The Alaskan Independence Party

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The Alaskan Independence Party is a political party in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its best-known policy is its call for a United Nations vote, which they claim should have been offered as an option in the plebiscite on statehood under international law. Ideologically a constitutional foundation, the party also calls for increased Alaskan control of Alaskan land, gun rights, privatization, home schooling, and reduction of governmental intrusion in the private lives of its citizens with adherence to the founding documents of the United States. The party has appeared on the ballot in Alaska in all state elections since 1970.

At other times, party members have also proposed that the state explore the possibility of joining Canada. 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 in the event one should be established. Neither of these scenarios form part of the party's current platform.

As of June 2006 the Alaskan Independence Party has 13,542 registered members in their party, making it the state's third largest party, behind the Democrats with 66,218 and the Republicans with 111,526.[5]

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the presumptive 2008 Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States, attended the state party's 2000 convention while she was still mayor of Wasilla. Lynnette Clark, the party's current chairwoman, also said that Palin attended the party's 1994 convention, a year after party patriarch Joe Vogler died, but the John McCain campaign denies this. Clark and other members also claimed Palin was actually a member of the party in the mid-1990s, but Alaska Division of Elections records show Palin has been a registered Republican since 1982. Palin recorded a message welcoming party members to its 2008 convention as part of her duties as Governor of Alaska.

At the national level, the party is affiliated with the conservative Constitution Party.

The Alaskan Independence Party's goal is the vote we were entitled to in 1958, one choice from among the following four alternatives:

Remain a Territory.
Become a separate and Independent Nation.
Accept Commonwealth status.
Become a State.

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