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.