DIVISION OF ELECTIONS OF STATE v. JOHNSTONE

Nos. 7231, 7232.

669 P.2d 537 (1983)

DIVISION OF ELECTIONS OF the STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. Judge Karl S. JOHNSTONE, Alaska Court System and Alaska Judicial Council, Appellees. Daniel R. DE NARDO, Appellant, v. ALASKA COURT SYSTEM, Alaska Judicial Council, and State of Alaska, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson L. Condon, Atty. Gen., Thomas M. Jahnke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellant, Div. of Elections.

Robert H. Wagstaff, Anchorage, for appellees.

Daniel R. DeNardo, in pro. per.

Before BURKE, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

Karl Johnstone was appointed by the governor on October 8, 1979, to fill a vacant superior court seat in the Third Judicial District. Judge Johnstone assumed office on December 13, 1979.

The primary issue in this appeal is: Given the above dates, when was Judge Johnstone required to run for retention under Alaska law? The Alaska Court System and the Alaska Judicial Council, later joined by Judge Johnstone,

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