[kosta50]

Do you think it was a 100% vote?

It's irrelevant (I am sure it was a majority). For those Alaskans/Hawaiians, native or not, who consider themselves Americans it is inappropriate, indeed immoral, to a member of, condone, or associate with anti-American parties and organizations, etc.

Clearly, we have double standards here.

[xzins]

Of course it's not irrelevant. It means that there has been a continuing presence of those who did not favor statehood. That would make it natural to discuss the question "What if we weren't in the union?" and to have opinions on the subject.

Now, what is the double standard you see? Is it that some would belong to a party that would rather not be in the union?

I looked up the AIP on the web and found this at their website. Apparently, they don't believe they got to vote on statehood. I've never heard that before. It also means that secession isn't necessarily the issue.

The Alaskan Independence Party's goal is the vote we were entitled to in 1958, one choice from among the following four alternatives:

1) Remain a Territory.
2) Become a separate and Independent Nation.
3) Accept Commonwealth status.
4) Become a State.

The call for this vote is in furtherance of the dream of the Alaskan Independence Party's founding father, Joe Vogler, that Alaskans achieve independence under a minimal government, fully responsive to the people, and promoting a peaceful and lawful means of resolving differences.