Ballot Measure No. 3 25USCV - An Act Addressing Voter Qualification
BALLOT LANGUAGE
WHAT IT MEANS
Yes
No
ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST
Yes
"Alaska's law says a citizen may vote. It never says only.
Ballot Measure 3 adds the word.
Right now, Alaska's statute rests on how the law gets read rather than on what it plainly says.
That's fine until someone decides to read it differently.
Elsewhere, the same ambiguity has been an opening. San Francisco and Washington, D.C. now allow noncitizens to vote in certain local elections, along with roughly twenty other jurisdictions.
Alaska doesn’t have that problem now. Ballot Measure 3 makes sure it doesn’t happen here." - Alaskans for Citizen Voting
"Rules work best when they are explicit, durable and beyond legal ambiguity.
Alaska’s current law is not clear. Clarification is not redundancy. It is a proactive step to avoid future confusion.
Had our initiative been implemented earlier, the law would have been more clear and it may have avoided the confusion that resulted. This initiative is about ensuring that Alaskans are never put in this position again because the law was unclear.
Alaskans should also be aware that there is a concerted effort across the country to open voting in local elections to people who are not U.S. citizens. In fact, 22 cities allow noncitizens to legally vote in their local elections. This trend devalues the meaning of citizenship and is a slap in the face to the millions of Americans who have gone through the arduous process to become a naturalized citizen and sworn the oath of allegiance to the United States of America." - John Coghill, Former State Senator
No
“I think it may spread misinformation to people. People will look at it and say, ‘Oh, there must be a reason this is on the ballot. There must be noncitizens who are voting.’ And to the extent noncitizens are voting, they’re breaking the law. I think it does have the potential to create confusion and fan anti-immigrant flames.” - Bill Wielechowski, State Senator
"Alaska already requires voters to be U.S. citizens. Election officials enforce that rule. There is no bill in Juneau proposing to change it, no court case challenging it, and no Alaska municipality contemplating noncitizen voting. Nothing in our election history or law suggests that the state’s citizenship requirement is under threat.
Supporters say the initiative is common sense. But laws don’t need “clarifying” when they are already explicit, already enforced and already uncontroversial. No one has produced evidence that noncitizen voting is a problem in an Alaska election. We simply don’t have a problem for this measure to solve.
What we do have are real challenges — education, public safety, energy policy, housing, fiscal stability. The petition addresses none of them. It is political theater: an Outside agenda wrapped in Alaska packaging." - Stan Jones, Former Alaska Journalist
ENDORSEMENTS
Yes
Americans for Tax Reform (Conservative)
American Principles Project (Conservative)
Americans for Citizen Voting (Conservative)
American Family Association (Conservative)
Nick Begich (Conservative)
No
Justice Opportunity Liberty Politico JOLPOL (Liberal)
Bill Wielechowski (Other)
FINANCIAL BACKING
The following information provides insight into the money being spent to pass or defeat the ballot measure.
Yes
ALASKA BALLOT MEASURE 3, CITIZENSHIP VOTING REQUIREMENT INITIATIVE (2026)
This question is on the ballot in Alaska as an indirect initiated state statute on November 3, 2026. As of October 6, 2026 the committees formed to support Alaska Ballot Measure 3, Citizenship Voting Requirement Initiative (2026) are:
Selected contributions to: "Alaskans for Citizen Voting" are:
- Americans for Citizen Voting
- American Principals PAC
No
ALASKA BALLOT MEASURE 3, CITIZENSHIP VOTING REQUIREMENT INITIATIVE (2026)
This question is on the ballot in Alaska as an indirect initiated state statute on November 3, 2026. As of October 6, 2026, no committee to oppose the measure has been identified. Thus, there is no record of funds raised to oppose the measure.
OTHER INFORMATION
