Resource Development Council for Alaska, Inc.; Alaska Trucking Association, Inc.; Alaska Miners Association, Inc…

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of a challenge to an initiative's placement on the ballot. It held that the statutory "$1 a signature" limit is an unambiguous hard cap on all forms of circulator compensation, that the cap unconstitutionally burdens core political speech because it is not narrowly tailored to the State's compelling interests, and that petitions were properly certified despite noncompliance with the unconstitutional payment restriction.