Alaska Stat. § 15.45.140
Filing of petition
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Sec. 15.45.140. Filing of petition.
(a) The sponsors must file the initiative petition within one year from the time the sponsors received notice from the lieutenant governor that the petitions were ready for delivery to them. The petition may be filed with the lieutenant governor only if it meets all of the following requirements: it is signed by qualified voters
(1) equal in number to 10 percent of those who voted in the preceding general election;
(2) resident in at least three-fourths of the house districts of the state; and
(3) who, in each of the house districts described in (2) of this subsection, are equal in number to at least seven percent of those who voted in the preceding general election in the house district.
(b) If the petition is not filed within the one-year period provided for in (a) of this section, the petition has no force or effect.
(a) The sponsors must file the initiative petition within one year from the time the sponsors received notice from the lieutenant governor that the petitions were ready for delivery to them. The petition may be filed with the lieutenant governor only if it meets all of the following requirements: it is signed by qualified voters
(1) equal in number to 10 percent of those who voted in the preceding general election;
(2) resident in at least three-fourths of the house districts of the state; and
(3) who, in each of the house districts described in (2) of this subsection, are equal in number to at least seven percent of those who voted in the preceding general election in the house district.
(b) If the petition is not filed within the one-year period provided for in (a) of this section, the petition has no force or effect.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1982–2025 · leading case: Gallivan v. Walker
Gallivan v. Walker (2002)
“3, § 52; see also Alaska Stat. § 15.45.140 (2000); Fla. Stat.”
Ulmer v. Alaska Restaurant & Beverage Ass'n (2001)
“The initiative petition was not filed within the one-year period provided for in AS 15.45.140 and thus has no force or effect.”
Resource Development Council for Alaska, Inc.; Alaska Trucking Association, Inc.; Alaska Miners Association, Inc.; Assoc (2021)
“72 See AS 15.45.140. -22 7554 superior court correctly recognized that the $1 a signature cap, by thus burdening core political speech, was subject to exacting scrutiny.”
Yute Air Alaska, Inc. v. McAlpine (1985)
“AS 15.45.140. Each signature must be subscribed in the presence of a sponsor of the initiative.”
McAlpine v. University of Alaska (1988)
“Such a petition must "be signed by qualified voters equal in number to 10 per cent of those who voted in the preceding general election and resident in at least two-thirds of the election districts of the state" before it can go on the ballot.”
Vote Yes for Alaska's Fair Share v. Resource Development Council for Alaska, Inc., Alaska Trucking Association, Inc., Al (2023)
“at 543 (quoting AS 15.45.140(a)). 8 Id. at 543-44. 9 Id. at 544.”
Burgess v. Alaska Lieutenant Governor Terry Miller (1982)
“XI, § 3; AS 15.45.140. The lieutenant governor then prepares a ballot title and proposition summarizing the proposed law and places them on the ballot for the first statewide election held more than one hundred twenty days after adjournment of the legislative session following…”
North West Cruiseship Ass'n of Alaska v. State, Office of Lieutenant Governor, Division of Elections (2006)
“AS 15.45.140. . AS 15.45.130. . Id. . AS 09.”
State of Alaska, Office of Lieutenant Governor, Division of Elections, and Kevin Meyer, in an official capacity v. Vote (2021)
“” AS 15.45.140. The lieutenant governor reviews the petitions and, if properly filed, prepares a title and proposition summarizing the proposed law for placement on the ballot in the first statewide election held more than 120 days after adjournment of the legislative session…”
La Quen Naay Elizabeth Medicine Crow, Amber Lee, and Kevin Mcgee v. Director Carol Beecher, in her Official Capacity, Lt (2025)
“Medicine Crow’s argument involves two petition-filing deadlines: AS 15.45.140, tied to when the petition booklets are initially distributed to the 21 AS 15.”
La Quen Naay Elizabeth Medicine Crow, Amber Lee, and Kevin Mcgee v. Director Carol Beecher, in her Official Capacity, Lt (2025)
“Medicine Crow’s argument involves two petition-filing deadlines: AS 15.45.140, tied to when the petition booklets are initially distributed to the 21 AS 15.”
— Alaska Stat. § 15.45.140(a) — 4 cases
Resource Development Council for Alaska, Inc.; Alaska Trucking Association, Inc.; Alaska Miners Association, Inc.; Assoc (2021)
“72 See AS 15.45.140. -22 7554 superior court correctly recognized that the $1 a signature cap, by thus burdening core political speech, was subject to exacting scrutiny.”
Vote Yes for Alaska's Fair Share v. Resource Development Council for Alaska, Inc., Alaska Trucking Association, Inc., Al (2023)
“at 543 (quoting AS 15.45.140(a)). 8 Id. at 543-44. 9 Id. at 544.”
La Quen Naay Elizabeth Medicine Crow, Amber Lee, and Kevin Mcgee v. Director Carol Beecher, in her Official Capacity, Lt (2025)
“Medicine Crow’s argument involves two petition-filing deadlines: AS 15.45.140, tied to when the petition booklets are initially distributed to the 21 AS 15.”
La Quen Naay Elizabeth Medicine Crow, Amber Lee, and Kevin Mcgee v. Director Carol Beecher, in her Official Capacity, Lt (2025)
“Medicine Crow’s argument involves two petition-filing deadlines: AS 15.45.140, tied to when the petition booklets are initially distributed to the 21 AS 15.”
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