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Alaska Judicial Qualifications, Amendment 1 (August 1968)
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It was the one of the first three measures to be referred to the Alaska ballot by the Alaska State Legislature since the state achieved statehood.
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 32,481 | 60.3% | ||
| No | 12,823 | 39.7% | ||
Text of measure
The ballot summary said,
This provision repeals the present constitutional section providing for retirement of incapacitated justices and judges on recommendation of the judicial council and establishes a commission on judicial qualifications consisting of one supreme court justice, three superior court judges, one district court judge, two attorneys who have practiced in Alaska for ten years and two lay members. The powers and duties of the commission and the grounds for remedial action against justices and judges shall be established by law. The existing impeachment section is supplemented by provision for the disqualification, suspension, removal from office, retirement or censure of justices and judges.
Constitutional changes
Section 10 of Article IV was amended as the result of the successful vote on this ballot measure.
Judicial reform in 1968
- Alaska Compensation of Judicial Qualifications Commission, Amendment 2 (August 1968)
- Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission Amendment, Proposal 1 (August 1968)
- Michigan Judicial Vacancies Amendment, Proposal 3 (August 1968)
- Ohio Judicial System Reorganization, Issue 3 (May 1968)
- Oklahoma State Question 441 (1968)
- Washington Court of Appeals Administration, Amendment 50 (1968)
- Wisconsin Temporary Judicial Appointments Amendment, Question 2 (April 1968)
- Wisconsin Uniform Judicial Retirement Amendment, Question 1 (April 1968)
See also
- List of Alaska ballot measures
- Alaska 1968 ballot measures
- 1968 ballot measures
- Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct (On Judgepedia)
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