I'm sure the year palin issued the extra pmt got a lot of attn. But you can't meet requirements on short notice.
Over the years there seems to be a few changes I don't support at all:
We penalize lawbreakers-good.
We have seemingly lax reasoning for military members. I find these fraudulent abusers far more likely than people moving to AK for a few bucks. Thank you for your service, but why would Alaska make extra efforts to make pmt for time you aren't here? That's weird to me. I feel the same about students. Sorry, great you are getting an education and all, but... This probably seems harsh on both accounts, but it's the incentive for fraud that bothers me.
Unless you are born here and meet the prior year eligibility I think it should be 2yrs+, not one. That would eliminate any risk of short term movement for a payout.
I don't like the tie in to voting or charitable contributions either.
CW-thank you for your contributions to our local issues. Always appreciated.