SILIDES v. THOMAS

Nos. 3019 to 3021.

559 P.2d 80 (1977)

George SILIDES, Appellant, v. Lowell THOMAS, Jr., Lieutenant Governor, Appellee. Lieutenant Governor Lowell THOMAS, Jr., Petitioner, v. L.T. (Len) KELLEY, Respondent. Lieutenant Governor Lowell THOMAS, Jr., Petitioner, v. Leo P. SCHAEFFER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Ruddy, Robertson, Monagle, Eastaugh & Bradley, Juneau, for George Silides.

Wilson L. Condon and Robert M. Johnson, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee and for petitioner in Nos. 3020 and 3021.

William D. Artus, Lytle & Associates, Anchorage, for respondent L.T. (Len) Kelley.

Kenneth D. Jensen, Jensen, Harris & Roth, Anchorage, for respondent Leo P. Schaeffer.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and BURKE, Justices.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

These consolidated cases present questions regarding several of Alaska's laws governing elections.

George C. Silides' declaration of candidacy for a seat in the Alaska House of Representatives for House District 20 was rejected by the Lieutenant Governor for the reason that Silides had failed to meet the deadline for filing his financial disclosure statement required by AS 39.50.020. Thereafter, Silides instituted an...

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