O'CALLAGHAN v. State

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

Mike O’Callaghan appeals the superior court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Director of Elections and Jack Coghill, arguing that Coghill was a “disqualified” candidate under AS 15.25.110 and that the Director of Elections unlawfully placed his name on the 1990 general election ballot. The single issue which we address is whether AS 15.25.110 prohibits a person’s name from appearing on the general election ballot when that person withdraws as a candidate for one political party to accept another party’s nominating petition. We conclude that AS 15.25.110 does…