A flyer received by Alaska voters from the Division of Elections shows them how to vote in the ranked-choice voting election that is coming up on Nov. 5. The flyer is one of the many expenses that have added millions of dollars to election costs in Alaska. But this informational flyer has an additional aspect that caught the attention of some: The flyer shows people how to rank in the presidential race. There are a number of made up presidential candidate names on the sample ballot. And then there’s the name “Harris.”
“Odem Harris,” to be exact. And the example given to voters to educate them on the ranked-choice process has Harris marked as the voter’s first choice.
Critics contacted Must Read Alaska and said they were surprised; it was either intentional or an example of incompetence, since there is a Harris on the ballot for president. None of the other made up names will be on the actual ballot in November.
Vice President Kamala Harris, although she was not originally nominated by the Democratic Party for president, became the de facto party nominee after President Joe Biden was exposed as being incapable of leading during his debate with Donald Trump in June. The Democrats nominated Harris formally at their August convention on Aug. 19, but had already taken the vote by email and had the delegates pinned down by Aug. 6.
Suzanne, who’s in charge of the Division of Elections? Yada, yada, yada! Let’s fuss about something that really matters. It’s definitely election time: there is nothing too trivial to get excited about.
The Trump crowd ain’t so dense that they must to be told how to hold their pinkies when drinking high tea. They may be mad as hell and have just busted out of the alders, but really, tea time and fine China?
Yes, intentional or incompetence. Either way, someone needs to be fired!
I believe it was intentional.
Vote Yes on 2!
This is another example of our Lt Gov Nancy Dahlstrom not doing her job! The only major responsibility of the Lt Gov is the election.
How was Taylor mentioned twice? Those cheating leftists even recruited the “Swifties” in this obvious corruption. It wouldn’t have surprised me if Barack was in the list of names. Don’t even get me started on LBJ.
Hanlon’s razor says to never assume conspiracy when stupidity will suffice.
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One can only hope this was an oversight. Randomly selected name.
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Then again… knowing the political leaning of the people pushing RCV, I would not be surprised if this was intentional.
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Regardless. If RCV is costing millions more, why are we doing it?
I thought that the presidential election was Federal, not state. How can Alaska use RCV in a presidential election? Should be one person one vote. If Democrats could field a viable candidate there would be no need for these tricks.
While interesting that Division of Elections want us to vote for Harris as a first choice, more interesting is the timing.
Received the referenced mailing from Division of Elections yesterday in the mail. Also received a Vote No on 2 flyer. Put the two together, and the No on 2 people are telling you to vote no while Division of Elections is telling you to vote yes on 2 due to the sheer complexity of the ranking process. Don’t think they intended to do that, but it works out that way. Cheers –