Palin Alaskan Independence Party
According to a blog post by ABC News Senior National Correspondent Jake Tapper, members of the Alaskan Independence Party (or AIP) claim Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her husband Todd were active members in the 1990s.1 The group, which describes itself as a "state's rights party," has long lobbied for a vote among Alaskans to determine whether or not to secede from the United States.
Fast Facts
- Group founded in 1982
- Chairwoman: Lynette Clark
- Seeks repatriation of all lands held by the federal government to the people of Alaska
- Motto: "Alaska First, Always Alaska"
- Palin recorded a message for the group in 2008
- Not all members of AIP claim they want to secede from the US1
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