Ballot Measure 3 (25USCV): An Act Addressing Voter Qualification
Statewide — all of Alaska
General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
- Citizen initiative (application 25USCV) sponsored by former legislators John Coghill, Mike Chenault and Josh Revak, on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot.[1]
The question on the ballot
An Act Addressing Voter Qualification. Alaska law requires that someone must be a United States citizen and meet other requirements to vote. This act would specify that only those who are United States citizens and meet the other requirements may vote. This act would not change the requirements to vote. Should this initiative become law? Yes / No[1]
The Legislative Affairs Agency summary says current statute has four voter requirements (U.S. citizenship; age 18 or older; 30 days' residence in Alaska and the house district; registration in Alaska and not in another jurisdiction), and the act would reword the statute (AS 15.05.010) so that “only a person who” meets all four may vote; it “would not change the requirements or qualifications to vote.” The statement of costs is $114,050 ($15,000 Lt. Governor's office; $99,050 Division of Elections, mostly petition review and translation).[1]
A YES vote means
Rewords Alaska's voter-qualification statute to say that only a person who meets the existing four requirements, including U.S. citizenship, may vote; the requirements themselves do not change.
A NO vote means
Leaves the voter-qualification statute as currently worded.
The law today
Alaska statute (AS 15.05.010) has four requirements a person must meet to vote: U.S. citizenship; age 18 or older; residence in Alaska and the house district for 30 days before the election; and registration in Alaska while not registered in another jurisdiction. The statute does not currently use the word 'only'.[1]
Official fiscal estimate
The official statement of costs is $114,050: $15,000 for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and $99,050 for the Division of Elections (petition review $82,443, printing $1,605, translations $15,002).[1]
Arguments made for
- Statement in support (sponsors John Coghill Jr., Charles M. Chenault and Joshua C. Revak): “Current law says citizens may vote, but it does not specifically state that only citizens may vote. This measure closes that gap and makes Alaska law unmistakably clear.”[1]
- Statement in support: “Around the country, a growing number of cities have begun allowing certain non-citizens to vote in local elections, creating confusion and controversy about who should participate in choosing community leaders and passing laws. By passing 25USCV, Alaska will make clear that it is not going down that path.”[1]
Arguments made against
- Sen. Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage), quoted by the Anchorage Daily News in September 2025, before the measure qualified, said Alaska law is already “clear as day” on citizenship and that the change is likely meant to be “a political statement.”[2]
On record in support
On record in opposition
- None found in public sources.
Research notes & limits
Read from the Division of Elections' Official Election Pamphlet (Region II booklet; the statewide measure pages are the same in every region). The Division's web server omits its intermediate TLS certificate; the PDF was re-downloaded with full certificate verification (intermediate added from the issuer's published certificate), and every quote and figure was re-checked against it. The Region I, III and IV booklets carry the same statewide measure text and figures. Alaska's pamphlet contains no 'a yes vote means' statements, so yesMeans/noMeans are derived from the ballot language and Legislative Affairs Agency summary. Judicial retention questions also appear on the ballot but are not ballot measures. An earlier 2026 statewide measure appeared on the Aug. 18 primary ballot and is not on Nov. 3. The pamphlet states: 'After posting to the Alaska Online Public Notice System and solicitations, the Division of Elections did not receive a response for the Statement in Opposition for this ballot measure.' No opposition statement is therefore published, and none was sought elsewhere for this entry. No registered opposition group or committee finance totals were found; the opposing argument is one named legislator's statement from September 2025, before the measure qualified.
Sources · 2
Researched 2026-10-19. Green citations are official government records.
- 1.2026 General Election Official Election Pamphlet, Region II (Ballot Measures 2 and 3) · Alaska Division of Elections Official record
- 2.Ballot initiative organizers want to ban noncitizen voting in Alaska. It's already prohibited · Anchorage Daily News · 2025-09-11 News report