Alaska Representative Max Gruenberg (D-Anchorage) has introduced HB 288, which would make it easier for a minor party to gain recognition as a qualified party. It changes the number of registered voters a party needs to be recognized from 3% of the last vote cast (currently over 9,000 registered members) to a flat 2,500 registered members. Thanks to Scott Kohlhaas for this news.

Currently, the Alaskan Independence Party, and the Libertarian Party, are the only ballot-qualified parties other than the Democratic and Republican Parties. If the bill were to pass, the Green Party would be back on the ballot.