AK: Libertarian Petition for Independence Vote Rejected

The Anchorage Press reports on the efforts of Scott Kohlhaas, the state chairman of the Alaska Libertarian Party, to put the question of Alaska's independence from the United States before voters this November:

Alaska won’t be severed from the United States by a vote of the people anytime soon, in part because Alaskans may never be allowed to vote on the question. Secession is “an unconstitutional end,” the Alaska Supreme Court ruled last week in an opinion that upholds a 2007 decision by then-Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell who refused to certify a secession-related ballot initiative.

“It’s obvious that we cannot rely on the courts to protect our right to choose our own destiny,” says Scott Kohlhaas, the state chairman of the Alaska Libertarian Party and the man who took the state to court after Parnell refused to certify his ballot initiative.