Alaskans are required by law to file for a Permanent Fund Dividend according to the Alaska State Law

Recently Shannyn Moore related in an opinion piece on the July 14, 2013 you are not required by law to file for a permanent fund dividend.  According to an Alaska State law you are required to file for a permanent fund dividend.  This is also used to as a way to calculate the state census.  This also helps the Alaska congressional delegation be able to request additional revenue and tax money from Washington, DC.  There was as a case in Kodiak where a person refused to file for a permanent fund dividend because he did not want the Office of Children Services to garnish it.  The judge ruled since he did not file he had the ability to pay the child support refused to file due to this must pay the child support be required to file for a permanent fund dividend.  There is something else that Shannyn Moore leaves out of her opinion piece is that you are not required to register to vote in Alaska until deadline or maintain residency in the state for a federal election.  How you do think Bobby Kennedy, Hillary Clinton was able to run for US Senate not live in New York State prior to election.  I will tell you if Sarah Palin does win the Republican primary it means Mark Begich second term by a landslide.  What many Republican neglect to realize is that Bush Alaska decides elections not Anchorage and Fairbanks.  Most Alaskan natives will be voting for Mark Begich the real reason he won in 2008 regards of Ted Stevens being wounded politically.