The Division of Elections voter guide that was mailed to all voters has Republican Mia Costello, who is running for State House District 15 in Anchorage, listed as a Democrat.
She is a Republican.
On page 69 of the voter guide, where it has the candidate biography, Costello is listed as a Republican, but on page 19 where she is grouped with the others in the race, she is listed as a Democrat. That makes three “Democrats” in the race, including Dustin Darden and Denny Wells.
It’s the second big mistake by the Division of Elections in this cycle. Earlier, the division put out a guide to voting the ranked-choice ballot and instructed voters to mark “Harris” first for president.
Costello served in the House and in the Senate — always as a solid Republican.
The mistake is in part a result of ranked-choice voting. Now, instead of one Republican and one Democrat advancing to the general election ballot, there can be numerous candidates from one party or another on the November ballot, which leads to increased confusion and possible errors, even on behalf of Division of Elections staff.
The online version of the voter guide has been corrected.
MRA; You’ve got to be kidding me.
Simply put, the wheels are coming off just about everything.