The Alaskan Independence Party is a political party in the U.S. state of Alaska that advocates an in-state referendum which includes the option of Alaska becoming an independent nation. The party also advocates positions similar to those of the Constitution Party and Libertarian Party, supporting gun rights, privatization, home schooling, and limited government.
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It has been alleged that some of its members in the past have also proposed that the state explore the possibility of joining Canada. Some other members have expressed opposition to joining Canada in its present form but are open to the possibility of joining an independent Western Canadian state including the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Neither of these scenarios have ever formed any part of the party's platform.
At the national level, the party is affiliated with the paleo-conservative Constitution Party
Registered members
As of June 2006 the party had 13,542 registered members, making it the state's third largest; the Republicans had 111,526 members and the Democrats had 66,218.
Todd Palin association
On September 2, 2008, the Associated Press reported that the Alaska Division of Elections said that Todd Palin had registered as a member of the Alaskan Independence Party in 1995 until 2002.
His wife, Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, a member of the Republican Party since 1982, delivered a taped welcome message as Governor to the party's convention.
2006 ballot initiative
In 2006, members of the AIP collected the one hundred signatures needed to place on the fall ballot an initiative calling for Alaska to secede from the union or, if that was found not to be legally possible, directing the state to work to make secession legal. However, in the case of Kohlhaas v. State (11/17/2006) sp-6072, 147 P3d 71
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