00                            SENATE BILL NO. 161                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to the definition of 'political party'; and providing for an effective                                 
02 date."                                                                                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 15.80.010(27) is amended to read:                                                                  
05                 (27)  "political party" means an organized group of voters that                                         
06       represents a political program and has at least 5,000 registered voters in the state                          
07 [(A)  THAT HAS REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE STATE                                                                           
08 EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL                                                                  
09 VOTES CAST FOR GOVERNOR AT THE PRECEDING GENERAL                                                                        
10            ELECTION;                                                                                                    
11 (B)  IF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR WAS NOT ON THE                                                                           
12 BALLOT AT THE PRECEDING GENERAL ELECTION BUT THE OFFICE                                                                 
13 OF UNITED STATES SENATOR WAS ON THAT BALLOT, THAT HAS                                                                   
14 REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE STATE EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT                                                                    

01            LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST FOR UNITED                                                       
02            STATES SENATOR AT THAT GENERAL ELECTION; OR                                                                  
03 (C)  IF NEITHER THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR NOR THE                                                                          
04 OFFICE OF UNITED STATES SENATOR WAS ON THE BALLOT AT                                                                    
05 THE PRECEDING GENERAL ELECTION, THAT HAS REGISTERED                                                                     
06 VOTERS IN THE STATE EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST THREE                                                                   
07 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST FOR UNITED STATES                                                                       
08            REPRESENTATIVE AT THAT GENERAL ELECTION];                                                                    
09    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2023.