(a) No later than July 15 of a year in which a state general election will be held, a political party may file with the lieutenant governor a maximum of two pages of material.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 15.58.040

  • general election: means the election held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • lieutenant governor: includes an appointed lieutenant governor, governor, or acting governor if a vacancy has occurred in the office of lieutenant governor or governor. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • political party: means an organized group of voters that represents a political program and has at least 5,000 registered voters in the state. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) Each page purchased must be clearly identified with the words “paid for by” followed by the name of the political party, the name of the state chairperson of the party, and the name of the party treasurer.
(c) Material submitted by a political party may not

(1) include images, except for graphic elements including party logos;
(2) directly or indirectly advocate

(A) for or against, or use the name of, another political party;
(B) for the election or defeat or use the name of a person who is

(i) a candidate for municipal, state, or federal public office;
(ii) a public official, as that term is defined in Alaska Stat. § 39.50.200(a);
(iii) a member of the legislature;
(iv) elected or appointed to public office in the federal government.
(d) Nothing in (c) of this section prohibits a political party from submitting material that promotes the political party’s

(1) candidates generally, without naming individual persons; or
(2) platform, tenets, or philosophy.
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