The Alaskans for Parental Rights campaign has met both thresholds, said Jim Minnery, campaign chairman and president of the Alaska Family Council. As of Thursday, the parental rights group had collected enough signatures in 36 districts and had about 47,000 signatures in all, above the 32,734 legal requirement of 10 percent, Minnery said. Even if 30 percent of the signatures are rejected for one reason or another, there's enough cushion to get on the ballot, Minnery said.
An e-mail alert that went out Thursday was intended to drum up more support in the remaining districts, which at that point numbered five, he said.
If the initiative ends up on the ballot and is approved by voters, parents would have to be notified before daughters under age 18 could receive an abortion. Teens could bypass that requirement by going through a judge.
To make this year's primary ballot, the petitions had to be delivered by today, Minnery said.
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