Proposed ballot measures would raise Alaska minimum wage, add mandatory paid sick leave, and limit campaign contributions and state spending on party candidate nominations. Via AlaskaBeacon
this year was withdrawn after the Department of Law raised concerns about a provision that would limit candidates to raising no more than one-fourth of their contributions from out-of-state donors, according to Scott Kendall, a lawyer who worked on drafting both versions of the campaign contribution proposal. The new proposal doesn’t include that provision.
Bruce Botelho of Juneau, a former state attorney general, is among the primary sponsors of the measure.He said voters have repeatedly supported concepts similar to those behind the measure, both by passing the earlier campaign finance limits and by passing Ballot Measure 2 in 2020, which included provisions to increase the transparency of campaign donations.
state money being spent for political parties to choose nominees, whether by a party primary or convention. The parties themselves would have to pay for this, like they already do for presidential primaries. Botelho noted that courts have found that political parties have the ability under the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of association to determine how to choose their nominees.
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