Considers legislation on criminal and civil law, court system administration, public safety, and judicial appointments.
Alaska State Capitol, 120 4th St, Juneau, AK 99801
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Carol Beecher
“it's very clear that we have not heard from the DOJ regarding any list— or the list that we provided, that they identified noncitizens on that. We have not heard back from them.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260722-1300 · Jul 22, 2026
Carol Beecher
“On this last time that we ran our list by the Department of Motor Vehicles, we received a large number of individuals had been indicated as noncitizens.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260722-1300 · Jul 22, 2026
Carol Beecher
“This was an unprecedented and unique situation, and to my knowledge, this has not occurred before. We also do not anticipate it would happen again.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260722-1300 · Jul 22, 2026
Ashley Carrick
“I'm not familiar with any race where someone has filed for office with a party affiliation requested to be on the ballot and then it not be listed on the ballot. So, do we have any examples where that has been the case?”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260722-1300 · Jul 22, 2026
Jennifer Gray
“Can you give us a ballpark figure about how many letters went out? I— my ballpark is around 3,500.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260722-1300 · Jul 22, 2026
Jennifer Gray
“at least one constituent, the letter was dated June 16th, but they didn't receive it until 7/18. And so I'm curious if all the letters went out on the same day, or if you have any comment about the timing of the letters going out?”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260722-1300 · Jul 22, 2026
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