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GREEN PARTY v. STATE, DIV. OF ELECTIONS

No. S-11964.

147 P.3d 728 (2006)

The GREEN PARTY OF ALASKA, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DIVISION OF ELECTIONS, and Janet Kowalski, Director, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 17, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. Morford, Chugiak, for Appellant.

Sarah J. Felix, Assistant Attorney General, and David W. Márquez, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees.

Jason Brandeis, ACLU of Alaska Foundation, Anchorage, for Amicus Curiae.

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

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Green Party of Alaska challenged the constitutionality of a statute that set out the threshold requirements for recognition of a group as a political party for election purposes. Former Alaska Statute 15.60.010(21) required a group to attain at least three percent of the votes polled in the last gubernatorial election, or to register the equivalent number of voters. In 2002 the Green...

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