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Home » US Law » 2022 Alaska Statutes » Title 15. Elections » Chapter 13. State Election Campaigns

Sec. 15.13.010. Applicability.

(a) This chapter applies (1) in every election for governor, lieutenant governor, a member of the state legislature, a delegate to a constitutional convention, or judge seeking judicial retention; (2) to every candidate for election to a municipal office in a municipality with a population of more than 1,000 inhabitants according to the latest United […]

Sec. 15.13.020. Alaska Public Offices Commission.

(a) There is created in the Department of Administration the Alaska Public Offices Commission consisting of five members. The governor shall appoint all members of the commission in the manner prescribed in (b) and (c) of this section, subject to confirmation by a majority of the legislature meeting in joint session. (b) The governor shall […]

Sec. 15.13.030. Duties of the commission.

The commission shall (1) develop and provide all forms for the reports and statements required to be made under this chapter, AS 24.45, and AS 39.50; (2) prepare and publish a manual setting out uniform methods of bookkeeping and reporting for use by persons required to make reports and statements under this chapter and otherwise […]

Sec. 15.13.045. Investigations, hearings.

(a) The commission may issue subpoenas, administer oaths, hold hearings, and conduct investigations. (b) In conjunction with (a) of this section, the commission may compel the attendance of witnesses and production of papers, books, records, accounts, documents, and testimony, and may have the deposition of witnesses taken in a manner prescribed by court rule or […]

Sec. 15.13.050. Registration before expenditure.

(a) Before making an expenditure in support of or in opposition to a candidate or before making an expenditure in support of or in opposition to a ballot proposition or question or to an initiative proposal application filed with the lieutenant governor under AS 15.45.020, each person other than an individual shall register, on forms […]

Sec. 15.13.052. Independent expenditures; political activities accounts.

(a) Before making an independent expenditure in support of or in opposition to a candidate or before making an independent expenditure in support of or in opposition to a ballot proposition or question, each person other than an individual, candidate, or nongroup entity with an annual operating budget of $250 or less shall establish a […]

Sec. 15.13.060. Campaign treasurers.

(a) Each candidate and group shall appoint a campaign treasurer who is responsible for receiving, holding, and disbursing all contributions and expenditures, and for filing all reports and statements required by law. A candidate may be a campaign treasurer. (b) Each group shall file the name and address of its campaign treasurer with the commission […]

Sec. 15.13.065. Contributions.

(a) Individuals, groups, nongroup entities, and political parties may make contributions to a candidate. An individual, group, or nongroup entity may make a contribution to a group, to a nongroup entity, or to a political party. (b) A political party may contribute to a subordinate unit of the political party, and a subordinate unit of […]

Sec. 15.13.067. Who may make expenditures.

Only the following may make an expenditure that is not an independent expenditure in an election for candidates for elective office: (1) the candidate; (2) an individual; (3) a group that has registered under AS 15.13.050; and (4) a nongroup entity that has registered under AS 15.13.050.

Sec. 15.13.070. Limitations on amount of political contributions.

(a) An individual or group may make contributions, subject only to the limitations of this chapter and AS 24.45, including the limitations on the maximum amounts set out in this section. (b) An individual may contribute not more than (1) $500 per year to a nongroup entity for the purpose of influencing the nomination or […]

Sec. 15.13.072. Restrictions on solicitation and acceptance of contributions.

(a) A candidate or an individual who has filed with the commission the document necessary to permit that individual to incur election-related expenses under AS 15.13.100 may not solicit or accept a contribution from (1) a person not authorized by law to make a contribution; (2) an individual who is not a resident of the […]

Sec. 15.13.074. Prohibited contributions.

(a) A person, group, or nongroup entity may not make a contribution if the making of the contribution would violate this chapter. (b) A person or group may not make a contribution anonymously, using a fictitious name, or using the name of another. Individuals, persons, nongroup entities, or groups subject to AS 15.13.040(r) may not […]

Sec. 15.13.076. Authorized recipients of contributions.

A contribution to a (1) candidate may be received only by (A) the candidate; or (B) the candidate’s campaign treasurer or a deputy campaign treasurer; (2) group may be received only by the group’s campaign treasurer or a deputy treasurer.

Sec. 15.13.078. Contributions and loans from the candidate.

(a) The provisions of this chapter do not prohibit the individual who is a candidate from giving any amount of the candidate’s own money or other thing of value to the campaign of the candidate. Donations made by the candidate to the candidate’s own campaign shall be reported as contributions in accordance with AS 15.13.040 […]

Sec. 15.13.082. Limitations on expenditures.

(a) A candidate or group may not make an expenditure in cash that exceeds $100 unless the candidate, or the campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer, obtains a written receipt from the person to whom the expenditure is made. (b) A person, other than an individual exempt from reporting under AS 15.13.040(h), may not make […]

Sec. 15.13.084. Prohibited expenditures.

A person may not make an expenditure (1) anonymously, unless the expenditure is (A) paid for by an individual acting independently of any person; (B) made to influence the outcome of a ballot proposition as that term is defined by AS 15.13.065(c); and (C) made for (i) a billboard or sign; or (ii) printed material, […]

Sec. 15.13.086. Authorized makers of expenditures.

An expenditure (1) authorized by or in behalf of a candidate may be made only by (A) the candidate; or (B) the candidate’s campaign treasurer or a deputy campaign treasurer; (2) authorized by AS 15.13.067(3) by or in behalf of a group may be made only by the group’s campaign treasurer.