MEYER v. ALASKANS FOR BETTER ELECTIONS

Supreme Court No. S-17629.

465 P.3d 477 (2020)

Kevin MEYER, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Alaska and State of Alaska, Division of Elections, Appellants, v. ALASKANS FOR BETTER ELECTIONS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 12, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret Paton Walsh and Laura Fox , Assistant Attorneys General, Anchorage, and Kevin G. Clarkson , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellants.

Scott M. Kendall , Jahna M. Lindemuth , and Samuel G. Gottstein , Holmes Weddle & Barcott, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellee.

Before: Bolger, Chief Justice, Winfree, Stowers, Maassen, and Carney, Justices.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

The Alaska Constitution provides that all political power is inherent in Alaska's people and "founded upon their will only."1 The people may exercise this political power in a number of ways. The people have the constitutional right to vote in any state or...

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