00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 396                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the definition of political party."                                                                 
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 15.60.010(25) is amended to read:                                                                  
04                 (25)  "political party" means an organized group of voters that                                         
05       represents a political program and has at least 2,500 registered voters in the state                          
06                      [(A)  THAT NOMINATED A CANDIDATE FOR                                                               
07            GOVERNOR WHO RECEIVED AT LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE                                                          
08            TOTAL VOTES CAST FOR GOVERNOR AT THE PRECEDING                                                               
09            GENERAL ELECTION OR HAS REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE STATE                                                       
10            EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL                                                       
11            VOTES CAST FOR GOVERNOR AT THE PRECEDING GENERAL                                                             
12            ELECTION;                                                                                                    
13                      (B)  IF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR WAS NOT ON THE                                                      
14            BALLOT AT THE PRECEDING GENERAL ELECTION BUT THE OFFICE                                                      
15            OF UNITED STATES SENATOR WAS ON THAT BALLOT, THAT                                                            

01            NOMINATED A CANDIDATE FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR WHO                                                          
02            RECEIVED AT LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST                                                      
03            FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR AT THAT GENERAL ELECTION OR                                                        
04            HAS REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE STATE EQUAL IN NUMBER TO                                                        
05            AT LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST FOR                                                           
06            UNITED STATES SENATOR AT THAT GENERAL ELECTION; OR                                                           
07                      (C)  IF NEITHER THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR NOR THE                                                     
08            OFFICE OF UNITED STATES SENATOR WAS ON THE BALLOT AT                                                         
09            THE PRECEDING GENERAL ELECTION, THAT NOMINATED A                                                             
10            CANDIDATE FOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE WHO                                                               
11            RECEIVED AT LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST                                                      
12            FOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE AT THAT GENERAL                                                             
13            ELECTION OR HAS REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE STATE EQUAL IN                                                      
14            NUMBER TO AT LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTES                                                          
15            CAST FOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE AT THAT GENERAL                                                        
16            ELECTION];