The Alaska Supreme Court says the candidate filing deadline for the August primary will remain June first.  The court this afternoon denied a Democratic Party petition to delay the candidate filing deadline for two weeks. In a petition filed Tuesday, ADP director Kay Brown said multiple redistricting plans have created uncertainty over new district lines. The Alaska Supreme Court last week threw out the Redistricting Board’s latest plan and adopted the April 5 version. The ruling came just ten days before the June 1st candidate filing deadline.
Brown said that was not enough time for candidates to evaluate the election district and get their paperwork to the division.
State Elections director Gail Fenumiai has said no deadlines needed changing because the division mapped each scenario as it was released by the redistricting board. She said precinct boundaries for the April 5 plan have already been drawn.
Rosemarie Alexander is a reporter at KTOO in Juneau.
