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Pamela L. Bickford v. Alaska, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Alaska, No. S-18776 · judgment January 2, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the failure of the Alaska Legislature to establish “state-based administrative procedures” is a violation of the Constitution of the United States, Article I, § 4 and the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, 52 U.S.C. 21112. Whether the failure of the Alaska Legislature to establish “minimum” requirements for administrative procedures is a violation of the Constitution of the United States, Article I, § 4; and HAVA, Subchapter III, 52 U.S.C. 21081-21083, to establish an Alaska State HAVA Plan; and Whether, the failure of the Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch, and the Judicial Branch, of the State of Alaska; is a violation of HAVA and violation of the rights of qualified voters residing in Alaska to “State-based administrative complaint procedures” to file a complaint requesting a hearing on the record for claims of violation of federal HAVA requirements in the administration and conduct federal elections.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Pamela L. Bickford

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 30 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Mar 31 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 16, 2025)