00CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 40(FIN)                                                                            
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska providing that                                          
02 the governor, United States senators, United States representative, and electors of                                     
03 the President and Vice-President of the United States be elected by a majority                                          
04 vote.                                                                                                                   
05 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
06    * Section 1.  Article III, sec. 3, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                        
07  Section 3.  Election.  The governor shall be chosen by the qualified voters of                                      
08 the State at a general election.  [THE CANDIDATE RECEIVING THE GREATEST                                                 
09 NUMBER OF VOTES SHALL BE GOVERNOR.]                                                                                     
10    * Sec. 2.  Article V, sec. 3, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                             
11  Section 3.  Methods of Voting;  Majority Vote Required;  Election Contests.                                         
12 Methods of voting, including absentee voting, shall be prescribed by law.  Secrecy of                                   
13 voting shall be preserved.   For the offices of governor and lieutenant governor,                                      
14 United States senator, and United States representative, the candidate receiving                                        

01 a majority of votes cast for each office shall be elected.  The winning candidate                                       
02 must be the choice of at least 50 percent plus one of the votes cast for the office.                                   
03 The procedure for determining election contests, with right of appeal to the courts,                                    
04 shall be prescribed by law.                                                                                             
05    * Sec. 3.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                         
06 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
07 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.