State says it doesn’t need to justify ballot favoring GOP, Alaska Supreme Court says no to reprint
The court seemed skeptical that it would be impossible to reprint the ballots in time but ultimately said it’s fine to proceed as-is.
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By concealing ballot change until the last minute, state may just get away with an unfair election
Alyse Galvin may very well prove her voter registration should be on the general election ballot but because the state hid the change until the last possible minute, it may not.
Judge orders halt to printing of already-printed ballots, says state hasn’t justified controversial change
Henderson noted that lack of an explanation in today’s order, saying the state “has not thus far asserted any meaningful or cogent reason for not including this information on the current general election ballot.”
Boy, the voting memes are fun but what we’d really like is a fair election
Trust that our elections will be free and fair is the foundation of democracy. We’re not nearly that close to a collapse in Alaska, but it sure feels like the foundation is being chipped away.
Independent challenger Galvin won more votes than Young in the primary
Both faced three-way races for each party’s nomination. Galvin, who challenged Young in 2018, won 85.8% of the votes cast in the Alaska Democratic Party’s primary while Young won 76.1% of the Alaska Republican Party’s primary vote.
Galvin raises nearly three times as much as Young during second quarter: State of the race
Good news for Galvin, who’s got a slight edge according to the publicly available polling.
Crowd-funded polling shows close races across the board for Alaska
Every statewide Republican on the ballot is underwater with their approval rating, but it’s looking really bad for the one Republican not on the ballot this year.
Young raised $7,950 on the day he made ‘beer virus’ comments, lags well behind Galvin overall
Among the contributions on the day he dismissed concerns about the “beer virus” as overblown media hype, he also received a $2,500 contribution from a nursing PAC.
Galvin passes Young in fundraising for 2020 cycle, Young still holds cash advantage
The difference is particularly stark when you factor in political action committee contributions.
Don Young added to list of vulnerable Republicans: Report
2020 is right around the corner.