Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 22.15.195 (2026)
Approval or rejection
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Sec. 22.15.195. Approval or rejection.
Each district court judge is subject to approval or rejection as provided in AS 15 (Alaska Election Code). The judicial council shall conduct an evaluation of each judge before the retention election and shall provide to the public information about the judge and may provide a recommendation regarding retention or rejection. The information and the recommendation shall be made public at least 60 days before the election. The judicial council shall also provide the information and any recommendation to the office of the lieutenant governor in time for publication in the election pamphlet under AS 15.58.050. If a majority of those voting on the question rejects the candidacy of a judge, the rejected judge may not for a period of four years thereafter be appointed to fill any vacancy in the supreme court, court of appeals, superior court, or district courts of the state.
Each district court judge is subject to approval or rejection as provided in AS 15 (Alaska Election Code). The judicial council shall conduct an evaluation of each judge before the retention election and shall provide to the public information about the judge and may provide a recommendation regarding retention or rejection. The information and the recommendation shall be made public at least 60 days before the election. The judicial council shall also provide the information and any recommendation to the office of the lieutenant governor in time for publication in the election pamphlet under AS 15.58.050. If a majority of those voting on the question rejects the candidacy of a judge, the rejected judge may not for a period of four years thereafter be appointed to fill any vacancy in the supreme court, court of appeals, superior court, or district courts of the state.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1976–2014 · leading case: Alaska Jud. Council v. Kruse, 331 P.3d 375 (Alaska 2014).
Alaska Jud. Council v. Kruse, 331 P.3d 375 (Alaska 2014). “Susan Kruse and a handful of other voters 1 challenged the con *377 stitutionality of AS 22.15.195, which grants the Council power to make such recommendations.”
State v. Jeffery, 170 P.3d 226 (Alaska 2007). “060 ("[e]ach superior court judge shall [periodically] be subject to approval or rejection"); AS 15.”
Stephens v. Hammersley, 550 P.2d 1268 (Alaska 1976). “170(a), AS 22.15.195, AS 15.35.100-130. [8] AS 22.”
Hornaday v. Rowland, 674 P.2d 1333 (Alaska 1983). “AS 22.15.195 provides for retention elections.”
Alaska Jud. Council v. Kruse (Alaska 2014). “Susan Kruse and a handful of other voters1 challenged the constitutionality of AS 22.15.195, which grants the Council power to make such recommendations.”
Stephens v. Hammersley, 552 P.2d 652 (Alaska 1976). “170(a), AS 22.15.195, AS 15.35.100-.130. . See also AS 22.”
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