The Alaska Republican Party said on Sunday that it will be asking the Division of Elections for a recount of the votes on Ballot Measure 2, which gave Alaskans the option of repealing ranked-choice voting.
Although dark money from Outside Alaska overwhelmed proponents of the repeal, it ended up failing to be repealed by just 664 votes, a tiny margin.
Of the 340,110 votes cast on the measure, the margin of “No” votes to “Yes” votes was 160,619 to 159,955, or 50.1% to 49.9%. The state must cover the costs of a recount when the margin is this close.
“We will submit this request, along with the names of the requisite Alaskan voters required to initiate this process, once the election is certified, which is scheduled for November 30, 2024,” said the statement issued by the Alaska Republican Party.
The party has hired the Dhillon Law Group, led by Harmeet K. Dhillon, to be on the ground during the recount and review, along with Alaska-based party counsel and observers.
“Ms. Dhillon and her firm are a nationally recognized, seasoned election integrity legal team, and bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to this recount process. Ms. Dhillon is an expert in election law. She and her colleagues Michael Columbo and Mark Meuser were recently on the legal teams in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and other crucial locations nationally to ensure a fair, transparent, and thorough process,” said Party Chairwoman Carmela Warfield. “Our Party Counsel, Ms. Stacey Stone and her team, are experienced Alaskan election law practitioners, and in September 2024, they successfully intervened on the Alaska Republican Party’s behalf in the case of Alaska Democratic Party v. State of Alaska Division of Elections, ultimately prevailing in the Alaska Supreme Court.”
Good Cause their is no way it should’ve takin that long to count
This is big news indeed. Alaska’s Division of Elections kept counting ballots from who knows where for 15 days after the November 5 election until Ballot Measure 2 was “defeated.” This is a reoccurring pattern that always favors the evil and corrupt left. This must stop! It is not right and I hope and pray Ms. Dhillon finds the smoking guns where cheating has occurred and RCV in Alaska is repealed forever.
I think it’s time to question whether RCV is even legal. While there might not be a law stating so, it certainly violates the tenant of “one person one vote.” Many Alaskans were tricked by the Outside money. I applaud the Republican party for starting to fight back! For so long we’ve been outspent by Outside leftists. Let’s take our state back!