification, recognized political parties, voters unaffiliated
with a political party, early voting, absentee voting,
application for absentee ballots through a power of attorney, or
by scanned documents, ballot design, ballot counting, voting by
mail, voting machines, vote tally systems, initiative,
referendum, recall, and definitions in the Alaska Election Code;
relating to incorporation elections; and providing for an
effective date."
- MOVED CCS HB 94 OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: HB 94
SHORT TITLE: ELECTIONS/VOTERS/POLITICAL PARTIES
SPONSOR(s): RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR
01/21/05 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
01/21/05 (H) STA, JUD, FIN
02/03/05 (H) STA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
02/03/05 (H) Heard & Held
02/03/05 (H) MINUTE(STA)
02/08/05 (H) STA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
02/08/05 (H) Heard & Held
02/08/05 (H) MINUTE(STA)
02/10/05 (H) STA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
02/10/05 (H) Heard & Held
02/10/05 (H) MINUTE(STA)
02/17/05 (H) STA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
02/17/05 (H) Heard & Held
02/17/05 (H) MINUTE(STA)
02/19/05 (H) STA AT 10:00 AM CAPITOL 106
02/19/05 (H) Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled
03/08/05 (H) STA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
03/08/05 (H) Heard & Held
03/08/05 (H) MINUTE(STA)
03/15/05 (H) STA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
03/15/05 (H) Moved CSHB 94(STA) Out of Committee
03/15/05 (H) MINUTE(STA)
03/18/05 (H) STA RPT CS(STA) NT 3DP 2NR
03/18/05 (H) DP: GATTO, GRUENBERG, SEATON;
03/18/05 (H) NR: GARDNER, LYNN
03/21/05 (H) JUD AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 120
03/21/05 (H) Heard & Held
03/21/05 (H) MINUTE(JUD)
04/01/05 (H) JUD AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 120
04/01/05 (H) Scheduled But Not Heard
04/04/05 (H) JUD AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 120
04/04/05 (H) -- Meeting Canceled --
04/06/05 (H) JUD AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 120
04/06/05 (H) Heard & Held
04/06/05 (H) MINUTE(JUD)
04/07/05 (H) JUD AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 120
04/07/05 (H) Moved CSHB 94(JUD) Out of Committee
04/07/05 (H) MINUTE(JUD)
04/13/05 (H) JUD RPT CS(JUD) NT 1DP 4NR 1AM
04/13/05 (H) DP: KOTT;
04/13/05 (H) NR: ANDERSON, COGHILL, GARA, MCGUIRE;
04/13/05 (H) AM: GRUENBERG
04/19/05 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519
04/19/05 (H) Moved CSHB 94(FIN) Out of Committee
04/19/05 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
04/21/05 (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 3DP 4NR 1AM
04/21/05 (H) DP: HAWKER, FOSTER, MEYER;
04/21/05 (H) NR: CROFT, MOSES, KELLY, CHENAULT;
04/21/05 (H) AM: STOLTZE
04/27/05 (H) BEFORE THE HOUSE
04/28/05 (H) BEFORE THE HOUSE
04/28/05 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
04/28/05 (H) VERSION: CSHB 94(FIN) AM
05/01/05 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
05/01/05 (S) STA, JUD, FIN
05/05/05 (S) STA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 211
05/05/05 (S) Moved SCS CSHB 94(STA) Out of Committee
05/05/05 (S) MINUTE(STA)
05/06/05 (S) STA RPT SCS 3DP 1NR 1AM
SAME TITLE
05/06/05 (S) DP: THERRIAULT, WAGONER, HUGGINS
05/06/05 (S) NR: ELTON
05/06/05 (S) AM: DAVIS
05/07/05 (S) JUD REFERRAL WAIVED Y11 N8 E1
05/08/05 (S) FIN AT 0:00 AM
05/08/05 (S) Moved SCS CSHB 94(STA) Out of Committee
05/08/05 (S) MINUTE(FIN)
05/09/05 (S) FIN RPT SCS(STA) 2DP 3NR
05/09/05 (S) DP: WILKEN, GREEN
05/09/05 (S) NR: HOFFMAN, DYSON, STEDMAN
05/09/05 (S) STA SCS ADOPTED Y11 N8 E1
05/10/05 (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 94(STA)
05/10/05 (H) CONCUR MOTION WITHDRAWN
05/11/05 (H) SPECIAL SESSION BILL - SEE H. JOURNAL
P. 1962
05/11/05 (S) SPECIAL SESSION BILL - SEE S. JOURNAL
P. 1606
05/13/05 (H) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
05/13/05 (H) SAMUELS (CHAIR), ELKINS, GRUENBERG
05/14/05 (H) 094 AT 4:30 PM CAPITOL 124
WITNESS REGISTER
No witnesses to record
ACTION NARRATIVE
CHAIR SAMUELS called the meeting to order at 4:33:39 PM.
Present at the call to order were Representatives Samuels,
Elkins, and Gruenberg, and Senators Gary Stevens, Therriault,
and Elton.
HB 94-ELECTIONS/VOTERS/POLITICAL PARTIES
CHAIR SAMUELS announced that the only order of business was
HOUSE BILL NO. 94, "An Act relating to qualifications of voters,
requirements and procedures regarding independent candidates for
President and Vice-President of the United States, voter
registration and voter registration records, voter registration
through a power of attorney, voter registration using scanned
documents, voter residence, precinct boundary and polling place
designation and modification, recognized political parties,
voters unaffiliated with a political party, early voting,
absentee voting, application for absentee ballots through a
power of attorney, or by scanned documents, ballot design,
ballot counting, voting by mail, voting machines, vote tally
systems, initiative, referendum, recall, and definitions in the
Alaska Election Code; relating to incorporation elections; and
providing for an effective date." [Before the committee was
CSHB 94(FIN)am and SCS CSHB 94(STA).]
CHAIR SAMUELS directed attention to a Conference Committee
Substitute (CS) for HB 94, Version 24-GH1048\U. He noted that
the changes made in Version U deleted Sections 11, 12, and 13.
4:34:10 PM
SENATOR THERRIAULT pointed to changes made by the Senate. He
said there were technical changes requested by [Laura Glaiser],
the director of the Division of Elections. He stated that there
had been a section of the bill that proposed a different
criteria for qualifying as a party. He said, "We stuck with the
current statutory language that was just put in place last year;
it's a cascading mechanism that's based on 3 percent of the
voter turnout." He said it used to be that a small party could
hope to meet the qualifications every four years, based on the
gubernatorial race. Other standards were put in last year, he
said, which offered the smaller parties the opportunity to
qualify once every two years, instead of once every four.
4:35:15 PM
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG mentioned that there was also language
that conformed to SB 36 regarding "the broadest choice." He
stated, "For example, in a Republican primary in a Republican
... district, that may be the closed primary, and the person
might not be eligible to participate. So, we took that language
out."
4:35:53 PM
SENATOR THERRIAULT explained, "There was a reference to a ballot
that was the creation of a court decision a couple years ago,
but it doesn't, in fact, exist in the statutes as they read
today. So, a sentence was taken out on that."
4:36:10 PM
CHAIR GARY STEVENS moved to report CCS HB 94, Version 24-
GH1048\U, out of committee with individual recommendations and
the accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, CCS HB
94 was reported out of the Conference Committee.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Conference Committee for HB 94 was adjourned at 4:36:29 PM.
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