The Alaska Division of Elections has sent a correction to voters in Anchorage’s District 15, advising them of a mistake the division made on the official election pamphlet, where on Page 19, the division or its contractor labeled candidate Mia Costello a Democrat.
Costello, a Republican, is running for the seat being vacated by Rep. Tom McKay. She’s running against two Democrats — Dustin Darden and Denny Wells.
The division workers evidently did not spot the error until the voter pamphlet was received by voters. It immediately corrected the online version of the information, but the one that was sent in the mail was the horse that had left the barn.
After the mistake was pointed out to the division, the Alaska Democratic Party then threatened to sue the Division of Elections if, on its corrected mail piece, it did not also list the Democrats who were appearing on the ballot. The division complied with the Democrats’ demand, and the mail piece has now been sent to district voters. Here’s how it looks:
In September, the Democrats also sued to keep a Democrat off of the ballot in Alaska, but they lost their lawsuit, which was a thinly veiled campaign attempt to protect Rep. Mary Peltola from having another Democrat on the November ballot.
