Alaska Chief Justice Election by Supreme Court (1970)

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The Alaska Chief Justice Election by Supreme Court Amendment appeared on the 1970 statewide primary ballot in Alaska as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment.

The amendment called for a change in how the Alaska Supreme Court chose its Chief Justice. Under the terms of the proposed amendment, the chief justice would be:

• Selected from among the court's justices by a majority vote.
• The term of office should be three years.
• Terms as chief justice may not be consecutive.

The measure passed with 69.2% of the vote.

The ballot summary said, "This provision amends the State Constitution by the addition of language prescribing that the chief justice of the supreme court shall be selected from among the justices of the court by a majority vote of the justices. The provision further delineates the chief justice's term in office as three years and that although a justice may serve more than one term as chief justice, such terms may not be consecutive."

External links

• Alaska constitutional amendments summary

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