The Alaska Judicial Council recommends that Alaskans vote “YES” to retain Court of Appeals Judge

Joel H. Bolger has been a Court of Appeals Judge since 2008.

He was appointed by Governor Sarah Palin.

Alaska Judicial Council Evaluation Materials

• Voter Pamphlet Page (Council summary of the judge’s performance)
• Attorney Survey Ratings (All surveys use a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest rating)
• Peace and Probation Officer Survey Ratings - (No survey ratings for appellate judges)
• Social Worker and Guardian ad Litem Survey Ratings - (No survey ratings for appellate judges)
• Juror Survey Ratings - (No survey ratings for appellate judges)
• Court Employee Survey Ratings
• Survey Ratings from Previous Evaluations
• Alaska Judicial Observers Ratings - (No ratings for this judge)
• Peremptory Challenge Rate (How often a party requested assignment of a new judge)
• Recusal Rate (How often a judge disqualified himself or herself due to a conflict of interest)
• Appellate Affirmance Rate (How often a trial judge was affirmed or reversed on appeal)
• Salary Warrant Withholdings (How often a judge’s pay was withheld for unfinished work)
• Judge Questionnaire (Judge’s response to a Judicial Council questionnaire)
• Survey Ratings for all Judges on the 2012 Ballot