Anti-draft vote coming up in Anchorage

Voters in April can consider whether Anchorage men should be excused from registering for the federal military draft.

Scott Kohlhaas, Alaska Libertarian Party chairman, and supporters collected enough petition signatures to get the question on the April 6 ballot. Petitioners got about 10,000 signatures; the minimum necessary was 6,352.

Virtually all American males between 18 and 25 must sign up for Selective Service.

The ballot initiative, if approved, would create a task force "to study the effects of" making Anchorage exempt. The study would consider national security, government funding and other issues related to draft registration, Kohlhaas said.

The volunteer, appointed task force -- likely composed of military, government and citizen representatives, Kohlhaas said -- would report on its findings and conclusions and would figure out how to invoke a local exemption.

Anchorage's mayor would write a letter to the Selective Service saying that Anchorage residents disapprove of registration requirements.

Such exemptions haven't happened anywhere else, but Kohlhaas hopes a local anti-draft message will start in Anchorage and spread. The Libertarians hope Anchorage's election will kick off a national anti-draft movement.  article

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.