The Anchorage Daily News has this lengthy story about the Alaskan Independence Party, which is much more active in elections this year than it has been in the recent past. Thanks to Scott Kohlhaas for the link.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
They have good values but should take over state GOP.
Well Alaska has a history of independent candidates successfully running for Congress or local elections. There is nothing new here. Rasmussen herself had successfully defeated the incumbent who was an independent. Alaska is a state where Jo Jorgensen is heavily investing in.
Interesting article. I’m under the impression that the AIP has no presidential line this year in Alaska?
I’m wondering how many secessionist movements will come out of this election, no matter who wins. I expect at least Texas, Alaska, and Idaho, if Biden wins, and California, Vermont, Oregon and Washington, if Trump wins.
Hemu: “There is nothing new here”.
There is most definitely something new here. AIP “not a secessionist party”? “God, family and COUNTRY”? Which country? I never met Joe Vogler, but I knew Lynette Clark. I think they both might be rolling over right now.
The Alaskan Independence Party has been in existence starting in 1974, but it only twice had a presidential nominee. Those instances were in 2004, when it nominated the Constitution Party presidential nominee, Michael Peroutka; and in 2008, when it nominated the Constitution Party nominee, Chuck Baldwin.
Both Russia and USA have excellent presidents right now so Alaska would be fine with either or on its own. About the only way they could go wrong would be by joining up with Canada.
WZ – ALL States have secessionist stuff —
RED communist Donkeys getting away from fascist Elephants and vice versa.
3rd parties and indes getting away from both gangs.
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It was on 17 December 1883 that the US Supreme Court handed down a 9-0 ruling in EX PARTE CROW DOG, which caused Senator Benjamin Harrison to believe Alaska needed an organic act. Therefore that day he and Major Ezra W. Clark, Jr., USV(Ret.) ESQ. held a meeting in room 41 at the US Capitol so Mr. Clark could get the ideas of what Senator Harrison wanted to be included into that organic act.
Harrison wanted at that time to add six islands to
Alaska, viz., Bennett, Forrester, Henrietta, Herald, Jeannette, and Wrangell (formerly known
as New Columbia Land). Forrester Island from
1836 was in a territorial dispute between the United States and Russia and the remaining five wheee located in the Arctic Ocean to the North of Siberia.
That inclusion took place on 17 May 1884.