00                      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 19                                                                     
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to voter                                       
02 qualification.                                                                                                          
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1. Article V, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                         
05 Section 1. Qualified Voters. Only a [EVERY] citizen of the United States                                          
06 who is at least eighteen years of age, who meets registration residency requirements                                    
07 which may be prescribed by law, and who is qualified to vote under this article, may                                    
08 vote in any state or local election. A voter shall have been, immediately preceding the                                 
09 election, a thirty day resident of the election district in which he seeks to vote, except                              
10       that for purposes of voting for President and Vice President of the United States other                           
11       residency requirements may be prescribed by law. Additional voting qualifications                                 
12       may be prescribed by law for bond issue elections of political subdivisions.                                      
13    * Sec. 2. Article V, sec. 2, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                              
14 Section 2. Disqualifications. No person may vote who is not a citizen of the                                      
15 United States. No person may vote who has been convicted of a felony involving                                      
16 moral turpitude unless his civil rights have been restored. No person may vote who has                                  

01       been judicially determined to be of unsound mind unless the disability has been                                   
02       removed.                                                                                                          
03    * Sec. 3. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          
04 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
05 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.