STATE, DIVISION OF ELECTIONS v. METCALFE

No. S-11618.

110 P.3d 976 (2005)

STATE of Alaska, DIVISION OF ELECTIONS, and Laura Glaiser, Director of the Division of Elections, Petitioners, v. Ray METCALFE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan Hart DeYoung, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Gregg D. Renkes, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellant.

Ray Metcalfe, pro se, Anchorage, Appellee.

Before: BRYNER, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, FABE, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The superior court granted a preliminary injunction to a third-party political candidate based upon a claim of unconstitutionality of state ballot access laws. The injunction compelled the State of Alaska to include, despite the candidate's noncompliance with such laws, the candidate's name and party on the November 2004 general ballot for United States Senator. We heard the state's petition for...

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