PRUITT v. OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Supreme Court No. S-17971.

498 P.3d 591 (2021)

Lance PRUITT, Appellant, v. State of Alaska, OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, and Kevin Meyer, in an official capacity; Division of Elections, and Gail Fenumiai, in an official capacity. Appellees, and Elizabeth A. Hodges Snyder, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stacey C. Stone , Holmes Weddle & Barcott, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellant.

Laura Fox , Thomas S. Flynn , Margaret Paton Walsh , Assistant Attorneys General, Anchorage, and Clyde "Ed" Sniffen, Jr. , Acting Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees.

Holly C. Wells and Jennifer C. Alexander , Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot, Anchorage, for Intervenor.

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


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

After a narrow loss in the general election for Alaska House District 27, Lance Pruitt brought an election contest challenging the result. The superior court dismissed Pruitt's multi-count complaint for failure to state a valid claim. But in order to expedite the case's eventual review...

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