The Justice Department asked a federal judge on Friday to stop Alaska from certifying the winner of the state’s Senate election if Mary Peltola (D) unseats Sen.
I think the argument is that Democrats helped a 3rd party candidate with a similar name to the Republican candidate get on the ballot in the hopes some voters would accidentally pick the 3rd party candidate, thereby “stealing” votes from the Republican. It’s entirely plausible that’s exactly what happened, so I’d be pissed, too, but I feel no sympathy for them with all the other bullshit they’re trying to pull.
Boohoo Republicans did this shit in fucking red Nebraska during the primary. They ran a guy on the Democrat ticket. A pastor from Paxton. He said he was a Democrat but he was further right than the Republican
These are the same people who run Republican candidates with the same or similar names of other candidates on ballots, as a winning tactic?
Exactly. Republicans have used this tactic multiple times, but now they’re crying when someone else does it to them.
I think the argument is that Democrats helped a 3rd party candidate with a similar name to the Republican candidate get on the ballot in the hopes some voters would accidentally pick the 3rd party candidate, thereby “stealing” votes from the Republican. It’s entirely plausible that’s exactly what happened, so I’d be pissed, too, but I feel no sympathy for them with all the other bullshit they’re trying to pull.
Boohoo Republicans did this shit in fucking red Nebraska during the primary. They ran a guy on the Democrat ticket. A pastor from Paxton. He said he was a Democrat but he was further right than the Republican
A problem with this argument is that Alaska has ranked choice voting though, right? They could just rank both dans
It would be irritating, but I don’t see how it would be illegal.
Isn’t ticket voting available there? Can’t Republicans just say “Republican” and boom that locks their vote for those races?
I can’t feel sorry for them giving how they’re just redistricting in the middle of an election year.
Nope, only 6 States have that: Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.
I’m saying it’s incorrect for either party to do that deliberately, and that the party who has a long history of doing that crying about it is wild.