This appeal originated with events surrounding the 1990 state primary election. The facts were described by this court in Mike O'Callaghan's first appeal, O'Callaghan v. State, 826 P.2d 1132 (Alaska), cert. denied, 506 U.S. 860, 113 S.Ct. 176, 121 L.Ed.2d 122 (1992). We summarize them briefly here.