Former gubernatorial and legislative aide Christopher Clark spotted interesting statutory requirements for various commissioners, one of which highlights the unintended consequences of not having a Democratic gubernatorial ticket.
Because of state law, the Alaska Public Offices Commission, the agency which oversees the state’s campaign finance laws, will see its first Libertarian commissioner come March and another one in 2017. According to statute, partisan members of the five-member commission must belong to the two political parties that received the highest votes in the most recent gubernatorial election, which would be the Republican Party and the Libertarian Party.
Some other interesting statutory requirements for commissioners:
The commissioner of education must be appointed by the board of education, and then be approved by the governor. The commissioner must have at least a master’s degree with at least five years of educational experience, three of which must be in administration.
The Board of the Department of Fish and Game also has a say in the way the Fish and Game commissioner is chosen.
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