(a) A person who seeks to become a candidate in the primary election or a special primary election shall execute and file a declaration of candidacy. The declaration shall be executed under oath before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments and must state in substance
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 15.25.030
ballot: means any document provided by the director on which votes may be cast for candidates, propositions, or questions. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
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 group: means a group of organized voters which represents a political program and which does not qualify as a political party. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
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
qualified voter: means a person who has the qualification of a voter and is not disqualified as provided by art. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
special election: means an election held at a time other than when the general or primary election is held and an election called to be held with, and at the time of, the general or primary election. 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
(1) the full name of the candidate;(2) the full mailing address of the candidate;(3) if the candidacy is for the office of state senator or state representative, the house or senate district of which the candidate is a resident;(4) the office for which the candidate seeks nomination;(5) the political party or political group with which the candidate is registered as affiliated, or whether the candidate would prefer a nonpartisan or undeclared designation placed after the candidate’s name on the ballot;(6) the full residence address of the candidate, and the date on which residency at that address began;(7) the date of the primary election or special primary election at which the candidate seeks nomination;(8) the length of residency in the state and in the district of the candidate;(9) that the candidate will meet the specific citizenship requirements of the office for which the person is a candidate;(10) that the candidate is a qualified voter as required by law;(11) that the candidate will meet the specific age requirements of the office for which the person is a candidate; if the candidacy is for the office of state representative, that the candidate will be at least 21 years of age on the first scheduled day of the first regular session of the legislature convened after the election; if the candidacy is for the office of state senator, that the candidate will be at least 25 years of age on the first scheduled day of the first regular session of the legislature convened after the election; if the candidacy is for the office of governor or lieutenant governor, that the candidate will be at least 30 years of age on the first Monday in December following election or, if the office is to be filled by special election under Alaska Stat. § 15.40.230 – 15.40.310, that the candidate will be at least 30 years of age on the date of certification of the results of the special election; or, for any other office, by the time that the candidate, if elected, is sworn into office;(12) that the candidate requests that the candidate’s name be placed on the primary election or special primary election ballot;(13) that the required fee accompanies the declaration;(14) that the person is not a candidate for any other office to be voted on at the primary or general election and that the person is not a candidate for this office under any other declaration of candidacy or nominating petition;(15) the manner in which the candidate wishes the candidate’s name to appear on the ballot;(16) if the candidacy is for the office of the governor, the name of the candidate for lieutenant governor running jointly with the candidate for governor; and(17) if the candidacy is for the office of lieutenant governor, the name of the candidate for governor running jointly with the candidate for lieutenant governor.(b) A person filing a declaration of candidacy under this section, other than a person subject to Alaska Stat. Chapter 24.60 who is filing a declaration for a state legislative office, shall simultaneously file with the director a statement of income sources and business interests that complies with the requirements of Alaska Stat. Chapter 39.50. A person who is subject to Alaska Stat. Chapter 24.60 and is filing a declaration of candidacy for state legislative office shall simultaneously file with the director a disclosure statement that complies with the requirements of Alaska Stat. § 24.60.200.(c) An incumbent public official, other than a legislator, who has a current statement of income sources and business interests under Alaska Stat. Chapter 39.50 on file with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, or an incumbent legislator who has a current disclosure statement under Alaska Stat. § 24.60.200 on file with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, is not required to file a statement of income sources and business interests or a disclosure statement with the declaration of candidacy under (b) of this section.
