Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 15.20.560 (2026)
Judgment of court
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Sec. 15.20.560. Judgment of court.
The judge shall pronounce judgment on which candidate was elected or nominated and whether the question or proposition was accepted or rejected. The director shall issue a new election certificate to correctly reflect the judgment of the court. If the court decides that the election resulted in a tie vote, the director shall immediately proceed to determine the election by lot as is provided by law. If the court decides that no candidate was duly elected or nominated, the judgment shall be that the contested election be set aside. The provisions of this section and AS 15.20.540 and 15.20.550 are not intended to limit or interfere with the power of the legislature to judge the election and qualifications of its members.
The judge shall pronounce judgment on which candidate was elected or nominated and whether the question or proposition was accepted or rejected. The director shall issue a new election certificate to correctly reflect the judgment of the court. If the court decides that the election resulted in a tie vote, the director shall immediately proceed to determine the election by lot as is provided by law. If the court decides that no candidate was duly elected or nominated, the judgment shall be that the contested election be set aside. The provisions of this section and AS 15.20.540 and 15.20.550 are not intended to limit or interfere with the power of the legislature to judge the election and qualifications of its members.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1972–2021 · leading case: Boucher v. Bomhoff, 495 P.2d 77 (Alaska 1972).
Boucher v. Bomhoff, 495 P.2d 77 (Alaska 1972). “The argument is based on AS 15.20.560 of Alaska's Election Code which provides in part that in an election contest: The judge shall pronounce judgment on which candidate was elected or nominated and whether the question or proposition was accepted or rejected.”
Miller v. Treadwell, 245 P.3d 867 (Alaska 2010). “Under AS 15.20.560, if an election contest ultimately changes the result of an election, judgment will be so entered and a new certification will be issued.”
Lance Pruitt v. State of Alaska, Off. of Lt. Governor Kevin Meyer, Div. of Elections, Dir. Gail Fenumiai, & Elizabeth A. Hodges Snyder, 498 P.3d 591 (Alaska 2021). “”16 Even if no individual violation constitutes malconduct, this court has acknowledged the possibility that “an election will be so permeated with numerous serious violations of law, not individually amounting to malconduct, that substantial doubt will be cast on the outcome of…”
Walleri v. City of Fairbanks, 964 P.2d 463 (Alaska 1998). “A defeated candidate or any ten (10) qualified voters who contested an election may bring an action in the superior court within ten ' (10) days after the council has concluded that said election was validly held and the results entered upon the minutes. Such legal action shall…”
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