By SUZANNE DOWNING
March 17, 2026 – Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announced Tuesday that a ballot initiative aimed at clarifying Alaska’s voter eligibility statute has been properly filed, clearing the way for it to appear before voters later this year.
The measure, Petition 25USCV (U.S. Citizen Voting), would amend Alaska statute to explicitly state that only individuals who meet all listed qualifications, including being a United States citizen, are permitted to vote in Alaska elections.
According to the lieutenant governor’s office, the initiative does not change existing law. Alaska law and the state constitution already limit voting to US citizens, but the proposal would reinforce that requirement in statute by revising AS 15.05.010, the state’s voter qualification law. Current statutory language is vague, using the word “may” vote, rather than making it definitive.
After reviewing the petition, the Alaska Division of Elections confirmed that sponsors met all legal requirements. A total of 34,944 qualified signatures were verified across 40 Alaska Stat House districts, exceeding the threshold of 34,098 signatures from at least 30 districts.
With certification complete, the measure is expected to appear on the Nov. 3 general election ballot, unless the Legislature passes substantially similar legislation beforehand or adjourns early enough to shift the timeline.
Dahlstrom emphasized the procedural milestone, noting that the certification ensures the measure now advances to voters for consideration.
Supporters of the initiative say the effort is focused on eliminating any ambiguity in current law.
“This certification marks a major step toward giving voters a direct voice on an issue that affects our communities every day. Putting the initiative on the November ballot ensures Alaskans can weigh in,” said former Fairbanks Sen. John Coghill.
“This initiative is about making sure there is no confusion about who is eligible to vote in Alaska,” said former Anchorage Rep. Mike Chenault. “Now that it’s headed to the ballot, voters will be able to clarify state statute so that it is crystal clear that someone must be a U.S. citizen to be eligible to vote in state and local elections in Alaska.”
Former Anchorage Sen. Josh Revak framed the issue in terms of citizenship and civic participation.
“As a veteran and the husband of an immigrant who became a U.S. citizen, I believe we must protect the value of citizenship, and that is exactly what this ballot initiative will do,” Revak said.
Backers of the measure argue that current statutory language, which states that qualified individuals “may vote,” leaves too much room for interpretation in these times when lawyers find every loophole possible.
5 thoughts on “Citizen voting only petition approved for statewide ballot”
Well lookie lookie. Dahlstrom actually did something as Lt. Governor.
Only the most hypocritical, divorced from reality, nihilistic, and morality-free radical leftist extremist could oppose this measure. And that is why they will ALL oppose it, to a he/she/zhe/xhe/trigglypuff.
The only reason for this initiative is to address leftists, whether democrats or RINO’s, who want vote fraud. It’s truly sad that we find the need for this, but we must try to stop voter fraud in all of our elections, in Alaska and across our country.
I’ll support the initiative. Of course Murkowski, Giessel and Wilson will provide lip service on this issue.
Voting in favor of this is a no-brainer, which means many dumb Alaska voters will oppose it.
Hopefully this will stop non-existent voters from casting mail in ballots too?
OUR HACKED ALASKA VOTER INFORMATION IS BEING USED TO REGISTER NON-EXISTENT VOTERS AND THEY’RE VOTING IN OUR ELECTIONS!
“The Iranians interfered with the 2020 presidential election, and they were successful in their efforts to access the voter information from one state election website, Alaska.
The Iranian hacker’s group allegedly loaded a shocking video at the time that revealed how easily stolen voter registration data could be used to inject fake voters into the UOCAVA (non-military) registration website and then turned into voters.
These efforts resulted in the successful exploitation of misconfigured computers of a particular U.S. state (“State-1”), Alaska, and the resulting unauthorized downloading of voter information for more than 100,000 (State-1) voters.
The Gateway Pundit has confirmed with an anonymous source that the names, social security numbers, and driver’s license numbers of Alaska citizens in the video are legitimate.
For four years, Chris Wray, Bill Barr, Chris Krebs, and CISA hid this information from the American public.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/chris-wray-chris-krebs-lied-american-public-6/