Alaskans for Efficient Government, Inc. v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Alaskans for Efficient Government, an Alaskan nonprofit corporation, submitted Initiative Petition O8TMLT for certification by the lieutenant governor. The initiative included a section requiring a supermajority vote for the legislature to pass tax-related bills. The lHeutenant governor declined to certify the proposed initiative, ruling that it failed to comply with constitutional provisions governing the initiative process. The question presented in this appeal is whether the initiative could properly be rejected before being voted on and enacted.…