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Alaska Stat. § 29.26.250 (2026)

Grounds for recall

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Sec. 29.26.250. Grounds for recall.
Grounds for recall are misconduct in office, incompetence, or failure to perform prescribed duties.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1995–2022 · leading case: State of Alaska, Off. of Lieutenant Governor, Div. of Elections & Dir. Gail Fenumiai, in an Off. capacity v. Recall Dunleavy, 491 P.3d 343 (Alaska 2021).
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State of Alaska, Off. of Lieutenant Governor, Div. of Elections & Dir. Gail Fenumiai, in an Off. capacity v. Recall Dunleavy, 491 P.3d 343 (Alaska 2021). “63 Originally the statute required that a recall petition contain “a statement of the grounds of the recall stated with particularity as to specific instances”; the current version in the local-official recall statutes requires “a statement in 200 words or less of the grounds…”
von Stauffenberg v. Comm. for an Honest & Ethical Sch. Bd., 903 P.2d 1055 (Alaska 1995). · cites it 3× “” AS 29.26.250. If the clerk determines that an application meets the requirements of AS 29.”
Barbara Jones, in an Off. capacity as Mun. Clerk for the Mun. of Anchorage, & the Mun. of Anchorage v. Russell Biggs, 508 P.3d 1121 (Alaska 2022). · cites it 6× “Biggs argued that using the 2019 Black’s definition of “official misconduct” would render AS 29.26.250’s “misconduct in office” ground for recall equivalent to the crime of official misconduct found in AS 11.”
Von Stauffenberg v. COMTE. FOR HON. SC. BD., 903 P.2d 1055 (Alaska 1995). · cites it 3× “" AS 29.26.250. If the clerk determines that an application meets the requirements of AS 29.”
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