(a) The lieutenant governor, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall prepare a ballot title and proposition upon determining that the petition is properly filed. The ballot title shall, in not more than 25 words, indicate the general subject area of the act. The proposition shall, in not more than 50 words for each section, give a true and impartial summary of the act being referred. In this subsection, “section” means each section of the Alaska Statutes created, amended, or repealed in the Act, and each section of the Act that does not create or amend codified law.
(b) The proposition prepared under (a) of this section shall comply with AS 15.80.005 and shall be worded so that a “Yes” vote on the proposition is a vote to reject the act referred.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Chapter 45. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall
Sec. 15.45.250. Provision and scope of use of referendum.
Sec. 15.45.260. Filing application.
Sec. 15.45.270. Form of application.
Sec. 15.45.280. Manner of notice.
Sec. 15.45.290. Designation of sponsors.
Sec. 15.45.300. Time of review of application for certification.
Sec. 15.45.310. Bases of denial of certification.
Sec. 15.45.320. Preparation of petition.
Sec. 15.45.330. Statement of warning.
Sec. 15.45.335. Qualifications of circulator.
Sec. 15.45.340. Circulation; prohibitions.
Sec. 15.45.350. Manner of signing and withdrawing name from petition.
Sec. 15.45.360. Certification of circulator.
Sec. 15.45.370. Filing of petition.
Sec. 15.45.380. Review of petition.
Sec. 15.45.390. Bases for determining the petition was improperly filed.
Sec. 15.45.400. Submission of supplementary petition.
Sec. 15.45.410. Preparation of ballot title and proposition.
Sec. 15.45.420. Placing proposition on ballot.
Sec. 15.45.430. Display of act being referred.
Sec. 15.45.440. Rejection of act.
Sec. 15.45.450. Insufficiency of application or petition.