Southcentral Alaska voters will get to decide whether the judge who approved a no-jail plea deal for a man guilty of kidnapping a woman, strangling her into unconsciousness and masturbating on her should stay on the job.

Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Corey is one of 15 judges who will appear on the often overlooked judicial election section of this year’s general election ballot for voters. He’ll appear on the ballot in the 28 House districts within the third judicial district.

The Alaska Constitution requires judges be put before voters regularly. Corey has served on the Anchorage Superior Court since 2014 and was recommended for retention by the nonpartisan Alaska Judicial Council this year. If voters reject his retention, he would be removed from the bench 90 days after the election.

Corey was the judge who approved a plea deal for Justin Schneider, who had been facing four felony charges, including kidnapping and assault as well as a misdemeanor charge of harassment for “offensive contact with fluids,” for the August 2017 assault.