This bill section adds "United States senator" to the language that currently governs special elections held to replace vacancies in the office of U.S. representative. This bill section further clarifies the language controlling when a special election is not to be called, when a vacancy occurs 60 days or less before a primary election in a general election year.

This bill section adds a new statutory section that specifies that a U.S. senator elected in a special election will hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term of the U.S. senator who previously held the U.S. Senate seat. This section further states when a specially elected U.S. senator will take office.

This bill section adds "United States senator" to the language that currently governs political party petitions submitted on behalf of candidates for U.S. representatives in special elections.

This bill section adds "United States senator" to the language that currently governs the provisions for the conduct of special elections for U.S. representative, and further enumerates what these provisions are, deleting a reference to a statutory section relating to special elections for U.S. Senator that had the effect of providing a list of such provisions. This latter statutory section is deleted by Section 8 of the bill.

This bill section makes a conforming amendment that specifically enumerates the provisions that are to apply to special elections for governor and lieutenant governor, deleting a reference to a statutory section relating to special elections for U.S. senator that had the effect of providing a list of such provisions. This latter statutory section is deleted by Section 8 of the bill.

This bill section makes a conforming amendment that specifically enumerates the provisions that are to apply to special elections for state senators, deleting a reference to a statutory section relating to special elections for U.S. senator that had the effect of providing a list of such provisions. This latter statutory section is deleted by Section 8 of the bill.

This bill section expands the definition of "political party" to include results of statewide elections for U.S. senator or U.S. representative as secondary and tertiary criteria, respectively, that may enable an organized group of voters that represents a political program to qualify as a political party.

This bill section deletes seven statutory sections from Chapter 40 of the Alaska Elections Act, in order to remove references from Alaska Statutes made unnecessary by the bill. These include: a reference to appointment of a person to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate; a reference to the timing of a special primary election made redundant by the bill; a reference to the proclamation calling a special election made inconsistent and unnecessary by the bill; a reference to the term to be served by the person elected in a special election made redundant by the bill; provisions pertaining to declaration of candidacy and date of nomination for a special election made redundant by the bill; provisions for the conduct of a special election made redundant by the bill; and, a definition of special primary election made unnecessary by the bill.