Mat-Su Valley Reps. George Rauscher and Colleen Sullivan-Leonard today requested Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Acting Attorney General Clyde Sniffen, Jr. to join in a lawsuit with Texas against the states of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, due to violations of their own election laws that led to a win for Joe Biden.
That makes five Alaska lawmakers altogether who have put in a request to Gov. Dunleavy to join the lawsuit.
“There are major concerns by the people in the great State of Alaska regarding the recent elections. Irregularities in the election process in other states have … stripped all U.S. citizens of their constitutional, and legal, right to fair and just election for the presidency of the United States of America,” the two wrote.
“As pursuant to our oath of office to defend the Constitution of the United States of America and that of State of Alaska we, the undersigned, ask that you do the same, and support Texas in suing the States of Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for unconstitutional irregulates in the recent election process.
“Amongst other items, the suit asks the Supreme Court of the United States of America to extend the December 14, 2020 deadline for certification of presidential electors so that investigations into the irregularities can be completed by asking the court to ‘enjoin the use of unlawful election results without review and ratification by the defendant states’ legislatures.”’
The election statues were disregarded by courtrooms not only before, but also while the election was already in progress, which resulted in opportunities for fraud, the letter stated.
On Tuesday, three lawmakers from the Kenai Peninsula sent a letter to the governor — Reps. Sarah Vance, Ben Carpenter, and Rep.-elect Ron Gillham.
Seventeen states and Donald Trump have joined in the lawsuit, which University of Texas Law Professor Texas Steve Vladeck calls a stunt “relying on an obscure source of the Supreme Court’s power — its ability to hear disputes between states immediately without having them go through lower courts, known as “original jurisdiction.” But the claim at the heart of the suit has nothing to do with interstate relations — like a border dispute or litigation over water rights. Nor does it have anything to do with fraud. Rather, Texas is arguing that coronavirus-related changes to election rules in each state violate the federal Constitution, never mind that most states (including Texas) made such changes this cycle.”
