00                 SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 402                                                              
01 "An Act relating to elections; relating to the definition of 'political party'; and providing                           
02 for an effective date."                                                                                                 
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 15.15.032 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
05            (d)  If the director provides for voting by use of electronically generated                                  
06       ballots, the director shall provide ballots in English, and may provide ballots in one or                         
07       more languages other than English.                                                                                
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 15.60.010(25) is amended to read:                                                                    
09                 (25)  "political party" means an organized group of voters that                                         
10       represents a political program and has at least 2,500 registered voters in the state                          
11                      [(A)  THAT NOMINATED A CANDIDATE FOR                                                               
12            GOVERNOR WHO RECEIVED AT LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE                                                          
13            TOTAL VOTES CAST FOR GOVERNOR AT THE PRECEDING                                                               
14            GENERAL ELECTION OR HAS REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE STATE                                                       

01            EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL                                                       
02            VOTES CAST FOR GOVERNOR AT THE PRECEDING GENERAL                                                             
03            ELECTION;                                                                                                    
04                      (B)  IF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR WAS NOT ON THE                                                      
05            BALLOT AT THE PRECEDING GENERAL ELECTION BUT THE OFFICE                                                      
06            OF UNITED STATES SENATOR WAS ON THAT BALLOT, THAT                                                            
07            NOMINATED A CANDIDATE FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR WHO                                                          
08            RECEIVED AT LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST                                                      
09            FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR AT THAT GENERAL ELECTION OR                                                        
10            HAS REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE STATE EQUAL IN NUMBER TO                                                        
11            AT LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST FOR                                                           
12            UNITED STATES SENATOR AT THAT GENERAL ELECTION; OR                                                           
13                      (C)  IF NEITHER THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR NOR THE                                                     
14            OFFICE OF UNITED STATES SENATOR WAS ON THE BALLOT AT                                                         
15            THE PRECEDING GENERAL ELECTION, THAT NOMINATED A                                                             
16            CANDIDATE FOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE WHO                                                               
17            RECEIVED AT LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST                                                      
18            FOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE AT THAT GENERAL                                                             
19            ELECTION OR HAS REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE STATE EQUAL IN                                                      
20            NUMBER TO AT LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTES                                                          
21            CAST FOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE AT THAT GENERAL                                                        
22            ELECTION];                                                                                                   
23    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).