{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-29.26.140","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 29.26.140","heading":"Sufficiency of petition.","body":"(a) All copies of an initiative or referendum petition shall be assembled and filed as a single instrument. Within 10 days after the date the petition is filed, the municipal clerk shall\n(1) certify on the petition whether it is sufficient; and\n(2) if the petition is insufficient, identify the insufficiency and notify the contact person by certified mail.\n(b) A petition that is insufficient may be supplemented with additional signatures obtained and filed before the 11th day after the date on which the petition is rejected.\n(c) A petition that is insufficient shall be rejected and filed as a public record unless it is supplemented under (b) of this section. Within 10 days after a supplementary filing the clerk shall recertify the petition. If it is still insufficient, the petition is rejected and filed as a public record.","path":["Title 29. Municipal Government.","Chapter 26. Elections.","Article 2. Initiative and Referendum."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#29.26.140","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:18:16Z","sha256":"7ffd38bc554ab88a00d95819327624d9b0b6c881d2e12d50ff1556d8ec312b4d","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-29.26.130","next":"us-ak/as-29.26.150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}