98-I-A. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the free enterprise system that has made this country great, and supports the collective bargaining process and merit principles, and in the interest of assuring equal opportunity for all, supports right-to-work legislation. We also recognize the positive contribution of organized labor and we welcome and solicit the participation of union workers in the Republican Party of Alaska.

98-I-B. The Republican Party of Alaska supports simple, fair and equitable tax systems.

98-I-C. The Republican Party of Alaska recognizes that international trade is important to Alaska’s economy. We therefore support increased trade between Alaska and foreign countries. Furthermore, we support efforts to eliminate restrictions which exclude U.S. products from foreign markets, but we oppose any treaty that interferes with the sovereignty of our nation.

98-I-D. The Republican Party of Alaska recognizes that wetland protection is for the public benefit and therefore wetland owners shall be compensated at the fair market value of the land with compensation to be automatically triggered by denial of a Section 404 permit.

98-I-E. The Republican Party of Alaska believes that private ownership of land is essential in a free country and supports the systematic transfer of more lands from State and Federal ownership to private ownership.

98-I-F. The Republican Part of Alaska encourages opening of homesteading on federal and state lands within Alaska.

II. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

98-II-A. The Republican Party of Alaska opposes abortion and euthanasia, recognizing that all human life is of the highest value. The Republican Party of Alaska holds that Life begins at conception and must be protected from conception until natural death. The Republican Party of Alaska endorses the protection of the rights of the unborn child.

94-II-B. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the constitutionally guaranteed rights of individual law abiding Americans to keep and bear arms. Furthermore, we oppose all federal, state, and local laws that infringe upon this right.

98-II-C. The Republican Party of Alaska reaffirms its belief that the Constitution of the United States, including the Bill of Rights, mean exactly what they say, and to the idea that the Constitution defines certain rights and duties of Government, and that those rights not expressly granted to the Government by the Constitution of the United States are hereby and forever reserved to the States and to the People.

98-II-D. The Republican Party of Alaska supports legislation or, if necessary, a constitutional amendment barring the federal government from requiring states or their citizens to waive any right guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution or their state constitution as a prerequisite or requirement to receive any federal assistance of any kind, or participation in any federal program. The Republican Party of Alaska opposes all federal mandates and action including executive orders that are beyond the scope of the powers delegated to the federal government by the constitution.

98-II-E. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the rights of all citizens to assemble and peaceably protest against persons and issues with which they disagree.

98-II-F. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the position that the 10th. Amendment of the United States Constitution, among other things, gives the State of Alaska sovereignty over all resources within its boundaries.
 
 
 
 

III. JUSTICE

98-III-A. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the swift implementation of capital punishment for heinous crimes.

98-III-B. The Republican Party of Alaska strongly supports a national war on drugs to eliminate the supply and demand for illegal drugs.

98-III-C. The Republican Party of Alaska supports strong enforceable state laws prohibiting the sale, possession, use, or transfer of all illegal substances, and mandatory minimum prison sentences for offenders, with stiffer penalties for those providing any illegal substance to minors.

98-III-D. The Republican Party of Alaska supports requiring criminals, regardless of age, to make restitution to their victims as well as to the government for the costs incurred in their capture, conviction and incarceration.

98-III-E. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the enforcement of stronger statutory minimum felony penalties and public registration for persons convicted of felony sex offenses and child molestation.

98-III-F. The Republican Party of Alaska supports state and local legislation to discourage the production, sale and distribution of pornography.

98-III-G. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the implementation of strong mandatory minimum prison sentences for all persons, including minors, committing crimes with deadly weapon(s).

98-III-H. The Republican Party of Alaska supports enactment and enforcement of truancy and curfew laws for minors.

98-III-I. The Republican Party of Alaska supports punitive action for individuals who desecrate the American flag, for which so many died.
 
 

IV. EDUCATION

98-IV-A. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the regular use of the Pledge of Allegiance, the proper display of the American Flag and the State Flag, and active promotion of patriotism in our public schools through curriculum, activities, and emphasis.

98-IV-B. The Republican Party of Alaska believes that the accurate historical foundation of our country must be taught in our schools and that Creation Science be given equal representation with the other scientific theories in the classroom, and if evolution is taught, it should be presented as a theory.

98-IV-C. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the rights of religious equity in our schools and supports the reinstatement of voluntary prayer in public schools.

98-IV-D. The Republican Party of Alaska supports maximizing local control of public education and opposes the implementation of Goals 2000, Alaska 2000, "Outcome Based Education" programs, and philosophies. The Republican Party of Alaska also opposes the intrusion of the federal government into the state schools and the creation of any National School Board.

98-IV-E. The Republican Party of Alaska support educational standards that are academic and develop cognitive skills which are measured by nationally normed tests, but oppose any Federal national testing program.

98-IV-F. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the choice and availability of public, private, charter, and home-based educational alternatives to all the children of this state. The Republican Party of Alaska also supports the maximization of parental choice in the education of their children through the use of tuition tax credits, vouchers or any other forms of compensation.

98-IV-G. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the right of parents to require active written consent before their children participate in sex education/HIV-AIDS curriculum and that such curriculum be truly abstinence-based.

V. FAMILY

98-V-A. The Republican Party of Alaska defines a family unit as people living together, who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption and does not include homosexual relationships or non-marital co-habitation.

98-V-B. The Republican Party of Alaska believes that marriage is an essential element in the foundation of a healthy society and that government has a duty to protect that foundation. We oppose the legalization of same-sex "marriage" and support the continued special sanction of civil marriage for one man and one woman as husband and wife.

98-V-C. The Republican Party of Alaska recognizes that parents have the ultimate responsibility for their children, including the right and duty to appropriately discipline, which may include spanking, and the right to require active, informed prior consent for all medical care, medical procedures, psychological testing, counseling, strip searching, and issuing birth control devices.

98-V-D. The Republican Party of Alaska supports legislation which would make fornication, adultery, bestiality and homosexual acts illegal in the State of Alaska.

98-V-E. The Republican Party of Alaska opposes the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the "Rights of the Child", and all policies depriving parents of their rights and responsibilities.

VI. FEDERAL AND STATE BUDGETS AND EXPENDITURES

98-VI-A. The Republican Party of Alaska supports a balanced budget amendment that does not raise taxes and the establishment of a constitutional line-item veto for the President of the USA.

98-VI-B. The Republican Party of Alaska opposes unfunded Federal and State mandates.

98-VI-C. The Republican Party of Alaska supports limiting state spending to a level of strict necessity. State government should provide only those public services that cannot be supplied by local government and the private sector.

98-VI-D. The Republican Party of Alaska supports passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska which would require an affirmative vote of the people prior to the imposition of any new state-wide income or sales tax.

98-VI-E. The Republican Party of Alaska supports a simplified tax system with no marriage penalty, and which reduces taxes for all Americans and reduces the intrusive power of the Internal Revenue Service.

98-VI-F. The Republican Party of Alaska opposes the use of public funds for abortion.

VII. HEALTH

98-VII-A. The Republican Party of Alaska recognizes that HIV-AIDS is a deadly communicable disease and should be treated as such. Furthermore, people with HIV-AIDS should not be afforded the legal advantages of minority or other special status based solely on their having the disease.

98-VII-B. The Republican Party of Alaska defines euthanasia as an action or omission which by itself and by intention causes death. Because these actions or omissions violate the sanctity of human life, we oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide.

98-VII-C. The Republican Party of Alaska opposes all fetal tissue research, taxpayer funding of abortions and abortifacients.

98-VII-D. The Republican Party of Alaska recognizes that willingly and knowingly transmitting HIV to be life-threatening and therefore believe it should be a felony.

98-VII-E. The Republican Party of Alaska opposes all cloning of human beings, and research pertaining to the cloning of human beings.

98-VII-F. The Republican Party of Alaska supports standardization of residency requirements for the receipt of all state welfare benefits.

VIII. NATIONAL DEFENSE - ARMED FORCES

98-VIII-A. The Republican Party of Alaska supports a strong, cost-effective defense which is second to none to protect our national interests, to fully deploy National missile defense, protect all states, including Alaska and Hawaii, and to amend and/or replace the ABM Treaty in full defense of Alaska.

98-VIII-B. The Republican Party of Alaska believes that the United States should never surrender its sovereignty over its armed forces to any foreign government or international organization. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the command of U.S. troops to the exclusive command of the United States.

98-VIII-C. The Republican Party of Alaska opposes mandatory service of women in combat.

98-VIII-D. The Republican Party of Alaska opposes allowing homosexuals to serve in the Armed Forces.

98-VIII-E. The Republican Party of Alaska opposes giving the United Nations control or oversight of US lands, i.e., National Parks, Scenic Rivers, or other US properties or possessions.

IX. ROLE OF GOVERNMENT

98-IX-A. The Republican Party of Alaska believes in the Judeo-Christian ideal upon which this country was founded, and opposes the government making rules or regulations which restrict the expression of religious freedom at any publicly funded installation, at any time.

98-IX-B. The Republican Party of Alaska does not believe that lawmakers at any level of government may exempt themselves from laws or mandates.

98-IX-C. The Republican Party of Alaska believes that Alaskans deserve a state government that is open and fair to all and supports requiring all public officials to conduct themselves in a highly ethical and moral manner in both their public and personal affairs.

98-IX-D. The Republican Party of Alaska supports English as the official language of the United States and Alaska.

98-IX-E. The Republican Party of Alaska opposes a federal takeover of health care in the USA and supports a free-market, consumer driven approach to medicine.

98-IX-F. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the election of the Attorney General by state-wide election and the election of the District Attorney and all State judges by their judicial districts. The Republican Party of Alaska also supports a process which will periodically review the performance of all judges to determine if they should continue in office.

98-IX-G. The Republican Party of Alaska opposes all forms of petitioning activities at polling places during voting hours.

X. WELFARE

98-X-A. The Republican Party of Alaska believes that individuals should be encouraged to provide for themselves and not be dependent upon government welfare programs.

98-X-B. The Republican Party of Alaska supports welfare reform by requiring education and/or job training experience and instituting a time limitation and residency requirements for receipt of benefits.

98-X-C. The Republican Party of Alaska supports denial of all welfare and other government benefits to illegal immigrants.

98-X-D. The Republican Party of Alaska does not believe that citizenship should be automatically awarded to those born to parents who are illegally in the United States.

XI. NATURAL RESOURCES, FISH & GAME & ACCESS

98-XI-A. The Republican Party of Alaska supports access to and reasonable incentives for the development of Alaska’s renewable and nonrenewable resources.

98-XI-B. The Republican Party of Alaska supports economically and environmentally sound development of agriculture, mining, oil and gas, forestry, manufacturing, recreation, fisheries, and tourism or other industries in Alaska.

98-XI-C. The Republican Party of Alaska adamantly opposes the interception of any species of salmon on the high seas.

98-XI-D. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the State of Alaska’s efforts, including legal challenges, to assert its rights to manage all natural resources within the state.

98-XI-E. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the continued leasing of the entire National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska.

98-XI-F. The Republican Party of Alaska supports significant improvement of Alaska’s transportation infrastructure to encourage better access to more areas of the state and its wise development.

98-XI-G. The Republican Party of Alaska supports state control of fish and game management on both state and federal lands and waters, and opposes federal mandates on state management.

98-XI-H. The Republican Party of Alaska SUPPORTS securing accessibility to commercial fisheries by Alaskans, by opposing the establishment of new transferable fishing quotas as a fisheries management tool.

98-XI-I. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the sustained yield principle being applied to all 5 species of salmon to ensure adequate escapement of all stock components. In absence of specific scientific data, conservative management principals should be applied.

98-XI-J. The Republican Party of Alaska recognizes the fundamental importance of the equal protection provisions of our Alaska State and U.S. Constitutions, and adamantly opposes any Alaska Constitutional Amendment which restricts users access to common property Fish and Game Resources to the detriment of Alaska Constitutional equality provisions.

98-XI-K. The Republican Party of Alaska seeks to expand Alaskan territorial water fisheries in order to provide for economic opportunities for Alaskans.

98-XI-L. The Republican Party of Alaska supports the rights of all Alaskans to hunt and fish. The rural preferential allocation of fish and game for subsistence only serves to divide Alaskans. The Republican Party of Alaska supports Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Alaska which states "the fish, wildlife, and waters are reserved to the people for common use."

The Republican Party of Alaska supports individual, class action, and state funded lawsuits to prohibit the federal government’s attempt to take over fish and wildlife management under ANILCA or ANSCA. A federal take-over of fish and game violates Articles 10 and 14 of the United States Constitution, and Articles I, Section 1 and Article VIII, Sections 3, 4, and 6 of the Constitution of Alaska, and the Public Trust Doctrine.

The Republican Party of Alaska does not support a constitutional amendment being placed on the ballot by the legislature to amend the Constitution of Alaska in order to provide for a rural subsistence preference.