President Donald Trump declared Alaska’s razor-thin U.S, according to The Guardian.
Senate race over,
insisting that Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan has won despite trailing Democratic challenger Mary Peltola by fewer than 700 votes with tens of thousands of ballots still uncounted.
Political analysts and law professors point out that Alaska’s ranked-choice voting structure automatically redistributes lower-ranking votes, making direct addition by executive fiat unnecessary. Professor Mark Brown of Capital University School of Law told Newsweek that the system largely, if not completely, obviates the problem
of spoiler candidates changing the outcome.
Dems placing a second Dan Sullivan on the ballot in Alaska (a fake candidate designed to conceal who is the actual US Senator running for re-election) is one of the most egregious attacks we have seen on the integrity of American elections. It reveals pure contempt for voters.
In a social media post on Saturday, Trump argued that votes cast for minor candidates should be immediately credited to the Republican incumbent. Daniel Sullivan is leading substantially in the Alaska Senatorial Race,
Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Peltola leads the contest with 48.17 percent of the vote, while Senator Dan Sullivan holds 47.88 percent. Independent candidate Gerald Heikes stands at 2.27 percent, and namesake candidate Daniel J. Sullivan has 1.68 percent.
When you add Daniel (3,600, 1.68%) into Dan, and Gerald Heikes (4,846, 2.27%), Senator Dan Sullivan is up by thousands of Votes,
Trump stated in his post. He added: The Alaska Race is OVER. Dan Sullivan WON, BY A LOT!
Political analysts and law professors point out that Alaska’s ranked-choice voting structure automatically redistributes lower-ranking votes. The system is designed to limit partisan gaming.
An analysis of available ranked-choice data shows that Peltola is likely to keep her lead because many of the voters who backed the second Sullivan ranked Peltola as their second choice. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice has conducted a criminal investigation into whether Democrats sought to confuse voters in Alaska by recruiting a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy described his state’s voting process as very confusing
during an interview. Final retabulation and overseas ballot processing are scheduled to conclude on November 18.
The race involves Democratic nominee Mary Peltola, incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan, and retired teacher Daniel J. Sullivan, who entered the contest expressing dissatisfaction with the incumbent senator’s work. State officials initially removed the independent challenger from the ballot before a challenge reinstated him, and the Alaska Supreme Court ruled he has a right to be on the ballot.
U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit that sought to block certification if the Republican incumbent lost. Following the ruling, the Justice Department filed a notice of appeal.
.@AGToddBlanche this afternoon to @FoxNews on the litigation in Alaska: “This is a situation where everybody agrees that there is a fraud on the ballot. Everybody agrees that there is a man running that doesn’t want to run, that doesn’t expect to be a senator — that is only… pic.twitter.com/LtOzy1VELg
A federal investigation focuses on whether Democratic operatives helped recruit the namesake candidate.