STATE v. JEFFERY

No. S-12101.

170 P.3d 226 (2007)

STATE of Alaska and Laura Glaiser, Director of the Division of Elections, Appellants, v. Michael I. JEFFERY and Nancy Nolan, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 9, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanne M. Grace, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and David W. Márquez, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellants.

Jonathon A. Katcher, Pope & Katcher, Anchorage, for Appellee Michael I. Jeffery.

Eric T. Sanders, Feldman Orlansky & Sanders, Anchorage, for Appellee Nancy Nolan.

Before: MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The question presented here is whether two sitting Alaska judges complied with AS 15.35.070 and .110, which require judges seeking retention in office to file "declarations of candidacy for retention" with the Alaska Division of Elections "no later than August 1." The two judges filed their declaration of candidacy forms after the statutory filing deadline had passed. The Division of...

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