ELECTION LAW Margot Graham In Resource Development Council for Alaska, Inc. v. Vote Yes for Alaska’s Fair Share, 494 P.3d 541 (Alaska 2021), the supreme court held that the statute setting the petition circulator compensation at $1 per signature was unconstitutional and, thus, the lieutenant governor properly certified the petitions collected by Vote Yes for Continue Reading »
ELECTION LAW Margot Graham In Pruitt v. Office of Lieutenant Governor, 498 P.3d 591 (Alaska 2021), the supreme court held the losing House candidate failed to meet his burden to sustain an election contest claim (Id. at 608). Pruitt, a losing House candidate, sued the Division of Elections, claiming that it committed malconduct that influenced Continue Reading »
ELECTION LAW Maddie Ayer In State, Office of Lieutenant Governor v. Vote Yes for Alaska’s Fair Share, 478 P.3d 679 (Alaska 2021), the supreme court held that the lieutenant governor’s summary of a ballot initiative was not true and impartial as required by law, and granted in part the lieutenant governor’s request to insert a Continue Reading »
ELECTION LAW Clara Nieman In Alaska Public Offices Commission v. Not Tammie, 482 P.3d 386 (Alaska 2021), the supreme court held that (1) the governor must explicitly, not implicitly, assign Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) hearing officers, and (2) the governor-appointed hearing officer may be an agency employee or commissioner. (Id. at 388–89). During an Continue Reading »
ELECTION LAW Margot Graham In Republican Governors Association v. Alaska Public Offices Commission, 485 P.3d 545 (Alaska 2021), the supreme court held that the Republican Governors Association violated a campaign finance registration statute that required registration prior to making “expenditures.” (Id. at 553). In advance of the 2018 gubernatorial primary race and before registering with Continue Reading »
In Dodge v. Meyer,[1] the supreme court held it proper to not count an election ballot with filled-in ovals next to both candidates’ names and an ‘X’ over one of the filled-in ovals. The initial vote count of the 2018 race for the District 1 seat in the Alaska House of Representatives gave candidates Dodge Continue Reading »
