02/07/2001 01:10 PM House STA

                   ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
                         JOINT MEETING                                                                                        
              HOUSE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                              
            HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                            
                       February 7, 2001                                                                                         
                           1:10 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW: STATE ELECTION LAW & PRIMARY ELECTION TASK FORCE                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-14, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              

01-15, SIDE A                                                                                                                   
[Please  note  these  are  House  Judiciary  Standing  Committee                                                                
tapes.]                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE NORMAN ROKEBERG, Chair,  House Judiciary Standing                                                                
Committee,  called the  joint  meeting  of  the House  Judiciary                                                                
Standing  Committee   and  the  House   State  Affairs  Standing                                                                
Committee to order at 1:10 p.m.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee members present  were Representatives Rokeberg, James,                                                                
Ogan,  Coghill,   Meyer,  Fate,  Stevens,   Berkowitz,  Kookesh,                                                                
Crawford, and Hayes.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The following people provided an  overview of the state election                                                                
law and  answered questions regarding the  Primary Election Task                                                                
Force:                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FRAN ULMER                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
JANET KOWALSKI, Director,  Division of Elections, Office  of the                                                                
Lieutenant Governor                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
GAIL   FENUMIAI,  Election   Program  Specialist,   Division  of                                                                
Elections, Office of the Lieutenant Governor                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Handouts  included an  excerpt  from the  Anchorage Daily  News,                                                              
informational pages  from the  Division of Elections'  web site,                                                                
and  the  United  States  Supreme Court  opinion  on  California                                                              
Democratic Party v. Jones.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
No announcements were made.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  ROKEBERG  adjourned  the  joint   meeting  of  the  House                                                                
Judiciary  Standing  Committee  and   the  House  State  Affairs                                                                
Standing Committee at 2:51 p.m.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:  The  meeting was recorded and  handwritten log notes were                                                                
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s) and log notes  may be obtained by                                                                
contacting the  House Records Office  at State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                                
Juneau, Alaska    99801 (mailing  address), (907)  465-2214, and                                                                
after  adjournment of  the second  session of  the Twenty-Second                                                                
Alaska State  Legislature this  information may  be  obtained by                                                                
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.