00                      CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 161(JUD)                                                                   
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 beginning with the results of the 2030 decennial federal census, following each                                     
08 decennial federal census, the division shall by regulation adjust this number by                                    
09 the percentage of the change to the population of the state since the 2020                                          
10       decennial federal census, rounded to the nearest 500                                                          
11 [(A)  THAT HAS REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE STATE                                                                           
12 EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL                                                                  
13 VOTES CAST FOR GOVERNOR AT THE PRECEDING GENERAL                                                                        
14            ELECTION;                                                                                                    

01 (B)  IF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR WAS NOT ON THE                                                                           
02 BALLOT AT THE PRECEDING GENERAL ELECTION BUT THE OFFICE                                                                 
03 OF UNITED STATES SENATOR WAS ON THAT BALLOT, THAT HAS                                                                   
04 REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE STATE EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT                                                                    
05 LEAST THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST FOR UNITED                                                                  
06            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 HAS REGISTERED                                                                     
10            VOTERS IN THE STATE EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST THREE                                                        
11            PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST FOR UNITED STATES                                                            
12            REPRESENTATIVE AT THAT GENERAL ELECTION];                                                                    
13    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2023.